Sentences with phrase «actually studied for a test»

«I actually studied for a test, which I never did before because I couldn't get myself to sit down.

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Forward - thinking scientists, many with funding from PETA and its international affiliates, are developing methods for studying diseases and testing products that don't require the use of animals and are actually relevant to human health.

And risky surgical techniques can be performed for years before studies are launched to test whether the surgery is actually effective.

This new study demonstrated that the test can also be used to identify people with precancerous polyps — a finding that makes it potentially more useful for a screening test, since it may be able to identify cancer risk before the disease actually develops.

The study could lead to new, less invasive diagnostic tests; it also shows that antibiotics — which aren't recommended for Crohn's but are often given when patients first present with symptoms — may actually make the disease worse.

But these bad habits might actually good for something: Kids who sucked their thumbs or chewed their nails had lower rates of allergic reactions in lab tests, a new study finds.

While they're naturally looking for a drug solution to target this pathway, it would make sense to tap into it naturally by optimizing your body clock... There's actually a clinical study underway at the University of Manchester in which they're testing «body clock logic» to treat diabetes.

Soon, it's revealed to Ford that the secret Government MONARCH project has been studying Godzilla for years, and nuclear «testing» in the Pacific was actually the group's secret attempt to kill it without frightening the public.

But in a subsequent meeting, the staff actually took portions of the MCAS and came to these conclusions: Although the test is hard, it really does measure the kinds of skills and knowledge students need to be successful in the 21st century; because the MCAS is a curriculum - referenced test whose items are released every year, it is possible to align the curriculum and study for the test; and finally, our students have a long way to go, but most can reach proficiency if the whole school teaches effectively over time.

Writing with an actual pencil or pen may seem almost archaic what with technology virtually doing everything for us, but the kinesthetic movement of writing down an assignment into one of those little squares (Language Arts test tomorrow - STUDY TONIGHT), will actually help solidify that homework in your brain.

Dr. Bry's systematic program of prevention research has included studies that: 1) search for precursors that differentiate adolescents who will develop conduct or substance use problems from those who will not and environmental factors that might reduce or buffer those precursors; 2) investigate whether these factors actually precede or reduce future problems; and 3) test the outcome efficacy and effectiveness of experimental methods to modify these factors.

The consortium's subsequent studies found that elite public schools with admissions criteria did not improve academic benefits, test scores, grades or college selectivity, and for lower - income students, these actually worsened.

Students may spend 20 to 25 hours actually taking the math and ELA tests but a study, «TIME ON TEST: The Fixed Costs of 3 - 8 Standardized Testing in New York State», found that students had to wait over an hour each day for «testing related activities» — 20 minutes to prep room, 14 minutes to change locations for some students, 12 minutes to count and distribute the tests, ad naseum — to be comTesting in New York State», found that students had to wait over an hour each day for «testing related activities» — 20 minutes to prep room, 14 minutes to change locations for some students, 12 minutes to count and distribute the tests, ad naseum — to be comtesting related activities» — 20 minutes to prep room, 14 minutes to change locations for some students, 12 minutes to count and distribute the tests, ad naseum — to be completed.

The testing system also failed to adequately safeguard itself, the study added, providing ways for teachers and students to produce results that seemed to reflect performance without actually teaching much.

But California Governor Jerry Brown, unfazed by the blockbuster study, actually called for less testing in his recent State of the State address.

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How did you already know that this location was a site of «rapid, continuous, sea level rise» if this is the sort of thing you were actually trying to test for with your study?

«Professor Sander's study tests a simple, but startling, thesis: Affirmative action actually depresses the number of black lawyers, because many black students end up attending law schools that are too difficult for them, and perform badly.

Milgrim told his study subjects that he was conducting research on the relationship between punishment and learning when, in fact, he was actually testing people's compliance to authority to determine how far someone would be willing to go for the sake of obedience.