Sentences with phrase «defined by math»

The required annual withdrawal amount via SEPP is strictly defined by math — with age, account balance, withdrawal method (relatively minor impact), and assumed interest rate as the variables.

I strive to see the world for what it is — natural processes defined by math and science, not any myth.

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Hence we take the view that inquiry is a state of mind, or an orientation to learning, that should permeate every maths lesson, rather than a defined approach as described by Kirschner et al..

For too many policymakers, student achievement is defined solely by test scores in reading and math, which has led in turn to the disappearance of the arts, particularly in low - performing schools.

Alumni participation in challenging extracurricular activities in middle school, as defined by the state — this could include individual or team achievement in various competitions such as robotics competitions, math leagues, juried music festivals, art competitions, etc..

Requiring all students to take a college - and workplace readiness curriculum by defining specific, challenging core content in English and math required for graduation, regardless of the high school program in which students enroll, and by ensuring that other courses such as science, history and the arts reinforce college and workplace readiness expectations;

After identifying these matches, I examined the reading and math proficiency rates of the schools in 2008 - 09 to determine how many schools had become «successes» by that year (success defined here as performing above the state average).

Given that defined - benefit pensions (along with near - free healthcare benefits, near - lifetime employment rules in the form of tenure, and seniority - and degree - based pay scales) have been proven to be ineffective in either spurring improvements in student achievement, are a disincentive in rewarding high - quality work by teachers (who get the same levels of compensation as laggard colleagues), and actually serve as a disincentive to luring math and science collegians into teaching, it is high time to scrap this and other aspects of traditional teacher compensation.

A coasting primary school is defined as one in which fewer than 85 per cent of pupils achieved the expected standard at the end of primary schools, and the average progress made by pupils was less than -2.5 in reading and maths, or -3.5 in writing, for three consecutive years.

Rigor in mathematics is not defined by making math harder or by introducing topics at earlier grades, as is commonly assumed.

Fifty states define proficiency by setting «cut scores» for determining whether a student is, for example, competent in fourth grade math.

We use panel data in Washington State to study the extent to which teacher assignments between fourth and eighth grade explain gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students — as defined by underrepresented minority status (URM) and eligibility for free or reduced price lunch (FRL)-- in their eighth grade math test scores and high school course taking.

Each lesson defines the specific concepts and skills that children will be taught and includes step - by - step procedures for children to use in solving a problem that easily links math to their day - to - day lives.

Educational loan forgiveness and cancellation programs are available at the state and federal levels for graduates who teach in low income or underrepresented schools; for those who teach math, science, and special education; for those who teach in agricultural and life sciences and nursing; and for those who plan to teach in other teacher shortage areas as defined by individual states.

Looking positively frequent in comparison, this year's Yokohama Triennale — three of these for every one of König's, for those who failed maths — adopts the titular theme of Islands, Constellations & Galapagos, intending thereby to refer to the contradictory nature of our current reality: strongly interconnected on the digital level but also ever more defined geopolitically by protectionism and isolationism, these driven in turn by populism and xenophobia.

It was a math doctorate and required a new theorem defined as a general proposition not self - evident, but proved by a chain of reasoning.