Sentences with phrase «critical tests which»

Indeed, it is striking that the same critical tests which, when applied to the birth stories, reveal so large an element of legend, have the effect, rather, of establishing the validity of the Gospel record when they are applied to the main body of the tradition, the Synoptic account of Jesus» public career.

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He or she takes the Watson - Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, a popular and well - validated cognitive - ability test, and the Devine Inventory, which measures the applicant's traits and tendencies against those of existing Capital H consultants.

Please note that Franklin Templeton Investments» Business Continuity Plans which are critical to our operations are reviewed, updated and tested annually, to ensure they account for technology, business and regulatory changes.

According to a recent Morgan Stanley Research report, these POC efforts, which test Blockchain's viability as a settlement and payment alternative, are the first critical step toward adopting the technology, followed by broader socialization within the industry and regulatory scrutiny.

OverviewGold price shows a bearish bias after approaching the critical resistance at 1,197.10, which represents one of the next trend keys besides 1,183.83 support, where the price is following its way to test this support.

The first is that when certain writings are officially accepted as the sacred canon, they tend to assume a position of finality which resists any further critical testing by corporate experience.

It may therefore be tested and controlled by a careful and critical study of the documents which caught and fixed it at the earliest accessible stage in its development.

This is the method which consciously ignores the fact of crisis and suggests to the church that it continue in its tested course of the past while resolutely refusing to consider the causes and forces which have produced the modern critical conditions.

This does not mean that the content of revelation needs to pass the specific tests devised by academically critical methods which generally accept only those ideas that pass muster with scientists.

New York is the second state to test students under the new Common Core standards, which require more writing, critical thinking and problem - solving.

The lawmaker's help, said Carlisto, was critical to enact the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), which reauthorized federal K - 12 programs and created the opportunity for states to bring about «the end of standardized test obsession.»

«For the state to give standardized tests, which many people think are developmentally inappropriate, put all sorts of pressure on kids, don't measure creativity, critical thinking, and all the things we think are important.

The other critical piece of information: a negative Wassermann test, which proves beyond all doubt that he was not infected with syphilis.

The four stages, which together help health care professionals to identify issues and create more effective solutions in a timely manner are: 1) contextual inquiry: understanding the way things currently work and seeing the nuances others have missed by immersion in the work; 2) problem definition: reexamining what the organization should be solving for in a way that avoids incremental improvement to a current process; 3) divergence: exploring alternatives to initial solutions; and 4) rapid validation: testing critical assumptions and proposed solutions quickly at low cost.

The vast majority, 81, were generic versions of brand - name drugs on which Cetero scientists had often run critical tests to determine whether the copies did, in fact, act the same in the body as the originals.

The critical oxygen level varied with the metabolic state of the tested crabs — which the researchers could raise by increasing the water temperature, feeding a crab a meal of menhaden, or using crabs infected with a parasite known to boost metabolism.

Cook and his colleagues also tested longer term memory — which is critical to helping these marine mammals recall and locate good hunting spots.

«Investigators can now test and validate which genes might be critical to the drug - induced event,» explains Davis.

The authors conclude that although further research is needed to evaluate the epidemiologic context under which the assumptions of these models hold true as well as the ethical and logistic considerations, it is clear that increased testing is a critical component of controlling the HIV epidemic.

Reference materials are critical to properly evaluate the next - generation of gene sequencing and genetic testing methods that will increase the reliability and effectiveness of precision medicine (also known as «personalized medicine»), in which a person's genetic profile is used to create treatments and therapies unique to that individual.

«Our findings reveal a critical role for telomere length in a mouse model of age - dependent human disease,» said first author Christina Theodoris, an MD / PhD student in the laboratory of Deepak Srivastava, MD. «This model provides a unique opportunity to dissect the mechanisms by which telomeres affect age - dependent disease and also a system to test novel therapeutics for aortic valve disease.»

Please do your own research on the mold in nuts / butters, esp peanuts / butter and that would need to start with spending a lot of time on the Internet (our best research tool), self - training in critical thinking by doing it, vetting various sites and authors in a variety of ways and over time, testing ideas within your own life and framework, and getting to the bottom of your own cognitive biases which prevent you from questioning authority in the first place.

Now remember, this is just a generalized range — your body's specific range may fall outside of this, which is why it's so critical to not just get your estrogen levels tested, but to have them monitored regularly.

The DUTCH test provides slightly more info in that it also provides information on the metabolites of cortisol and how they are functioning which can be critical when providing supplement protocols.

Proper hormone function is critical to optimal health, and the balance between each different hormone we produce is a delicate symphony which requires careful observation & testing to achieve the perfect balance.

