Example sentences of "[pron] pupil ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The targets will be the means by which pupils ' progress is measured . |
| 2 | Within these four ‘ Syllabus Areas ’ , seven concepts are identified as forming the basis on which pupils ' knowledge is built up . |
| 3 | The curriculum exposure " of the items was studied by asking teachers of one large group of pupils ( N 1,845 ) who took the GT4 test in 1985 to rate their pupils ' experience with items of the kind in the test . |
| 4 | Again all good schools already monitored their pupils ' progress , so how could one object ? |
| 5 | In fact , they would go further and say bluntly that the current obsession with exam passes is actually harming their pupils ' education . |
| 6 | What is certain , however , is that currently English teachers are being urged by the majority of voices in their midst to concentrate upon encouragement of their pupils ' creativity . |
| 7 | Typically , teachers ask questions not because they do not know the answers , but because they want to test their pupils ' knowledge . |
| 8 | Although that curriculum is often represented as diminishing teachers ' choices and initiatives , it is important for heads and their colleagues to note how matters of culture which have many facets can be handled alongside a national concern that schools should be more readily comparable with each other and should be readily accountable , not least in their pupils ' attainment levels . |
| 9 | Moreover teachers have to decide how often and at what stages to assess their pupils ' work . |
| 10 | Nor can they help forming snapshot impressions of their colleagues in action — the way they speak to pupils , the degree of calmness or rowdiness they seem to achieve in their lessons and the way they write about their pupils ' work in formal reports . |
| 11 | The Head of Department was first asked to specify how he and his colleagues assessed their pupils ' work , illustrating the process by assessing a pencil drawing which was mounted on the wall . |
| 12 | It should also be remembered that teachers are always assessing their pupils ' performance on a daily basis and will know their pupils well over the period of time . |
| 13 | As both schools had a similar catchment area , he postulated that it was the schools themselves that made the difference between their pupils ' behaviour . |
| 14 | It is of interest to note that even Maughan and Rutter report one non-selective school with a low ability intake whose pupils ' achievement is broadly comparable with the grammar school averages . |
| 15 | Innovations in teaching methods do not usually come in the form of simple additions to a teacher 's repertoire , generalizable to all subject matters , but are usually designed to achieve more effectively an understanding of some particular X. Usually , for a variety of reasons , the descriptions of ‘ how to proceed ’ are not at a level of precision which makes the teacher a programmed automaton ; it follows that any teacher persuaded to adopt the innovation must be willing and able to explore modifications to his repertoire in order to try and achieve the hoped-for improvement in his pupils ' understanding of X at which the innovation is aimed . |
| 16 | He shared his pupils ' impatience with the history side but he was far too polite ever to express this prejudice in my presence — and he was pleased that there was somebody else in the department who was prepared to cover that part of the teaching . |
| 17 | We believe that our School is a community and that our care and concern for our pupils ' education and welfare are fundamental . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , it is fair to report that , once more , we have pleased with our pupils ' performance . |
| 19 | We want our pupils ' time here to be an exciting period of hard work and play , and of discovery about ideas and feelings . |