Sentences with phrase «at whether students»

Second, PISA looks at whether students understand and appreciate the perspectives and world views of others.

Right now we are using proxy measures, such as whether a teacher has a major in the subject he or she teaches, but that does nt get at whether the students of that teacher are learning.

The team also looked at whether students in the study agreed or disagreed with the scientific view of evolution.

The study also looked at whether students» acceptance of evolution increased following exposure to the topic in college classrooms.

Walters categorically says, «No,» and he cautions against deriving big conclusions from this study, which may be the first attempt to look at whether student - centered instruction works for high school math.

One of the underlying purposes of a state accountability system is to ensure equity for all students by looking at whether every student is progressing towards college and career - ready outcomes.

Anyway, I wanted to share a few reader questions and then look at whether student loan debt affects getting a mortgage.

In today's age of tight budgets schools look very closely at whether a student is in fact enrolled in the district and school which they are attending.

Not exact matches

«Whether we agree with them or not is secondary to the objective, which is to send students into the world with the understanding that they're not going to find every idea that comes at them palatable or comfortable.»

Thirty years ago, when she was a medical student helping to create in - vitro fertilization babies at Toronto's East General Hospital, and never thought she'd be asked whether or not we should eat hamburgers made in test tubes.

«Most students find this experience very helpful in thinking about whether they'd like to start their own venture at some point, to join an early stage company, or to work at a firm that's further along in it's growth trajectory,» Deb Whitman, director of the Stanford Center for Entrepreneurial Studies explained in an email exchange with Poets & Quants.

About 95 % of Stanford's Graduate School of Business's 809 students opt to take at least one entrepreneurship class — whether it's Startup Garage, Product Launch, or Formation of New Ventures.

As another school year begins, artistic - minded students (and their parents) are once again wrestling with the age - old question of whether one should indulge an enthusiasm for music, literature or other fine - arts subjects at school, or instead study something more... shall we say... employable?

In fact, Paypal's magic hand can be felt throughout Palantir's own structure — whether it's through Thiel's outsized influence in providing $ 40 million of seed money and guidance, or Lonsdale's own internship at the payments company while he was still a student at Stanford.

Hempstead, NY — Students at Hofstra University held dueling protests on Friday over whether or not to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson, the...

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Of the 52 Facebook comments, the remaining five included one asking whether the clear backpacks were just at Stoneman Douglas or were countywide (Answer: Just Stoneman Douglas); two that weren't understandable; and two that maintained minor students have no rights in public school, so the complaints about the loss of rights by students were meaningless.

Matthews, the student who came out at Wheaton in 2010 — he now teaches middle school science in Connecticut - wrestles with whether the group OneWheaton will be an effective network since its views are far from the college's stance on sexuality.

It reminds me a bit of my days as a student at Bryan College, when I first bumped into the concept of «biblical womanhood» after some students questioned whether women should be allowed to run for president of the student body.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the majority of the students at Houghton College take the Bible seriously — whether they've joined the baking club or the career club.

To cite a present - day example: Many people were not at all surprised at the report (in January, 1968; whether the report was correct I do not know) that so noted a theologian as Helmut Thielicke had called on a number of officer - candidates to prevent leftist students from disrupting the worship service at a Hamburg church by their demonstrations.

The NT student is now free to conduct his / her hermeneutical work upon myths without having to ask the question whether myths are intelligible to certain society lived or living at a given historical moment.

Whether students come from a religious or secular background, they gather at non-religious institutions to challenge their own ideas and the ideas of others, to encounter new and unique perspectives on the world, and to revel in the diversity this sort of atmosphere can offer.

Occasionally, however, I recall uneasily a colleague's suggestion at a faculty meeting a couple of years ago: «I would like us to consider whether we should continue to designate students» degrees as cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude.

Well, we should be living missional lives, which means every day, wherever I am, whether I'm a student, whether I'm in the workforce, wherever I am at this season, that is the place, that is the field that God has called me to.

At Reformation 21, Carl Trueman enters a debate over the purpose of Protestant seminaries — specifically, whether they ought to make a point of actively sculpting the spiritual lives of their students or whether they should tend to the more mundane goals of imparting knowledge and certifying graduates.

