It makes several declarations
about academic peer review that, in my opinion, are questionable (see this discussion of the shortcomings of the peer review process).
Not exact matches
It may be that Brown can be so sanguine
about overcoming the fragmenting effects of disciplinary diversity because the national scholarly organizations that institutionalize the various
academic guilds today exercised less political power in the 1930s over scholars» standing with
peers, mobility from school to school, and promotion to tenure.
Some teens may benefit from being around a private school group of
peers who are almost universally serious
about academics.
Increasing
academic demands,
peer pressure and concerns
about fitting in socially can all add up to extra angst.
The researchers categorized each student's
peer status and then asked teachers and
peers what they thought
about each student's
academic success.
At age eight, mixed - handed kids were
about twice as likely to have language and
academic difficulties as their
peers.
His blog —
about peer - reviewed research and
academic life — demonstrated skill and enthusiasm for explaining scientific findings and their wider implications to the public.
During his doctoral work in genetics and molecular biology at Johns Hopkins Medical School, Munoz - Sanjuan grew «disillusioned
about the dependency on
peer review to make a living [in
academic science], and universities» lack of appreciation for teaching excellence when evaluating for a tenure position.
They measured students» beliefs
about themselves, both broadly and
about their
academic abilities, as well as their social adjustment in school, including their feeling of belonging and attachment,
academic values, and
peer support.
Participants responded to the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, which includes questions
about children's well - being, such as
academic achievement, self - esteem and
peer relationships.
the site highlights many
peer - reviewed
academic research
about the.
An interview published this week with NPR asks education professor Diane Schanzenbach of Northwestern University
about her motivation to gather the research on
academic redshirting in her recent article for Education Next «Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten: «Redshirting» may do more harm than good,» which challenges Malcolm Gladwell's assertion that being among the oldest in one's
peer group is always an advantage.
Q. Dear Dr. Shore, My son is
about to enter middle school, and I'm less worried
about the
academic pressure than the
peer pressure.
Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically
about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth
academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of
peer to
peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.
Commissioned by the Charleston, W.Va. - based Education Alliance, the report found that African - American students rated their schools significantly lower than their white
peers did in seven out of eight categories:
academic expectations, instruction, course - taking, counseling
about education options, respect, mentoring and caring relationships, and fairness.
We hear a lot
about the
academic struggles of low - income students and students of color — particularly comparing them to their White and wealthier
peers.
«It's not just
about how you feel, but how are you going to solve a problem, whether it's an
academic problem or a
peer problem or a relationship problem with a parent,» said Mark T. Greenberg, a professor of human development and psychology at Pennsylvania State University.
The best hope of getting your prison sentences reduced a bit is by opening the internet to honest posting on what the
peer - reviewed
academic research of the past 32 years tells us
about how stock investing works.
Decades of research and thousands of
peer review
academic studies into the drivers of stock market returns have led to amazing discoveries
about how different types of stocks move in relation to one another.
There was a time when Buy - and - Holders FAVORED learning
about what the
peer - reviewed
academic research in this field says.
The program was
peer - reviewed by animal scientists and canine welfare experts from major
academic institutions to corroborate credibility and the most up - to - date scientific knowledge
about dogs, how their brains work and what makes them healthy and happy.
While those who stand in denial of climate change have failed in the last 15 years to produce a single,
peer - reviewed scientific journal article that challenges the theory and evidence of human - induced climate change, mainstream media was, until very recently, covering the story (in more than half the cases, according to the
academic researchers Boykoff and Boykoff) by quoting one scientist talking
about the risks and one purported expert saying that climate change was not happening — or might actually be a good thing.
But for the first time, two scientists have published a
peer - reviewed paper in an
academic journal, advocating lying
about global warming.
There are
about 450
academic peer reviewed journal articles questioning the importance of man - made global warming.
I then heard
about climate gate and since I have seen the dirty underside of
peer review and
academic backstabbing up close and personal, I began to really question what was going on.
from Mann et al: Esoteric and
academic arguments
about the response of the atmosphere to a doubling of CO2 may be interesting for those steeped in the
peer - reviewed literature, but for the public and policy makers the important and unfortunate fact is that climate change is continuing unabated.
Esoteric and
academic arguments
about the response of the atmosphere to a doubling of CO2 may be interesting for those steeped in the
peer - reviewed literature, but for the public and policy makers the important and unfortunate fact is that climate change is continuing unabated.
Much has been made
about emails regarding a certain paper that some scientists did not think should have been published in a
peer - reviewed
academic journal.
The
peer - review status of articles are also clearly marked, in this open source journal system, with links to the journals» review policies, an aspect of reputation and authority taken for granted with traditional journals that have not had to worry
about their reputation for rigor outside of the
academic community.
You're
about to write an
academic CV your
peers will use to teach students how it's done.
Based on our selection of sample resumes for
Peer Mentor, the most sought - after qualifications include good
academic standing, the willingness to share information
about the university and the campus, effective communication, people skills, self - motivation, and leadership.
The University of Virginia Career Center seeks highly motivated Career
Peer Educators (CPEs) to educate the UVA community
about Career Center resources and programming for the 2018 - 19
academic year.
In the eight studies that measured
academic results an average of 3.75 years later, participants in social - emotional programs performed
about 13 percentile points higher than their
peers in the control group, they found.
The majority of us have a Ph.D. and hold positions as professors at
academic institutions where we teach
about relationships, conduct and publish our own research findings in
peer - reviewed
academic journals, write books, and serve as reviewers or editorial board members for the major journals in our field.
PARENTS WEIGH IN: A new national poll from Learning Heroes reveals parents are positive
about their children's
academic progress and are more likely to harbor concerns
about peer pressure, bullying, physical safety, and social media than
about their child being on track academically.
For many children, school is an exciting opportunity, not only for
academic learning but also for learning
about themselves through new and untested social interactions with their
peers and teachers.
Eight studies that tracked the
academic achievement of students for an average of 3.75 years after a social and emotional learning program found that participants performed about 13 percentage points higher in grades and standardized test scores than their peers, according to a 2017 overview of 82 social and emotional studies by researchers affiliated with the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional L
academic achievement of students for an average of 3.75 years after a social and emotional learning program found that participants performed
about 13 percentage points higher in grades and standardized test scores than their
peers, according to a 2017 overview of 82 social and emotional studies by researchers affiliated with the Collaborative for
Academic, Social and Emotional L
Academic, Social and Emotional Learning.