Sentences with phrase «as measurement tools»

With evaluations widely serving as measurement tools for human resources professionals, teachers have become increasingly suspicious of — and uncomfortable with — the evaluation process.

These relationships will be core to future lessons in which rods are used as measurement tools to place and locate numbers on number lines.

It also serves as a measurement tool to help schools determine where they are now with library facilities and programs and where they want to advance to.

This «Garbage In, Garbage Out» issue, however, points to a challenge in ensuring validity and reliability in assessments, not to a flaw in the concept of value - added measures as a measurement tool.

Using the rectangle as a measurement tool and foundation of his compositions, Tworkov moved away from any reliance on automatism and turned to a methodical creative process.

Conduct and coordinate biometric screenings as a measurement tool to gauge the success of the wellness programs for the participants

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- Social plugins, such as our Like and Share buttons, which make other sites more social and help you share content on Facebook; - Facebook Login, which lets you use your Facebook account to log into another website or app; - Facebook Analytics, which helps websites and apps better understand how people use their services; and - Facebook ads and measurement tools, which enable websites and apps to show ads from Facebook advertisers, to run their own ads on Facebook or elsewhere, and to understand the effectiveness of their ads.

But, as with everything else today, new and better personalization data and other measurement and location - sensitive identification tools are rapidly changing the game and the ground rules for sales success.

Apple's HealthKit works by gathering data from sources such as glucose measurement tools, food and exercise - tracking apps and Wi - fi connected scales.

It quotes Kuznets, who formulated the tools to measure GDP in the US, as saying that, «the welfare of a nation can... scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income.»

This tool is valid for measuring recovery as it is specific to running fitness measurement and is easily reproducible with minimal variability from external factors (22).

«I have asked officials to provide me with a full picture of performance measurement tools which are used at all levels and will update the House and Home Affairs Select Committee as soon as possible.»

The measurement tool that Burnett and his adviser Nick Feamster, professor at the Georgia Tech School of Computer Science, developed — known as Encore — works by collecting information about a users» Web access and censorship of various sites across other countries.

Our tool can also provide measurements in terms of wave amplitudes around ships, as well as pressures on ships» surfaces.»

Bringing together observed and simulated measurements on ocean temperatures, atmospheric pressure, water soil and wildfire occurrences, the researchers have a powerful tool in their hands, which they are willing to test in other regions of the world: «Using the same climate model configuration, we will also study the soil water and fire risk predictability in other parts of our world, such as the Mediterranean, Australia or parts of Asia,» concludes Timmermann.

Budimirovic says the current study updated the 2013 recommendations by using a more systematic approach that classified existing outcome measures as either being able to detect shorter - term changes (measures in FXS placebo - controlled trials lasting less than 12 months) or longer - term changes (lasting longer than 12 months) changes and by grading the measures» quantitative properties using the COnsensus - based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) system, an initiative that aims to improve how health measurement tools arMeasurement Instruments (COSMIN) system, an initiative that aims to improve how health measurement tools armeasurement tools are selected.

High - resolution measurements were the domain of specialists in precision spectroscopy and optical frequency metrology, wherein highly stable CW lasers reigned as the preferred tools.

AFM measurement has been adopted extensively within the nanotechnology community as an important tool for visualizing and quantifying structures on the nanoscale.

His group uses high - throughput genomic methods — including DNA sequencing, genotyping, chromatin immunoprecipitation, mRNA expression profiling, transcriptional promoter and DNA methylation measurements — as well as computational and statistical tools to identify, characterize and understand the functional elements encoded in our genomes and how they work together at the molecular level in normal and pathological conditions.

«The trim coils have proven extremely useful, not only by ensuring a balanced plasma exhaust onto the divertor plates, but also as a tool for the physicists to perform magnetic field measurements of unprecedented accuracy,» said Thomas Sunn Pederson, Max Planck director of stellarator edge and divertor physics.

As you build your telescope, remember the perseverance of Clyde Tombaugh — and also remember Tycho Brahe, who made accurate measurements of the sky centuries ago using simple tools.

Using family history and blood type, as well as simple diagnostic tools like fingerprint analysis and measurement of jaw angle, Dr. Pulnik will map out your genetic makeup to discover which of the six GenoType plans is right for you.

Even an online... Even if you are designing for a startup that will be for private customers such as dating app or an AR measurement tool, there should be a room for the business.

As kids get to know the environment, EcoMUVE introduces new tools, and kids start to take measurements and gather data.

For every policy that a state department education or the federal government erects in connection with or reliant on summative assessment data, however, the longer it will take states to back off of «Measurement 2.0,» and realize the potential of formative assessment as a teaching, learning, and accountability tool.

This naturally discredits such tests as authentic measurement tools in the minds of students, and instead relegates them to mere «academic» status as another oppressive set of numbers.

The Gaablab utilizes structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as well as behavioral measurement tools.

