Sentences with phrase «comprehensive research evaluating»

Comprehensive research evaluating how four - day school weeks affect student performance, however, is limited, and what does exist delivers a mixed picture.

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Brad Sorensen and his colleagues at the Schwab Center for Financial Research spend much of their time evaluating and rating stocks and sectors in order to provide Schwab clients with objective, comprehensive research to help them make informed deResearch spend much of their time evaluating and rating stocks and sectors in order to provide Schwab clients with objective, comprehensive research to help them make informed deresearch to help them make informed decisions.

The THE World University Rankings use a comprehensive methodology to independently evaluate universities across the five core areas of teaching, research, citations, international outlook, and industry income.

The Harvard Family Research Project has kicked off a quarterly newsletter on evaluating comprehensive children's initiatives.

Performance - based accountability evaluates teachers» effectiveness through a comprehensive, research - based system that combines such criteria as position responsibilities, classroom observations, and students» gains in test scores.

Based at UCL's Institute of Education, and match - funded by the European Regional Development Fund and UCL's partners — UCL Engineering, the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), Nesta and F6S — EDUCATE offers a rigorous and comprehensive training programme focusing on pedagogical research to help EdTech start - ups, SMEs, entrepreneurs and educators develop, evaluate and improve their products and services with the use of research evidence.

-- Define social & emotional learning (SEL) and why it is essential to students» success — Understand key research relating SEL skills to student success — Relate district / organization goals to SEL — Integrate SEL into existing district / organization frameworks and protocols — Design a comprehensive approach to screening, assessing, promoting, and evaluating SEL competencies using the DESSA — Select a quality SEL curricula aligned to your specific needs — Learn how to integrate SEL - supporting practices into everyday interactions — Use SEL data to plan for instruction and intervention

His research background includes developing, implementing, and evaluating comprehensive whole - school reforms and translating research findings into effective reforms for high - poverty secondary schools.

Approaches to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness: Research Synthesis (Chicago, Ill.: National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, 2008).

Dr. Laura Goe, Dr. Courtney Bell, and Ms. Olivia Little note in Approaches to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness, «Given that teachers» roles involve much more than simply providing subject - matter instruction, it is appropriate to consider a broader and more comprehensive definition of effective teachers consisting of five points and formulated by evaluating discussions of teacher effectiveness in the research literature as well as in policy documents, standards and reports&raquEvaluating Teacher Effectiveness, «Given that teachers» roles involve much more than simply providing subject - matter instruction, it is appropriate to consider a broader and more comprehensive definition of effective teachers consisting of five points and formulated by evaluating discussions of teacher effectiveness in the research literature as well as in policy documents, standards and reports&raquevaluating discussions of teacher effectiveness in the research literature as well as in policy documents, standards and reports» (2008).

Provided a comprehensive analysis of Intellectual Property applications through quantitative and qualitative research methods to evaluate and leverage large sets of data using multiple software platforms / search engines.

Our Retained Executive Search Recruiting service, which is by far the most comprehensive and detailed of our many executive recruiting solutions, evaluates a prospective candidate using two primary methods: candidate assessment and researching.

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Biomedical and biotechnology engineer with background in design of biomaterials, biosensors, drug delivery devices, microfrabrication, and tissue engineering Working knowledge of direct cell writing and rapid prototyping Experience fabricating nanocomposite hydrogel scaffolds Proficient in material analysis, mechanical, biochemical, and morphological testing of synthetic and biological materials Extensive experience in bio-imaging processes and procedures Specialized in mammalian, microbial, and viral cell culture Working knowledge of lab techniques and instruments including electrophoresis, chromatography, microscopy, spectroscopy, PCR, Flow cytometery, protein assay, DNA isolation techniques, polymer synthesis and characterization, and synthetic fiber production Developed strong knowledge of FDA, GLP, GMP, GCP, and GDP regulatory requirements Created biocompatible photocurable hydrogels for cell immobilization Formulated cell friendly prepolymer formulation Performed surface modification of nano - particle fillers to enhance their biocompatibility Evaluated cell and biomaterial interaction, cell growth, and proliferation Designed bench - top experiments and protocols to simulate in vivo situations Designed hydrogel based microfluidic prototypes for cell entrapment and cell culture utilizing computer - aided robotic dispenser Determined various mechanical, morphological, and transport properties of photocured hydrogels using Instron, FTIR, EDX, X-ray diffraction, DSC, TGA, and DMA Assessed biocompatibility of hydrogels and physiology of entrapped cells Evaluated intracellular and extracellular reactions of entrapped cells on spatial and temporal scales using optical, confocal, fluorescence, atomic force, and scanning electron microscopies Designed various biochemical assays Developed thermosensitive PET membranes for transdermal drug delivery application using Gamma radiation induced graft co-polymerization of N - isopropyl acylamide and Acrylic acid Characterized grafted co-polymer using various polymer characterization techniques Manipulated lower critical solution temperature of grafted thermosensitive co-polymer Loaded antibiotic on grafted co-polymer and determined drug release profile with temperature Determined biomechanical and biochemical properties of biological gels isolated from marine organisms Analyzed morphological and mechanical properties of metal coated yarns using SEM and Instron Performed analytical work on pharmaceutical formulations using gas and high performance liquid chromatography Performed market research and analysis for medical textile company Developed and implement comprehensive marketing and sales campaign

This event was part of an NHMRC funded research project «Evaluating the effectiveness of comprehensive primary health care in local communities» being conducted at the Southgate Institute for Health Society and Equity at Flinders University The aim of the symposium was to feed back some of the key emerging findings from the study, and to engage primary health care practitioners and policy makers in debate and discussion about the implications of these findings for primary health care policy and practice.

Evaluating the impact of immunising all families against future development of conduct problems by providing comprehensive parent education programmes and a child social emotional curriculum for everyone are key goals for the next generation of research.

(I) The model conforms to a clear consistent home visitation model that has been in existence for at least 3 years and is research - based, grounded in relevant empirically - based knowledge, linked to program determined outcomes, associated with a national organization or institution of higher education that has comprehensive home visitation program standards that ensure high quality service delivery and continuous program quality improvement, and has demonstrated significant, (and in the case of the service delivery model described in item (aa), sustained) positive outcomes, as described in the benchmark areas specified in paragraph (1)(A) and the participant outcomes described in paragraph (2)(B), when evaluated using well - designed and rigorous --

The Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group (2002) evaluated the comprehensive Fast Track program during its first 3 years.

Complete and comprehensive reviews of the 29 identified family assessment measures: (a) identify the key source and measurement development references; (b) describe the purpose, format, scoring, and applicable age ranges; (c) summarize available psychometric information; (d) evaluate clinical and research utility; (e) discuss applicability with linguistic minorities as well as racial and ethnic populations; and (f) classify each measure according to the criteria outlined earlier.