Sentences with phrase «academic theory suggests»

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While not always in agreement with academic commentary on Professor Hogg and Allison A. Bushell's dialogue theory, I would suggest that the primary audience for this case is Canadian governments (and the people that elect them).

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

The evidence suggests that the theory holds true: that the A-Plus program has been successful at motivating failing schools to improve their academic performance.

Earlier theory had suggested that cultural capital might improve academic performance by making students falsely appear more knowledgable, even if their command of the material were no greater.

But other academics have suggested various theories, such as peer pressures that make it uncool to study hard and «act white.»

This book is two things: it is a teardown of modern portfolio theory as posited by the academics, and the establishing of a new theory that suggests that we get better returns by avoiding volatility of investment returns.

While not always in agreement with academic commentary on Professor Hogg and Allison A. Bushell's dialogue theory, I would suggest that the primary audience for this case is Canadian governments (and the people that elect them).

And the more general point is that it suggested that the statement of skill and values came from academic theory rather than what lawyers demonstrably need for success in the practice of law.

But is constitutional theory tainted by ideology because legal academics are intellectually corrupt, or because they are completely misguided about legal philosophy and fail to recognize the overwhelming arguments in favour of legal positivism, as prof. Brennan suggests?

Years of practice wisdom, theory, and related areas of research (i.e., the importance of the home literacy environment, parental stimulation of children's language development, security of the parent - child attachment relationship, and parent involvement in preschool and early intervention programs) strongly suggest that parents» involvement in their children's formal schooling is vital for their academic success, even though the research evidence is less than conclusive.

Theories of ethnic minority development have largely suggested that African American parents engage in a combination of practices that include culturally distinctive socialization as well as behaviors that are characteristic of more universal forms of academic socialization.