Sentence examples for academically selective school from inspiring English sources

Qualitative data included interviews with the head of science and three participating science teachers from the academically selective school.

The qualitative data indicated that science teachers in the academically selective school were committed to the intervention and explained how they had changed their pedagogy as a result of the professional learning programme.

In conclusion, Thinking Science was a worthwhile intervention for all participating students, but particularly for students in the academically selective school where teachers were able to adapt their pedagogy and the approach to suit their students.

Over the 2-year period, students from the academically selective school had a greater mean gain with a large effect size (d = 0.995) when compared with the control (n = 120) and when compared with other students who participated in the intervention with a medium effect size (d = 0.687).

The first step would be to see academically selective schools open in the state sector in areas where provision is currently poor – and I would welcome that".

"It's not surprising that, academically, selective schools get the best results," says Fiona Millar, a former Downing Street aide and now a campaigner for state schools.

For those like Boris Johnson who support more grammar schools and selection PISA is clear that: 'a school system's performance overall is not better if it has a greater proportion of academically selective schools'.

The present position, he says, is absurd: we have specialist schools of all sorts and a new category of university technical colleges for pupils of 14 and up, yet new academically selective schools are automatically ruled out.

Jae Yup Jared Jung, a senior lecturer in the school of education at the University of NSW, says the positive role of gifted education programs such as academically selective schools is backed up by research.

Back when the study was done, most university students had been to academically selective schools, whether private or state, and the sort of students the government now wants to encourage were weeded out at the age of 11.

Social comparison and academic self-concept have been the topic of substantive investigation, but, most of this research has focused on school students within academically selective schools.