Sentences with phrase «as academic exercises»

Although possibly interesting as academic exercises, at this point the SCC models lack sufficient credibility for cost - benefit analysis.

47 — «I view the ESS models as academic exercises...» There is no such thing as an «ESS model».

I view the ESS models as academic exercises and the regression models as relevant to policy, since in practice the only policy being discussed is limiting CO2.

«Most of my classmates just treated all this as an academic exercise, and they kept on living as they had before.

So unless you're doing it as an academic exercise, then you know the predictable political interests and shape a package that can pass, and is fair and equitable.»

As an academic exercise in learned helplessness, the film flaunts the ultimate power to rewrite its own «rules» whenever it likes, including taking back anything that has already been shown.

At LSE economics was not seen as an academic exercise per se, but as a tool to change the world — though not via a particular ideology.

I once did a simple excel - based model on substance flows in agriculture as an academic exercise.

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Most went into the exercise expecting to apply strict rules as to when and where they would use the devices — to «segment» their work and family time, to use the academic parlance.

As some note, this becomes a purely academic exercise in correlation, as the Canadian economy recently experienced consecutive quarters of contraction (the introductory economics textbook definition of a recession), meaning the arrows are pointing in the same direction as that of the price of oiAs some note, this becomes a purely academic exercise in correlation, as the Canadian economy recently experienced consecutive quarters of contraction (the introductory economics textbook definition of a recession), meaning the arrows are pointing in the same direction as that of the price of oias the Canadian economy recently experienced consecutive quarters of contraction (the introductory economics textbook definition of a recession), meaning the arrows are pointing in the same direction as that of the price of oias that of the price of oil.

Analyses such as our present discussion may seem like no more than academic exercises.

I had not come from a church background, and had little to no understanding of theology as a spiritual exercise or an academic discipline.

The full exercise of this right requires that trustees and administrators protect teachers and students against pressures from outside in favor of certain methods and conclusions of inquiry, and that support for teaching and research be kept as free as possible from exerting a controlling influence on academic pursuits.

This little academic exercise should help us see that a good deal of talk about education as primarily a «bringing out» of latent knowledge, with consequences for the entire process of instruction, is beside the point.

Indeed, many of the contemporary activists and academics most concerned about the marginalization of religion in American public life frame their critiques as issues of free exercise and not establishment.

To dissect it, as you would any primary text in a history course, is necessary, to know what is being said, but it can't be unemotional, it can't be purely an academic exercise, as we can't disconnect our lives from our results.

Academics and students on the University's Sport and Exercise and Nutrition courses, including Dr Huda Al - Kateb, Dr Matt Cole and PhD researcher Ayaz Safi, have written up a guide featuring tips on nutrition, hydration and exercise to help people fasting for Ramadan to keep to a regular routine as much as possible.

Despite government assurances that «no grammar school will lose its right to select pupils by academic ability as a result of converting to become an academy,» the National Grammar Schools Association has urged schools to «exercise extreme caution» before making the change.

This is a somewhat academic exercise since it treats the whole country as a single constituency, when in practice the transfers would take place seat by seat — but it does underline how closely matched the two largest parties are in public opinion.

As documented in Free to Think: Report of the Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, which tracked and analyzed attacks between January 2011 and May 2015, scholars and students may be persecuted for the content of their research or teaching or for exercising fundamental rights such as the freedom to express their opinions, whether on academic or unrelated matterAs documented in Free to Think: Report of the Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, which tracked and analyzed attacks between January 2011 and May 2015, scholars and students may be persecuted for the content of their research or teaching or for exercising fundamental rights such as the freedom to express their opinions, whether on academic or unrelated Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, which tracked and analyzed attacks between January 2011 and May 2015, scholars and students may be persecuted for the content of their research or teaching or for exercising fundamental rights such as the freedom to express their opinions, whether on academic or unrelated matteras the freedom to express their opinions, whether on academic or unrelated academic or unrelated matters.

Perhaps this notion takes hold at school, where exercise is often wholly distinct from academic lessons — and frequently equated with competitive sport, as the UK government is keen to do.

For instance, physical inactivity is linked to poorer results on standard neuropsychological tests as well as academic performance, though exercise appears to improve attention, decision making and memory.

We provide focus and concentration exercises which serve as a foundation for Mindfulness and as a place where all other academics are given the opportunity to thrive.

As a result of my academic training and my laboratory data, I've learned how to use food timing to maximize recovery after exercise.

As Farhadi casts his roving, distracted eye over this unhappy community, sharing his story in a choppy, documentary style, it ends up feeling like a curiously detached exercise, more academic than wholly satisfying.

