Sentences with phrase «although academic ability»

Although academic ability is the most important explanatory variable in studies of student learning, researchers control for it with a wide array and combinations of proxies.

To sum up, these data suggest that although the academic ability of the male portion of newly entering teachers has decreased in the past 20 years, this has not been true of female teachers.

Not exact matches

Although researchers debate what IQ tests actually measure, they agree that scores can predict our ability to learn and perform certain tasks, and to some degree forecast our later academic achievement and job performance.

Although the combined components of physical fitness can influence academic performance, this study suggests that cardiorespiratory capacity and, to a greater extent, motor ability, may be greater influences.

Although it is certainly true that a person of any race has the ability to teach chemical principles and conduct laboratory research, I have taught my students — often inadvertently and unintentionally — something that surpasses academics.

Although mastery experience is typically the most influential source of self - efficacy, the strength and influence of the sources differ as a function of contextual factors such as gender, ethnicity, academic ability, and academic domain.

Although physical activity can not be branded as a silver bullet to increase academic performance among every pupil, evidence shows that its numerous benefits on metabolism help children and teenagers to enhance their scholastic abilities.

Although academic achievement and cognitive ability measurements are highly correlated, they differ in source of information.

Indeed, as per a statement made by Ron Adler, president of the Ohio Coalition for Quality Education, not only is it «disappointing that ODE spends so much time denying that poverty and mobility of students impedes their ability to generate academic performance... they [continue to] remain absolutely silent about the state's broken report card and continually defend their value - added model that offers no transparency and creates wild swings for schools across Ohio» (i.e., the EVAAS system, although in all fairness all VAMs and the SGP yield the «wild swings» noted).

Although not minimizing the importance of traditional cognitive ability, these authors point out that conventional assessments account for a small portion of the variance when examining long - term academic and career accomplishment, especially as it relates to the advancement of adult competencies in highly demanding professions where leadership skills and creative productivity are the criteria for success.

Although the typical Lawrence student has average to above - average abilities and intelligence, most of our students come from academic settings where they felt «below average» or incapable of participating in the learning process.

Although many of us think that our academic ability is crucial in getting the position, the value of your personality can give you the edge over other applicants.

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, results from a path analysis showed that, although parenting styles were not directly linked with college enrollment, they were indirectly associated with college enrollment via their prior associations with a number of variables, including young adults» subjective probability of completing college, time preferences, academic achievement, cognitive ability, and parental expectations.

Although the existing findings on the relations between parental behavior, EF and academic ability reported earlier involved multiple time points, the presumed mediator was either measured alongside the predictor (e.g., NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003) or the outcome (Friedman et al., 2014).