I was a graduate student at Yale when I first heard words like these, and it made me want to delve deeper into the nexus of Harry and Christianity, to see whether the books really were heretical.

At issue was whether school officials can be sued for violating the First Amendment rights of what the students claimed was their «private, non-curricular speech based solely upon its religious viewpoint.»

«Ministry, whether that be a priest or a minister or a rabbinical student touches people's lives at the core, where God is where it's most meaningful.

You'll have vision and drive for what you do; whether you're a stay at home parent, focused on your career, or an enthusiastic student.

Any word yet on whether or not they will be selling the student section tickets for $ 20 at the door for this game?

Anyone over the age of 16 can take out a membership at Oxford University Sport whether they are students, staff or members of the local community.

At Castilleja, the only prize you get for a senior talk or 8th grade speech is flowers — flowers and the comments of teachers and students alike who will tell you «congrats on your speech» and «great speech,» whether you have spoken to them before in your life or not.

Testing provides, sort of a snapshot, of a child's skill set and abilities at a given time, and allows a parent and a school to develop more appropriate expectations of the students; whether it's performance in school or ability to learn.

Whether the initiation ritual revolves around doing silly things like dressing up in weird clothes during school or singing amusing songs at a school assembly, the activity should not be one that creates such anger and humiliation that the young student vow to get revenge.

Parent should ask whether the classroom is teacher - led or child - focused, and whether students can work at their own pace or if they must follow a schedule, and whether they are required to participate in group work or whether they can work independently if they choose.

The other day I received an email from a neuropsychologist at a well - known New England medical center (I'll call him «Dr.. A» for short) wondering whether there was any evidence to support the recommendation made in a number of articles in our concussion center, as well as videos, that, as part of the cognitive rest a concussed student - athlete needs during concussion recovery, he or she should not play video games:

Santa Monica - Malibu USD had a passionate debate over whether or not to serve flavored milk to students; ultimately, the flavored milk that delivers so many important nutrients to students remains on the menu at Santa Monica - Malibu USD schools.

Since pictorial data is no longer a luxury but an everyday necessity whether one is a student or working, this post looks at several tools that can be used.

In addition to examining potential changes in protein, calories, and calcium, it would be important to document whether students compensated at lunch, or after school, by consuming higher calorie beverages or other calorically dense snacks.

To me, the solution to the attrition issue, whether it's at a KIPP middle school or the Promise Academy middle school, is the Harlem Children's Zone's «conveyor belt» model, which provides continuous, high - quality early - childhood and elementary education to precisely those «disengaged families and students,» so that when those children arrive in middle school, they won't have the kind of difficulty doing demanding work as did the kids who left the Bay Area KIPP schools or who underperformed at the Promise Academy middle school in its first few years.

Whether at our sanctuaries or at your site, we offer fun and educational nature - based programs year round for students from preschool to young adult.

Whether you're creating menus for the entire student body, or looking for solutions for your dairy - sensitive and intolerant customers, having a comprehensive list of dairy resources at your fingertips is essential for any school nutrition professional.

These students may be present at your birth, but rest assured your midwife will discuss this with you in advance and it's up to you whether you'd like them to be present or not.

He timed the lunches to ensure that all students (whether at the start of the line or the finish) were receiving enough time to consume their meal.

«Whether colleges are a bit pretentious about courses taught at other colleges or the fact that they lose money when students arrive on their campuses with credit, dual enrollment is not universally accepted and students should do their research before signing up for it.»

Socialization happens wherever a student happens to be — whether at home, community, or group class.

TINLEY PARK — A scale model of a proposed new recreation center, made by students at Prairie View Junior High School in Tinley Park, is helping voters decide whether to support a bond referendum proposal for the real thing.

So according to these statistics, if your teen's high school class has 100 students in it, 20 of them will suffer from depression at some point before they become adults, 10 to 15 of them will show signs of teen depression at any given time - whether or not these signs develop into depression - and 5 of them will suffer from major depression.

Daniel Green, a student at Cornell, asked whether I intended to write about Paul Ryan's views on food politics.