Sentences with phrase «challenging courses while»

The authors found that a majority of students lacked information about community colleges and were not encouraged to take challenging courses while in high school.

Educators believe that student engagement in the classroom is crucial to learning and that it can increase achievement and enrollment in challenging courses while decreasing dropout rates.

Not exact matches

Code Avengers provides step - by - step instructions while guiding you through 60 - plus hours of courses and helping you learn with challenges and games.

In short, while skill, experience, knowledge and passion help you run your business — or someone else's — they are management endeavors; and of course they are to be appreciated for the challenges they present.

It's so true that one of the main issues about all of this is that while in theory it is simple, actually staying the course over long periods of time (a lifetime, really) is the challenge.

Then of course there is the challenge of keeping them warm while you make more of them.

Ernesto Valverde has done an excellent job to his point after being appointed last summer, guiding Barcelona to top spot in La Liga while they remain on course to challenge for the Copa del Rey and Champions League.

While this game is important in the course of our season, with a win vital if we are to keep up the momentum and stand any chance of challenging Chelsea for the title, it also gives the Gunners another great chance to put that unwanted tag of flat track bullies further behind us.

While the course is a challenge, a few players were able to card rounds in the red, including Graeme McDowell who is tied for the lead at 2 - under.

Pete Dye's Stadium Course is certainly a modern design with some made - for - TV elements, but it's also a more unique challenge for the modern players, who can't bomb away off the tee while casting aside concerns for driving accuracy.

It's easier said than done of course, and is challenging to transition while maintaining stability, but I am hopeful that is the direction the club is taking, and that the majority of the upheaval has already been done this summer.

Madrid's newspapers agreed that the last - gasp penalty awarded by referee Michael Oliver following Mehdi Benatia's challenge on Lucas Vazquez was the correct decision, while the Barcelona press vehemently disagreed of course.

And then last week, while we were on vacation in Maine, I watched Laurel tackle three challenges for the first time: she jumped off a jetty intro frigid water, scaled a rock wall (almost to the very top... her burning forearms were the only reason she didn't keep climbing), and maneuvered a towering, three - story rope obstacle course, including a zip line from the third story.

Of course, we recognize that there is a proportion of mothers who do not produce enough milk, and while biological or metabolic issues are fortunately quite rare, there are other reasons (misinformation or mismanagement of early challenges) that result in low milk supply and these reasons are often out of mothers» control.

Designed by renowned golf course architect Geoffrey Cornish, the length and mountainous undulations of the course at Mount Snow provide unique challenges favored by local members and visitors alike, making this course a «must visit» for many who travel to the area to take in its scenic beauty while playing 18.

Finding a way to reconcile two competing demands - minimizing contact in practice in order to reduce the number of concussions sustained and the number of hits players sustain over the course of a week and a season that emerging science, now more than ever, suggests may have a deleterious cumulative effect [26] on a player's cognitive function over the long term, while at the same time maximizing the amount of time in practice learning how to tackle and block without head - to - head contact - time that is needed to maximize the protective effect of proper tackling on the number of head - to - head hits players sustain in game action, which can not only result in concussion, but catastrophic neck and spine injuries - is challenging, but clearly not impossible.

While many elite colleges will expect applicants to have enrolled in rigorous and challenging courses, AP enrollment alone will not guarantee your college admission.

This new professional development course offers teachers, administrators, board members and parents an opportunity to reflect on and work with the challenges of building a Waldorf School Community that is vibrant, innovative and effective, while honoring the unique contributions of each member of the community.

In his final speech before the U.N. General Assembly, President Obama conceded that the United States and other world powers have limited ability to solve the most profound challenges facing the world, while calling for a «course correction» for globalization to ensure that nations don't retreat into a more sharply divided world.

I've been trying to figure out over the course of the campaign how to talk to people about the challenges a Corbyn government would face, such as those experienced by Tony Benn, while still convincing them that they should vote Labour.

Moreover, it is of course desirable — for men and women — to maintain satisfying personal lives while meeting these professional challenges.

My wife, meanwhile, fought her way through the usual challenges faced by young scientists working at small colleges: learning how to teach courses she never took; starting up a research program while managing an oppressive teaching load; dealing with tenure pressures and associated political shenanigans.

Unfortunately, in addition to the challenges of doing research with undergraduates while teaching four or more courses per year, they find themselves faced with obstacles strewn in their paths by oblivious administrators.

Here, Cassandra shared details with us about the importance of finding your niche within your profession, the life - changing lessons she learned while serving in the military, and, of course, the challenge of framing the perfect Instagram - worthy food snapshot.

he didn't delete either, feigned being computer «challenged» and that he just never got around to deletiing them... well, long story short, he had messaged a couple women while being with me (I was his girlfriend according to him), of course these are just the women I saw by accident.