So in addition to the methods already discussed, we reinforce new vocabulary knowledge in other ways, such as regular classroom games, use of Vine and Instagram to create definitions of the words (we show an example below, and you can see more here), and having students use online academic vocabulary exercises (our favorites are Vocabulary Exercises For The Academic Word List, The Academic Word List at UoP and English academic vocabulary exercises (our favorites are Vocabulary Exercises For The Academic Word List, The Academic Word List at UoP and Englishexercises (our favorites are Vocabulary Exercises For The Academic Word List, The Academic Word List at UoP and EnglishExercises For The Academic Word List, The Academic Word List at UoP and English Academic Word List, The Academic Word List at UoP and English Academic Word List at UoP and English Online).

32 Vigorous exercise can lead to academic gains; many kids drinking alcohol by sixth grade, study shows; students read about bays and keep track of miles as they run across America.»

-- attitude about physical exercise persists despite the evidence that, as the NCSL reports, «Thirty minutes of active physical activity during the school day can help control weight, build healthy bones, muscles, and joints, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, enhance feelings of well - being, and may even improve academic performance.»

After a series of exercises where we calculated the extent of our own working memory and learned what it feels like to be in cognitive overload, Kris went on to share academic and action - based research with us about how to teach maths in a way that reduces cognitive load as far as possible.

Access meaningful learning experiences (current theory, research, and developments in relevant academic disciplines, professional development opportunities, and ideas from colleagues and supervisors) and exercises judgment in accepting findings as valid for application in classroom practice and teacher improvement.

Now that student academic progress will be used as a measurement of teacher effectiveness, it is crucial to transform teacher evaluation from an exercise in compliance to an effective engine of growth.

As a games journalist, playing Devil's Cartel serves as an interesting academic exercise, because Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel is the embodiment of mediocritAs a games journalist, playing Devil's Cartel serves as an interesting academic exercise, because Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel is the embodiment of mediocritas an interesting academic exercise, because Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel is the embodiment of mediocrity.

Invested in architectural ornament, which they treat as the bearer of social relations turned into form, the videos are intriguing, but they give off the strange air of an academic exercise.

As a result of this sensitivity we conclude, as we did with the DICE model, that the FUND model, although an interesting academic exercise, is at least at this point completely unfit as a tool to justify trillions of dollars of economic regulationAs a result of this sensitivity we conclude, as we did with the DICE model, that the FUND model, although an interesting academic exercise, is at least at this point completely unfit as a tool to justify trillions of dollars of economic regulationas we did with the DICE model, that the FUND model, although an interesting academic exercise, is at least at this point completely unfit as a tool to justify trillions of dollars of economic regulationas a tool to justify trillions of dollars of economic regulations.

I learned something from that academic exercise that immediately prepared me for the real world in general as well as later in my life in particular, for the complexities of climate.

@manacker: As a result, it is practically worthless as a projection for the future, while it gives the impression to be exactly that, rather than simply an academic exercise in statistical extrapolatioAs a result, it is practically worthless as a projection for the future, while it gives the impression to be exactly that, rather than simply an academic exercise in statistical extrapolatioas a projection for the future, while it gives the impression to be exactly that, rather than simply an academic exercise in statistical extrapolation.

This is not an academic exercise on the leading edge of discovery — it could well stay in ivory towers, and I suspect Tomas would be happy to remain there (as I would be in my little hydrological world), if not for the critical message that it has for the world.

In the meantime, the resources wasted on current renewables and purely academic exercises (modelling) should be shifted to innovation in sources of energy, such as thorium.

So as well as searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, a relevant academic exercise might also be to look for extraterrestrial giraffes or similar long - necked creatures, would it not?

We needed to urgently obtain persistent links to a couple of hundred journal articles written by our academics, which were submitted as part of the Research Excellence Framework — REF — exercise universities undergo every few years in the UK.

Moot court arguments are academic exercises, yet we can only really learn from them if we suspend our disbelief and tackle them as if our clients lives or livelihoods depended on it.

As much as law school is an academic exercise, it's also a socialization exercisAs much as law school is an academic exercise, it's also a socialization exercisas law school is an academic exercise, it's also a socialization exercise.

«This is looking at bitcoin as a service, basically, as a product... this is an academic exercise... it's hard to say these numbers could be really relied on.»

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Using strategies such as metacognition, practice exercises, self - talk, body awareness, and aligning these topics with academic subjects to maximize generalization, this work brings the best and latest research for teaching students how to navigate complex interpersonal and intrapersonal challenges....