Obviously, these individuals know that it's critical to feed their body optimal fuel, and these types of tests help them to know which foods their body handles best.

He is similarly critical of today's test - obsessed No Child Left Behind environment, in which, he says, «teaching and testing for basic skills have squeezed out the activities that build the whole child.»

«Some early testing is absolutely critical to identifying areas in which they need support and providing the right kind of support.

Critical thinking, which has long been relegated to the back of the classroom in favor of standardized - testing - friendly rote learning, should be the priority in teaching math.

Whether you're using low - stakes writing in English, math, science, or history, and whether you want to develop your students» critical thinking skills or lead them to discovering specific facts on which they'll be tested, low - stakes writing engages your students, develops their voice, and fosters agency.

Throughout the country, and with the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly known as the No Child Left Behind Act (which requires research - based assessment), student performance on these tests has become the basis for such critical decisions as student promotion from one grade to the next, and compensation for teachers and administrators.

We were also glad to see the recent expansion of the New York Performance Standards Consortium, which use performance assessments as a means of breaking the monotony of traditional multiple - choice tests without losing the critical data that assessments provide to inform teaching and evaluate performance.

We see all kinds of stories that are critical of a particular private school, of a choice made by parents, or which highlight first - year test - score snapshots in a private choice program.

The overall goal of this extension of our existing work in partnership with TFF and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (AFBA) is to continue and expand our work in Bridgeport focusing in several keys areas: (1) building knowledge about (a) children's emerging skills and areas of challenge in the social - emotional domain and why these skills are critical to school success, and (b) the ways in which adult stress and skills in the social - emotional domain can impede or foster children's social - emotional skill development; (2) identifying, deploying, and evaluating strategies to build adult and child skills in social - emotional learning with an emphasis on the Tauck Family Foundation's (TFF) five essential SEL skills; and (3) developing and testing a performance management system for SEL that (a) guides the identification of strategies, (b) provides a mechanism for ongoing progress monitoring, feedback, and changes to practice, and (c) serves as an anchor point for ongoing coaching and support in using SEL strategies.

Torlakson's message was more «stay the course,» a path that has shown increased funding for schools and new ways to teach and test students under the Common Core standards, which emphasize critical thinking over rote learning.

Alone, these tests place up to one - third of students into remedial education, despite the fact that these students could actually pass a college - level course with at least a B. Furthermore, they solely measure academic knowledge, not attributes such as ambition, persistence, and willingness to connect and seek help, which are critical to succeeding in college, regardless of academic acumen.

Students could be receiving year - round test prep which limits your child's critical thinking skills and creativity.

«Virginia's new SOL tests — which emphasize the application of content knowledge and critical thinking — set a higher bar and the students in these schools are better prepared for having met it.»

The number of LA Unified 12th - graders taking the SAT test rose last year, along with the District's average test scores on critical reading, mathematics, and writing portions of the exam, according to new data from the College Board, which develops the test.

b) «While the actual tests are ten hours (which by the way, is ridiculously too long for a third grader), the amount of preparation that goes into getting ready for the tests takes away from lessons that should focus on critical thinking.»

Other Canadian schools have found that poetry — which is often among the first casualties of test prep — is a documented best practice not only for teaching literacy but also for helping students develop critical thinking and analytical perspectives (Hughes, 2007).

A recent study by the National Assessment of Educational Programs, which issues regular «report cards» on students» knowledge, also found a critical link between test scores and a student's attendance record the month prior to testing.

One important alternative to standardized testing is performance based assessment, which promotes inquiry, problem solving, and critical thinking.

Tuck: He strongly supports linking teacher evaluations to test scores and has been critical of Torlakson's opposition to them, which caused eight school districts in the state to successfully seek a federal waiver on their own.

A must - read for all who have been hoping for better tests, which are a critical element in the standards - driven reform movement.

The Smarter Balanced tests represented the state's first use of them for learning based on the Common Core standards, which prioritize critical thinking and problem solving over memorization.

In the full - width rigid barrier test, protection of the driver was good for all critical body areas and was good for the rear passenger except for the chest, protection of which was marginal.

In the full - width rigid barrier test, protection of the driver dummy was good for all critical parts of the body and that of the rear passenger was good apart from the chest, protection of which was adequate.

The Institute's test represents a crash in which the striking vehicle has a tall front end like a pickup or SUV, so head protection is critical.»

A full complement of prototype and GT cars will take to the 2.23 mile Californian venue for the Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered by Mazda, which will be 2h40m in duration and precedes a critical pre-24 Hours of Le Mans test for Gavin and his Corvette Racing team.