Sentences with phrase «academic type of environment»

However, my father's keen interest in machines, mechanical tools, and puzzles of all sorts — and my older siblings» strong interest in books, music, and higher education — maintained an academic type of environment in the household, compared to the other business families in town.

Not exact matches

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) in Washington, D.C., yesterday held the first public meeting of a new committee of academic and industry researchers, tasked with forecasting what biotechnologies will emerge in the next 5 to 10 years, and what new types of risk they might pose to the environment or human health.

The NPA believes that implementation of reporting requirements around all types of harassment will provide a safer academic research environment and hopes that other funding agencies will follow suit with similar policies.

Science & Society type articles aim to discuss important issues at the interface of academic research and society, such as those relating to policy, environment or health.

The greatest classroom we have is the great outdoors, so our students are outside at least 50 % of each and every day, learning all types of academic subjects in the open air, supported by lessons within classroom environments in the afternoon.

Given that these students had no clear incentives for participation (e.g., academic credit) and were new to this type of peer instruction, our results suggest that there is considerable potential for productive clicker use in the middle school environment.

In addition to the academic benefits of these types of classrooms, gifted students have the opportunity to spend significant time during the school day with similar learners which offers a positive social environment.

Is my district prioritizing the type of environment that supports student learning, including social and emotional learning, or are academics and student test score the main focus?