How Shakespeares Dramas Help to Acquire Knowledge for the Students of all Levels

This paper presents how Shakespeare through his writing always juxtaposes the philosophy of our own life He is the best to portray human character which outdoes even the portrayal of Christopher Marlowe He has written with a great charm of artistic beauty filled with moral vision His supremacy lies in the fact that he can pierce very deeply the heart of so many passions accepting the respect of life His writing combines so many unique phrases exquisite metaphors and inverted sentences So students of all levels must gain some knowledge from Shakespeare s writing

The impact of study support : a report of a longitudinal study into the impact of participation in out-of-school-hours learning on the academic attainment, attitudes and school attendance of secondary school students

Study support makes a difference. It has an impact on three key aspects of students’ school careers: • attainment at GCSE and KS3 SATs; • attitudes to school; • attendance at school. These findings were consistent for all groups of students in all schools in the study. - Study support can help to improve schools and can influence the attitudes to learning of teachers and parents as well as students

The Power to Change: High Schools that Help All Students Achieve

"The Power to Change: High Schools that Help All Students Achieve," chronicles the stories of three very different high schools that are getting strong results for minority students and students from low-income families. The report demonstrates clearly that some high schools are succeeding, even under challenging circumstances

Opportunity by Design: New High School Models for Student Success

Schools throughout the country will soon begin to implement the Common Core State Standards and adopt the Next Generation Science Standards. These new standards, which are "fewer, clearer, and higher" than existing state standards, are designed to provide all young people with the knowledge and skills they need for success in a global economy. Though they are a powerful tool for improving our educational system, standards alone cannot deliver widespread, meaningful change. To bring all students to much higher levels of achievement and to help underprepared students catch up to meet the standards' new demands, we must "do school differently." This means redesigning how schools use teaching, time, technology, and money to create opportunities for more young people to succeed. And, it means replacing existing one-size-fits-all approaches with rigorous, personalized learning that creates multiple opportunities for students to be successful.Individual interventions are important, yet by themselves, they are not likely to produce sufficiently strong outcomes to help all students meet the demands of the new standards. Instead of retooling individual elements such as teacher preparation, learning time, or technology in isolation, all the elements that we know work and some emerging tools must be integrated into comprehensive school designs that will truly meet the needs of every student

Managing Students’ Math-Anxiety Through Humanistic Mathematics Education

Prior to the national examination, there are many students and/or their parents often anxious excessively. Especially for math class, students often feel anxious not only at the time of the exam, but also long before the exam. Actually, not all anxiety is bad. Anxiety, within certain limits, can be managed so that it will turn into an intrinsic motivation that can help students perform better. There are several reasons why students have anxiety about math. One of the reasons is an authoritarian teacher. Another reason of anxiety for students to learn mathematics is from the students themselves, such as low self-esteem or lack of confidence. Low self-esteem or lack of confidence can be generated by previous negative experiences when they learned mathematics. There are many studies showing a negative correlation between mathematics anxiety and mathematics learning achievement. The question then is: what can be done by a math teacher to help students manage their anxiety? One possible way, teachers can help students to manage their anxiety by implementing humanistic teaching and learning. This paper will discuss how to manage the anxiety of students in learning mathematics through a humanistic mathematics education. Key words: math-anxiety, humanistic mathematics education

Competency Education Series: Policy Brief One, An Emerging Federal Role for Competency Education

After two decades of standards-based reform, a new education paradigm has begun to take hold -- the rise of competency education. This new vision builds on the strong foundation of new college and career ready standards, challenging stakeholders to design an education system that emphasizes mastery of content standards and the transferable skills critical to success in college and today's workforce.A competency education system puts students at the center, replacing rigid time-based structures with flexible learning environments that ensure students receive the support and extra time they need to succeed. This highly-personalized approach provides clear, individualized pathways to student proficiency that help mobilize stakeholders around the collective goal of college and career readiness for all students. A growing number of states and districts have begun to embrace this vision for education, leading to an explosion of new policies, pilot initiatives, and tools designed to help schools implement competencybased approaches.The success of the competency movement depends heavily on the federal government's willingness to partner with states and districts as they design education systems that put students at the center. A true partnership will grant states the flexibility to innovate and develop equally ambitious accountability and assessment policies that better align with student centered education to ensure all students graduate with the knowledge and skills to succeed. This paper is the first in a series to help policymakers define the appropriate role for the federal government supporting competency education in the nation's K-12 schools

An Intelligent Tutoring System for Teaching Grammar English Tenses

The evolution of Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) is the result of the amount of research in the field of education and artificial intelligence in recent years. English is the third most common languages in the world and also is the internationally dominant in the telecommunications, science and trade, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomatic language as most of the areas of work now taught in English. Therefore, the demand for learning English has increased. In this paper, we describe the design of an Intelligent Tutoring System for teaching English language grammar to help students learn English grammar easily and smoothly. The system provides all topics of English grammar and generates a series of questions automatically for each topic for the students to solve. The system adapts with all the individual differences of students and begins gradually with students from easier to harder level. The intelligent tutoring system was given to a group of students of all age groups to try it and to see the impact of the system on students. The results showed a good satisfaction of the students toward the system

Every Child, Every School: Lessons from Chicago's Partnership for Instructional Leadership

Too many students in Chicago Public Schools are performing below -- often far below -- grade level. Ideally, all students should be increasing their subject matter knowledge and critical thinking skills over time. In September 2008 a three-year initiative, the Partnership for Instructional Leadership, was created to help a group of neighborhood elementary schools in Chicago Public Schools Area 4, on the city's Northwest Side, build the internal capacity to improve school achievement for all students at all grade levels, including Pre-K and English Language Learners.**Over the course of three years, the Partnership was implemented in 11 elementary schools -- six for the full three years with five more schools joining in the third year. This report summarized significant outcomes and learnings from the Partnership experience

Wolf, Lawmakers Shouldn\u27t Cut Grants to Private Colleges

Earlier this week, students from private colleges and universities across the Commonwealth gathered in Harrisburg to meet with legislators and make the case for the importance of the state\u27s commitment to higher education. More specifically, for state grant programs that help to make college affordable for low- and moderate-income students and their families. I have a keen interest in making sure that talented students of all income levels have the opportunity to attain a high quality education. [excerpt

A System for Assessing the Knowledge and Skills of Students in Computer Programming

This article presents the author’s experience in teaching programming to university students in first and second year. The system for assessing the knowledge and skills of students is an essential part of teaching. It aims not only to assess students, but also to help improving their knowledge. The importance and difficulty of Computer Programming requires specific and unconventional approach to this activity. The article discusses all three elements of ongoing assessment (tests for knowledge, homeworks, and practical programming skills), as well as the rules for final exams and final assessment