Sentences with phrase «class study conducted»

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«Class actions succeed in bringing hundreds of millions of dollars in relief to millions of consumers each year and cause companies to alter their legally questionable conduct,» the study said.

One study conducted with students in a statistics course found that adding three or four funny anecdotes related to class topics increased grades by 10 %.

Andre Beteille's study on caste, class and power conducted in 1965 is still relevant today: power has shifted from rich landlords and other traditionally rich groups not to the poor, but to a middle group, mostly politicians who with the support of the rich, continue to use the system to further their interests.

Polonczyk, a nurse who also conducts Lamaze and child - care classes, said studies by the University of Miami medical school and Duke University have shown the healing power of touch.

A new study conducted by Jennifer Reich, a researcher at the University of Colorado Denver, shows that the reasons why children may not be fully vaccinated depends on the class privilege of their mothers.

A study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health analyzed the traditional model of education versus an increasingly popular approach to learning in the health sciences fields — the flipped classroom model — where pre-recorded lectures are viewed outside of the classroom and in - person class time is devoted to interactive exercises, discussions, and group projects.

A new study conducted in collaboration with Facebook using anonymised data from the social networking site shows a correlation between people's social and financial status, and the levels of internationalism in their friendship networks — with those from higher social classes around the world having fewer friends outside of their own country.

The study was conducted through direct interviews and surveys with more than 300 working - and middle - class men and women in the U.S..

The research offers support for the recommendations of organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control, Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, all of which have advocated increasing the amount of time that elementary school children spend in gym class, says lead researcher and Cornell professor of policy analysis and management, John Cawley, who conducted the study with Chad Meyerhoefer of Lehigh University (Cornell Ph.D. 2002) and David Frisvold of Emory University.

Mingguang He, M.D., Ph.D., of Sun Yat - sen University, Guangzhou, China, and colleagues conducted a study in which children in grade 1 from 12 primary schools in Guangzhou, China (six intervention schools [n = 952 students]; six control schools [n = 951 students], were assigned to 1 additional 40 - minute class of outdoor activities, added to each school day, and parents were encouraged to engage their children in outdoor activities after school hours, especially during weekends and holidays (intervention schools); or children and parents continued their usual pattern of activity (control schools).

This dual resource will meet the needs of land managers making economic decisions regarding livestock production and field treatments; university students in wildlife and range sciences conducting class exercises and field research; K - 12 educators during field botany excursions, teaching the use of dichotomous keys, and ecosystem studies; and recreationists engaged in nature study.

Task force members studied best - in - class conduct processes of other universities, reviewed current research in the field, and examined data about past WSU conduct cases.

The bill, expected to come up for a vote in the Senate after Thanksgiving, also would require the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct a five - year study on the human health effects of per - and polyfluoroalkyl substances — classes that include the compounds in Airway Heights» groundwater.

The New Frontiers Program is designed to provide opportunities to conduct several of the medium - class missions identified as top priority objectives in the Decadal Solar System Exploration Survey, conducted by the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council.

(For an overview of the decline in class time for science, check out a 2007 study conducted by WestEd and the University of California at Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science.)

The UNL study conducted in 2015, asked students what they were doing with their mobile devices during class time:

However, in the past year, I conducted my own preliminary studies with several classes with serious bullying problems in different parts of the country.

Likewise, history class has a renewed relevance for Joe Leon's seniors at Fowler High School, as they put their civics knowledge to work conducting weekly study sessions for adult Punjabi immigrants studying for their American citizenship tests.

The course will be conducted as a seminar with class work organized around prescribed readings on a particular issue as well as data and other materials from researchers» and students» qualitative studies.

An independent study conducted by McREL International shows how well these features and methods work: ELL students using VocabularySpellingCity in class had a 46.5 % increase in reading comprehension compared to peers not using the program.

«This is what is going on in schools across the country: It's not an option to do anything else than retake the class with the same book and same curriculum,» said Anthony B. Fong, the lead researcher at WestEd who conducted this November 2014 study, «Who Repeats Algebra I, and How does initial performance related to improvement when the course is repeated?»

In fact, in a recent study we conducted, 73 % of the classes that went uncovered were special education assignments.

In this design research study, 22 preservice teachers in a social studies methods class conducted online class discussions inside the National Council of the Social Studies Network Ning, a social network for social studies edustudies methods class conducted online class discussions inside the National Council of the Social Studies Network Ning, a social network for social studies eduStudies Network Ning, a social network for social studies edustudies educators.

Any teacher who has taken a group on a field trip, had students enter projects in a science fair, had a class garden, collected and measured the pH of various water sources, or any one of a thousand activities that involve students in studying and interacting with the real world around them, has conducted a project - based learning activity.

Researchers conducted a case study of two fourth - grade boys in a special education class of students classified as «emotionally disturbed» to determine whether music listening could motivate these boys to improve in writing.

