In supervised learning, learning from queries rather than from random examples can improve generalization performance significantly. We study the performance of query learning for problems where the student cannot learn the teacher perfectly, which occur frequently in practice. As a prototypical scenario of this kind, we consider a linear perceptron student learning a binary perceptron teacher....

Abstract: With annual standardized student testing, it now may be feasible to measure the contributions to student achievement made by individual teachers. But will these “teacher valueadded” measures help to improve student achievement and learning? I address this question through a “policy validity” framework” that includes three factors: (a) statistical validity, i.e., how well teacher value...

We study the effects of various types of education and training on the ability of teachers to promote student achievement. Previous studies on the subject have been hampered by inadequate measures of teacher training and difficulties addressing the non-random selection of teachers to students and of teachers to training. We address these issues by estimating models that include detailed measure...

Clinical learning in restorative dentistry is principally centred around the provision of patient care, yet we know very little about the learning processes occurring within the clinical environment. A study of undergraduate dental student clinical practice used a combination of group interview and questionnaire techniques to explore some of the characteristics of student/teacher interaction th...

The paper will discuss the impact that education technology has on the teacherstudent experience. Does learning really take place or has the educator been removed from the teaching experience and environment and does this impact on the learning environment. The study will conclude that technology can enhance the teacher-student experience; although the educator-student learning experience canno...

A trend in agricultural education has been a shortage of graduates from preservice agricultural education programs who choose to enter the teaching profession, thus causing a deficit in the number of qualified teachers to fill vacancies. When examining preservice agricultural education programs, student teaching is often the capstone experience, during which, the student teacher works closely w...

BACKGROUND Teachers can deliver feedback using person ('you are clever') or process terms ('you worked hard'). Person feedback can lead to negative academic outcomes, but there is little experimental research examining the impact of feedback on children's perceptions of the student-teacher relationship. AIM We examined the effects of person, process, and no feedback on children's perceptions ...

In this paper we argue that the quality of early education programs or classrooms can be defined in terms features teachers’ interactions with students observed using Classroom Assessment Scoring System, CLASS. We present evidence suggesting dimensions teacher-student described, observed, and measured consistently across cultures countries such also have modestly positive influence student deve...

This article develops a model for longitudinal student achievement data designed to estimate heterogeneity in teacher effects across students of different achivement levels. The model specifies interactions between teacher effects and students’ predicted scores on a test, estimating both average effects of individual teachers and interaction terms indicating whether individual teachers are diff...