While the main challenge for vocational trainings has been the inability to match trainings with job opportunities upon completion of the course (Roger 2011 and Oh 2011), the recent adoption of Thai accreditation for ten of ADRA's vocational trainings will increase the future employability of graduates and create sustainable benefits for participants in the event of a durable solution.

Some observers fear, however, that a shift toward career preparation would ease the pressure on schools to provide top - notch academics for every child, reproducing a dynamic that has harmed generations of students: Those perceived to be «college material» are immersed in challenging courses, while those sized up as less capable or motivated get a watered - down education.

Of course, real - time interactions can be a challenge: Time differences mean students in the U.S. are sleeping while their Korean counterparts are in school, and vice versa.

While eLearning provides a convenient way to acquire knowledge, the lack of face - to - face and personal interaction poses a great challenge in sustaining interest in the course or program.

eLearning courses that are overly challenging can frustrate online learners, while those that are too easy lead to boredom.

Of course, every classroom is unique, and we all face different challenges: Some teachers suffer from in - box fatigue trying to keep up with a constant barrage of parent emails, while others struggle to get parents involved at all.

While videos and visuals were part of the eLearning course for hearing impaired learners, audio provided adequate support for the visually challenged.

Let us see a few challenges that we as eLearning specialists usually face while developing courses for multiple devices:

While planning time is of course precious, we were challenged with traditional paper - based methods.

Keep in mind that realistic and challenging eLearning scenarios help you to make the eLearning course more immersive and interactive, while those that are overly complicated, confusing, or lack problem - solving elements tend to miss their mark.

While most elearning designers are used to the challenges of creating multiple versions of training courses in different languages, attempts to keep the look and feel of courses consistent and effective across different languages have often been hampered by a lack of authoring tool functionality.

As noted earlier, they must endure at least a year, and usually two, of intensive seminars, workshops, and courses - all while most are teaching for the first time in highly challenging urban schools.

Our mission at Meadowview Middle School continues to be one that delivers a challenging core academic curriculum aligned to ACT College and Career Readiness Skills for the diverse needs of each student, while providing opportunities for the adolescent learner to participate and explore in a wide range of exploratory courses and to participate in extra-curricular activities.

While these schools provide small class sizes to increase individualized attention, they tend not to challenge students with rigorous academics and college - preparation courses, such as AP or honors.The two most viable options for former dropouts and other students who have not succeeded in traditional schools are really not viable at all.

While these courses may often provide a more challenging curriculum than the basic level courses, AP courses are NOT designed for gifted students, nor does the College Board claim they are.

«I hope the advanced course amplifies my understanding about the special challenges that certain populations face while becoming college and career ready and how I can help my students navigate those obstacles.»

In addition, the course will continue our engagement with the current issues, challenges, and opportunities associated with science teaching and learning at the secondary level, with particular emphasis on the assurance that all students have opportunities to learn the core ideas, practices, and crosscutting concepts (as outlined in state and national standards documents), while leveraging students» interests, prior knowledge, and lived experiences.

In addition, the course is designed for engagement with the current issues, challenges, and opportunities associated with science teaching and learning at the secondary level, with particular emphasis on the assurance that all students have opportunities to learn the core ideas, practices, and crosscutting concepts (as outlined in state and national standards documents), while leveraging students» interests, prior knowledge, and lived experiences.

Still, though, while we have seen that schools can excel in many different ways, we have also found that no school can create a truly welcoming and engaging learning environment for all students without having at least two core practices in place: broadening and enriching learning opportunities (in particular, enrolling all students in challenging courses) and creating and maintaining a healthy school culture (including the use of discipline approaches that resist the trend of pushing students out of school).

Instructional designers must apply practical sense while creating e-learning courses; this is one of the existing instructional design challenges.

The challenge, of course, was that the helicopter would have to climb in order to make the turn at the end of the runway, while the muscle car could simply perform a quick powerslide to swap directions.

«While the infield course at Miller Motorsports Park is very challenging because there are so many turns, racing on the perimeter course is a better tune - up for Le Mans,» said Steve Wesoloski, GM Racing Road Racing Group manager.

Although the professional adviser can share experiences of others who have grappled with similar challenges (while protecting confidentiality of course), they are limited on the depth of feedback they can or should provide regarding personal goals.

While short - term trading opportunities allow a researcher to test the success of a model with greater frequency, the challenge with stock - trading strategies is that many exogenous factors can wreak havoc on a stock's price over the course of a day, a week, or even a quarter.

It's so true that one of the main issues about all of this is that while in theory it is simple, actually staying the course over long periods of time (a lifetime, really) is the challenge.