Sentences with phrase «computational skills»

«Makes me wonder whether this is a viable business model: Technical support for large holders of bitcoins who have a lack of computational skills,» the user wrote.

Students using computational skills can learn to use these skills, too.

Chances are, your reviewer will be looking for computational skills and a track record of successfully turning raw data into accurate assessments and predictions.

What this requires is theoretical and practical computational skills.

After test results showed that students entering middle school were strong in computational skills but weak in problem - solving and the application of mathematical concepts, prerequisites for success in algebra, the algebra initiative was extended to middle - school teachers who weren't teaching algebra and to 5th grade teachers.

We welcome applications from potential graduate students and postdocs with strong computational skills who want to join our group's eclectic mix of statisticians, geophysicists, climate modelers, and policy scholars.

Students should be provided with calculators and access to computers beginning in kindergarten, and teachers should spend less time on computational skills and more on mathematical concepts and problem - solving, according to the nation's largest organization of mathematics teachers.

Conspicuously absent are specific learning objectives like computational skills or even keyboarding.

Computational Fluency Screeners and Skills Based Centers provides a research based tool to assess computational skills, monitor progress, and plan instruction and intervention.

«We are trying to prepare our students with enough computational skills in biology, mostly bioinformatics applied to evolutionary issues... through the subjects of our Ph.D. programmes,» he says in an e-mail.

«You're all in a place now where you can combine computational skills with biological questions,» said Stern.

For example, by learning computational skills and measurements in math, Ralston sixth - grade students were able to measure the slope in the drain in their school parking lot, giving them ownership in fixing the school's water overflow and ice problem, and showing them that their learning is connected to the real world.

That it's not just about the hardware and how we incorporate that, but that it is also about gaining computational skills, using a simple pencil and paper and the «unplugged» thinking associated with that.»

Another article, «The Arithmetic Gap» by Tom Loveless and John Coughlan, published in Educational Leadership (February 2004; p55 - 59), looks at the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math testing and explains that, although trends in overall math achievement are positive, this masks a very significant decline in computational skills over the last decade.

The first three courses of the series (1NHPT, 2NHPT, and 3NHPT) recommend that students refrain from calculator use so that they can build computational skills and fluency.

Mathematics Comprehensive evaluations in math should include an inventory of all pertinent computational skills, number formation for younger students, math related vocabulary, computational fluency, and math reasoning.

Partner investigations and problem solving challenges are a daily part of math class; and projects such as «Race for the Presidency,» where students strategize on campaign planning and fund management, develop computational skill through engaging, real - world applications.

Throughout the Middle School, students work daily to master computational skills, develop problem - solving strategies, and build number sense using mental math and estimation.

A registered vocational nurse, seeking to work with a leading medical firm, which sets me free to utilize my knowledge of clinical procedures, proficient computational skills and interpersonal abilities to serve the employer with my best services.

With excellent knowledge of guiding & control system, analogy & digital circuitry with great computational skills, I am seeking to work as an Aeronautical Engineer with an aerospace organization, where I can utilize my variety of experience to benefit the organization.

But the curriculum we wrote, available to anyone for free at EngageNY or Eureka Math, sought to help students gain a deep conceptual understanding of math, while also emphasizing strong computational skills.

The Fulton County Schools Mathematics curriculum stresses rigorous concept development, presents realistic and relevant applications, and keeps a strong emphasis on computational skills.

Conspicuously absent are specific learning objectives like computational skills or even keyboarding.

provides a research based tool to assess computational skills, monitor progress, and plan instruction and intervention.

Our 3rd grade addition worksheets include both «mental addition problems» intended for students to solve in their heads and multi-digit column form addition questions giving practice in computational skills.

Unlike Elon Musk, Ma is optimistic about the future of humanity in an A.I. - filled world as long as we prepare the next generation properly by nurturing their souls as well as their analytic and computational skills.

Also, although undergraduate education in Hungary is comparable to Western countries, when it came to graduate education, «I had to start from scratch and learn loads of things I was not aware of, in terms of experimental design, writing skills, new techniques, computational skills,» Pàl says.

But he offers a reason that rarely appears in this discussion: «Those with the skills mentioned in this article could easily ask for several times that compensation in a first - year industry job, and would find themselves working on interesting problems in a setting where their computational skills are utilized and valued.»

In this era of «big data,» strong computational skills and informatics expertise also are increasingly valuable for neuroscience success, says David Van Essen, alumni endowed professor of neurobiology at the Washington University School of Medicine and co-principal investigator (PI) of the Human Connectome Project (HCP).

Students can also separate themselves from the pack by seeking training in quantitative genetics and plant biology, beefing up their computational skills, and learning «to think like an evolutionist,» says Dangl.

In this era of «big data,» strong computational skills and informatics expertise also are increasingly valuable for neuroscience success.

«Most of what we see advertised for and what we are often interested in,» he says, «has been dominated by a few themes, such as a combination of solid biological and computational skills.»

The software suite will permit end - users (irrespective of their computational skills) to easily access and use the algorithms for their own specific purposes, such as for improving metabolic conditions in organisms used to produce nutraceutical ingredients.

Obviously there is a huge need for experts in data management who have computational skills, Eils says.

Boot camps are particularly useful for this topic, says Melanie Stefan, who helped run the camp in 2013 and 2014 when she was a curriculum fellow there, because not all biology students are in a position to pick up statistical and computational skills in their labs, she says.

«The collaboration of scientists with computational skills, others with population genetics and large - scale genomics knowledge, and those with in - depth understanding of gene function and interaction from the molecular to the whole - tree level is a major step forward,» she said.

But keep in mind, all that real - time data isn't going to become useful unless you have people with the physical and computational skills to be able to understand it.

According to the National Research Council, modern - day students must develop and consistently hone their computational skills in order to compete in a global economy....

When kids learn math in a conventional way, they practice the computational skills but often don't develop a very good sense of what math is for or how to use it.

Computational skills are just one set of tools in their arsenal.

That done, those who are college - bound may matriculate in classes where academic expectations are higher than they are now and will then go off to college with the necessary reading, writing, and computational skills that will allow them to succeed and thrive.

«When Maria Montessori died,» O'Neill said, «coding and computational skills weren't on people's radar yet, but these are the skills that kids need in the world now.»

Students practice their computational skills as they make math equations in these fast - paced games.

An educated person in the 21st century has a strong foundation in basic reading, writing, science, social studies, and computational skills.

The students» comprehension of text may be below grade level at the same time that their computational skill levels are higher.