Later, when he was in elementary school, I received teacher-directed cards from Jesse. From Wordnik.com. [Knowing Jesse] Reference
In that case it's probably best to use Visible Body as a teacher-directed exercise and not a individualized activity. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-27] Reference
Like Direct Instruction, most were structured, teacher-directed, and designed to produce measurable gains in achievement. From Wordnik.com. [[education destroyed] one of the root causes] Reference
Even EnterTech, with all its success, only adds depth to lessons taught during the 15 hours of teacher-directed discussion. From Wordnik.com. [Educators Turn to Games for Help] Reference
Those who argued for student empowerment and process goals viewed "rigor" as a code word for teacher-directed information cramming. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
There are three main type of learning environments that you may take your class or classes in: teacher-directed, home studies, and learning lab. From Wordnik.com. [Literacy News – 234th Edition « News « Literacy News] Reference
So that's why I think we have to keep the balance, keep weighing the alternatives: content skills vs process skills, individual work vs collaborative work, teacher-directed activities vs student-designed activities. From Wordnik.com. [On Education (Three): The Balance] Reference
A third research team, at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, found that most of the activities available to children during choice time a popular euphemism for playtime are in fact teacher-directed and involve little or no free play, imagination, or creativity. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
To find peaceful classrooms, these examples suggest, parents might look for programs that allow time for free, orderly play; that work to instill self-control in kids, and that go beyond teacher-directed drills to help children learn to make and stick to their own choices. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Nice: Teachers Learn to Help Kids Behave in School] Reference
And there's more: "Adoption of a constructivist approach in the classroom involves a shift from predominantly teacher-directed methods to student-centred, active discovery learning and immersion approaches via co-operative group work, discussion focused on investigations and problem solving.". From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Top Five: March 7, 2006] Reference
In 1989, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics authored standards that called for decreased attention to fluency or automatic recall of basic math facts (calculators, you know), teacher-directed instruction (let's have kids get in groups and "discover" math), or right answers (process trumps correct answers), to name a few. From Wordnik.com. [What's the Best Way to Teach Math to Kids?] Reference
Work & Family Mailbox In the classroom, preschoolers usually shouldn't be expected to sit for more than 10 to 15 minutes at a time listening to teacher-directed, structured activities, says Ellen Frede, co-director of Rutgers University's National Institute for Early Education Research, which issued a policy brief last month on solving behavior problems. From Wordnik.com. [What's Gotten Into] Reference
She's in favor of teacher-directed prayer in our schools. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
These merely reinforce traditional, teacher-directed instruction. From Wordnik.com. [Moving at the Speed of Creativity] Reference
Math Expressions, a curriculum marketed by the Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Co., is more of a blend of teacher-directed and student-centered instruction. From Wordnik.com. [Education Week American Education News Site of Record] Reference
In particular, programs that are highly academic, that consist of hours of uninterrupted teacher-directed activity, that prize quiet time over physical movement. From Wordnik.com. [RVABlogs] Reference
Primrose School's Balanced Learning® Curriculum blends teacher-directed and child-initiated activities and is consistently delivered in all Primrose Schools nationwide. From Wordnik.com. [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference
The definitions, as cited from the URL on SDL spectrum: The spectrum refers to degrees of SDL ranging from entirely teacher-directed learning (TDL) to SDL as defined above. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Instruction is teacher-directed and students regularly use technology on an individual basis to access electronic information and develop communication and presentation projects. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
"While the skill and performance level is sometimes not as high as a teacher-directed song might be, I feel that it is important to allow and encourage students to develop the musical decision-making that this requires," Hill said. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
Is it pedagogically desirable and fiscally responsible for school administrators to spend money on technologies like Activwands and student response systems which predominantly reinforce traditional models of teacher-directed instruction?. From Wordnik.com. [Moving at the Speed of Creativity] Reference
Incidental Self-Directed Learning The occasional introduction of SDL activities into courses or programs that are otherwise teacher-directed (e.g. individual projects, stations, or brief introduction of any other forms of SDL on the spectrum). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
> how can it NOT be teacher-directed?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
> but the lesson is very teacher-directed. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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