Reich, Levinson, and Johnston (2011) suggested that preservice social studies teachers benefited from conducting class dialog in the open social networking platform Ning, where in - service and preservice social studies teachers from around the nation could engage.

For example, we conducted a lesson impression in a 10th grade history class as a prelude to students studying an essay about the U.S. Civil War and the writer Stephen Crane.

This individualization often goes well beyond the creation of classroom rules and routines — it includes what texts and topics are studied in depth, how student grades are calculated, what type of contribution is welcomed during class discussions, the extent to which technology tools are integrated into the classroom, whether students are required to conduct research, and how much homework is necessary to further student development.

This 18 - month, mixed - methods, exploratory study, conducted in partnership with the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, will have three phases: 1) Qualitative inquiry across K - 8 schools in Philadelphia; 2) Latent class analysis to identify «profiles»...

This 18 - month, mixed - methods, exploratory study, conducted in partnership with the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, will have three phases: 1) Qualitative inquiry across K - 8 schools in Philadelphia; 2) Latent class analysis to identify «profiles» of school disciplinary approaches, coupled with event history analysis to examine student outcomes in context; 3) Case studies to examine contextual themes in depth.

For example, Kamil and Rausher (1990) conducted a study in which they compared whole class reading instruction with small group teaching in a large suburban school district.

Merc's team conducting the study for India will have to evaluate some key points such as, are owners in this class only looking for a self - drive car at this price point?

A recent study of the Pets in the Classroom program conducted by the American Humane Association revealed that having a class pet can teach children important values like compassion, empathy, respect and responsibility for other living things, as well as give them much - needed leadership skills and stress relief.

In the current study, we conducted an MHC class II association study in eight breeds of dog with diagnoses of hypoadrenocorticism.

In a study conducted by Lauren Gray, Maddie's ® Researcher, Class of 2013, under the guidance of Dr. Cynda Crawford, the effectiveness of two different tests for the presence of antibodies against canine parvovirus and canine distemper virus were compared.

This course is a prerequisite to the PADI Master Scuba Diver certification and / or the PADI Divemaster course and at Splash Dive Center we conduct our rescue classes over 3 days, and the course comprises of 4 academic class sessions, supported by independent study, and 10 in water training exorcizes which are evaluated with 2 scenarios on the final day of training.

Parr has been honing his craft since the»70s, conducting camera - driven field studies everywhere — from middle - class England and lavish Dubai art festivals to Japanese commuter trains and the slovenly grounds of Las Vegas's runway strip.

Includes in - class training sessions to develop skills necessary to efficiently and effectively conduct the study.

A parallel may be drawn with the bogus tobacco studies conducted years back, which resulted in class action lawsuits.

According to a study conducted by NERA, TPLF's rise is a significant contributor to the recent increase in class actions in Australia.

governing the contents of any or all classes of reserve fund studies, the standards that shall be observed in conducting them and the times at which they shall be conducted;

prescribing the persons who may conduct any or all classes of reserve fund studies and specifying the qualifications of the persons and the affiliations for the purposes of subsection 94 (6) that disentitle the persons from conducting the reserve fund studies;

Have you written a major paper on understanding a culture for a sociology class, or conducted a group project for a religious studies course on the social impact on religious - based community organizations?

• Comprehend the basics of academic programs assigned to students and create lesson plans accordingly • Assist students in learning concepts by providing them with augmentation on concepts already taught in class • Ascertain that students» weak areas (subjects) are paid special attention to • Motivate and encourage students to provide them with confidence so that they can thrive in an actual classroom environment • Set ground rules for online behavior so that class interruption is minimized • Assist students in developing their study skills in accordance to the needs of each subject • Monitor student progress and ensue that a periodic evaluation is conducted • Handle online technical problems such as video issues or connectivity problems

Data released by Healthy Relationships California (HRC) from the largest study ever conducted on the impact of Marriage Education classes showed that these programs help couples significantly improve their communication and levels of relationship satisfaction.

A study was conducted on the family background of some of the most successful people in the world, which includes world - class artists, athletes, musicians and scientists.

Phase III: A pilot study was conducted in 538 middle school students (one class per grade from a junior school and a high school in Changsha and Ningxiang, respectively).

This course is recommended for researchers (e.g., statisticians, principal investigators, etc.) who plan to conduct latent class analyses or who wish to better interpret previously published studies using latent class analysis.

Studies conducted by the University of Denver show that those couples who participate in a true «World Class» Marriage Preparation program reduce their probabilities of divorce within the first five years by two - thirds.

Based off of the findings from Healthy Relationships California conducting five years of outcome evaluation of thousands of participants attending hundreds of RME classes throughout California, this is the largest study ever conducted on the impact RME courses have on participants in a range of categories including: relationship satisfaction, communication skills, and conflict resolution skills.