Current first - generation tools such as student surveys and self - report tools represent a valuable first step, but too many of them lack compelling scientific evidence for the measurement constructs, use flawed or limited measurement methodologies, are susceptible to faking or coaching, or are too narrow in terms of the scoring, reporting and guidance they seek to provide users.

They also raise questions about the quality and the influence of assessment as a policy tool (see Linn, 1998 and Mehrens, 1998 for more in - depth measurement perspectives across subject areas).

But given the lack of rigorously validated measurement tools capable of connecting teacher actions to student SEL outcomes, SEL's use as the Fifth Indicator seems questionable.

For holistic views of assessment, letter grades can't always serve as the best measurement tool for learners or parents interested in understanding the proficiency levels, thus many teachers will use checkmarks or narrative feedback to inform performance status for their students.

(Calif.) In what is likely to be an historic step in transforming how California schools are graded for student success, the board of education this week is expected to officially suspend for two years the state's school - performance measurement tool known as the API.

If interested, see the Review of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized tests in VAMs here; see the Review of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 4 — on observational systems» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 5 — on teachers» perceptions of observations and student growth here; see the Review of Article (Essay) # 6 — on VAMs as tools for «egg - crate» schools here; see the Review of Article (Commentary) # 7 — on VAMs situated in their appropriate ecologies here; and see the Review of Article # 8, Part I — on a more research - based assessment of VAMs» potentials here and Part II on «a modest solution» provided to us by Linda Darling - Hammond here.

If interested, see the Review of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized tests in VAMs here; see the Review of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 4 — on observational systems» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 5 — on teachers» perceptions of observations and student growth here; see the Review of Article (Essay) # 6 — on VAMs as tools for «egg - crate» schools here; and see the Review of Article (Commentary) # 7 — on VAMs situated in their appropriate ecologies here; and see the Review of Article # 8, Part I — on a more research - based assessment of VAMs» potentials here.

In Pencils Down we take the high - stakes tests to task, deconstruct the damage they cause to our education system, highlight their inaccuracy as tools of measurement, and offer visionary forms of assessment that are more authentic, democratic, fair, and accurate.

As described in the research and theory section, formative assessment is not only a powerful measurement tool but also a powerful instructional tool because it allows students to observe their own progress.

In metrology, measuring sticks must be traceably calibrated against standard tools of measurement, which must further be traced to primary standards based on physical constants, such as units of wavelength of light that have low measures of uncertainty.

There was an interesting article in the Globe and Mail earlier in the week as Rob Carrick spoke with CIBC's Chief Economist Benjamin Tal about the recent focus on Canadian debt levels and how the major indicator, the debt to income ratio, may not be the best tool of measurement.

Credit counseling services should also provide financial management tools such as calculators for mortgages, college, auto and other loans, retirement planning, net worth and other measurement instruments, either on their websites or included within credit education modules.

Simple, online, practice - friendly numerical rating scales are available and are slowly helping to improve recognition of feline pain.13 One such scale has been developed (but not yet validated) by Colorado State University.13 A currently validated assessment tool is the UNESP - Botucatu multidimensional composite pain scale, available here.14, 15 The Glasgow Feline Composite Measure Pain Scale: CMPS — Feline (CMPS - F) has been described as «a valid scale for the measurement of acute pain in cats [that] heralds a new era in the recognition and management of acute pain in cats.»

One floor up from that performance in Piraeus, for instance, there is a stone from the 4th century B.C. that was once housed in Salamis, Cyprus, carved with images of a hand, a forearm, an arm, and a foot, as a tool for ensuring uniform measurements.

His Penwald Darwings are «a series of bilateral drawings in which Tony Orrico explores the use of his body as a tool of measurement to inscribe geometries through movement and course.

[Response: That «modeller» is me (I don't like that label, as I've done sea - going measurements and published papers on data analysis and theory — my topic is climate, and models are just one tool for its investigation).

They already are recognized by the wind - measurement community as truly operational, maintainable, and reliable tools to deliver bankable results for offshore and onshore wind - feasibility studies and warranted power - curve verification tests.

As I understand it photos were used and measurement tools were used on those photos.

[1] It is described by the Institute as a philosophy, advocacy tool and certification program that promotes the most advanced measurement of sustainability in the built environment.

Special processing of signals received from the Global Positioning System (GPS), a satellite - based navigational tool, has been receiving increased attention recently as a method for measuring water vapor, as it could give long - term measurements of the total column water vapor.

But with some high - tech tools, such as a stereo - camera system for studying sharks, scientists are now able to take these measurements with great accuracy, without actually being in contact with the animal at all.

It's up to all of us to incorporate measurement as an element in marketing project planning and costing up front, and implementing these available tools more rigorously.

We believe our ability to compete depends primarily on the reputation and strength of our brand as well as our reach and ability to deliver a strong return on investment to our advertisers, which is driven by the size of our Ad - Supported User database, our advertising products, our targeting, delivery and measurement capabilities, and other tools.