Sentences with phrase «devote less and less time»

And as the season gets busier, we often devote less and less time to keeping track of our own health.

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«If workers spend time discussing the outcome of last night's game rather than devoting this time to job - related activities, then these workers will be less productive in terms of output produced per unit of time,» write Coates and Humphreys.

Anyway, I have since then devoted myself more and more and now more or less full time to helping congregations deal with what I once felt I hadn't helped a congregation deal with very well.

But you have taken the time to reflect on metaphysics, otherwise you wouldnt have taken the time to look up Scripture, much less dwell enough on it to devote the time and energy to troll these sites and give your opinions.

The majority of the time seemed to be spent on the fake babies and the serial surrogates, with lesser amounts devoted to the rest.

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If exercise is infused into a recreational hobby, it becomes less of a «chore» and something you are actually passionate about and willingly / happily devote time to.

When you're devoting some time to yourself by nourishing your mind and body you are likely to become less stressed out overall.

The only criticism of what I've been doing over the years that I would actually agree with is that I should have spent less time thinking about string theory and complaining about it and learning about it just to criticize it, instead of devoting time to more positive things that I should be pursuing.

Researchers suggest that factors relating to the nature of modern education such as more time devoted to studying and working with computers and less time spent outside may help to explain the correlation between short - sightedness and education levels.

The reasons for buying a one - way ticket are more than the higher salaries available in the United States, although that is a major consideration, says Kohler, citing 83 interviews she conducted with French scientists who are now or once were in the United States Other advantages to America cited by these researches are better working conditions, fairer recruitment, a competitive spirit, and the ability to devote more time to research and less to teaching.

For example, the costs of the Affordable Care Act are putting pressure on academic medical centers to ask clinical faculty to devote more time to patient care and less to research, they noted.

He's worked there almost all of his career, but in recent years he has been able to devote his time to research (with a lot less undergrad teaching and administration) through Fellowships from the Australian Research Council.

Instead of devoting our time and energy to shopping or thinking about what we could be buying, this is a great time of year to focus on how to live with less.

However, if you devote a high proportion of your time to resistance training, you'll experience less loss of muscle tissue and can actually increase the total amount of muscle you have on your frame.

With many women having houses to run, careers to concentrate on and possibly young children to care for most ladies live a far busier life than men and have far less time to devote to themselves.

So my time has to be devoted to my clients and less to my blog.

As time went on, I found I had less and less time to devote to bringing out and putting away seasonal decor.

Not only does this Hipsters for Sisters fanny pack allow me to be hands free (great now I can devote more time to my cell phone and less human communication), but it can also be a small bag, a wallet or even worn with another belt instead of the chain.

Similarly, now you live together you'll notice more when your partner is gone — off with friends, at work, or pursuing their hobbies — and it'll feel like less time gets devoted to you if you're left home alone.

Unlike many other dating sites which cater to a global audience, WeLoveDates Latin is devoted to single Latin American and Hispanic singles and their admirers, which means you get to spend less time searching, and more time dating.

Even if we take the - married and 5 kids in an 8 - year span (or less) immediately after stopping online dating - at face value, one is left wondering how many happily married woman with children (5, no less) would be devoting this much of their time to online «hubs.»

With the world picking up pace and lesser time to devote to ourselves, it's only natural that high speed internet apps via smartphones have become our source of switching off, so to say.

Igo: National PTA is facing the same issues many grassroots volunteer organizations are facing today — people claim to have less time to devote to volunteer activities and organizations.

One reason is that they devote less time and intellectual energy to their schooling.

Elementary - school teachers who are covered by collective - bargaining agreements spend less time instructing students in the classroom than do their peers who are not covered by contracts, but they devote more time to classroom preparation and administrative tasks, a new study by two University of Oregon researchers has found.

The stark differences between state standards and the Common Core are partly due to differences in topics addressed, but also to the fact that the Common Core emphasizes somewhat different cognitive skills: devoting less time to memorization and performing procedures, and more to demonstrating understanding and analyzing written material.

They began on page one and got as far as they could before the end of June, sometimes racing through the last four chapters in less time than they devoted to the first.

In this podcast, Guido Schwerdt talks with Ed Next's Paul Peterson about his new study finding that students learn more math and science when their teachers devote more time to lecturing and less time to problem - solving activities.

Generally, teachers now expect children to come in knowing much more, spend more of the day in literacy and math instruction, and devote less time to nonacademic subjects such as music and art.

Over the past few years, as higher stakes have been attached to the tests, we have seen schools devote more time to test prep, leaving less time and fewer resources for instruction in music, the arts, social studies and physical education.

As more time is devoted to reading and math, and as teachers are warned that the scores in these subjects will determine the fate of their school, everything other than reading and math gets less time.

We would need a slew of additional doctors, each would have less time to devote to any particular specialty, and costs would skyrocket.

Podcast: Guido Schwerdt talks with Ed Next about his new study finding that students learn more math and science when their teachers devote more time to lecturing and less time to problem - solving activities.

As with the simple matrix approach, the screening idea has the disadvantage of added complexity, but this is offset by lower costs; schools could achieve similar levels of validity while devoting less time and fewer resources to data collection.

Even school districts that devote tremendous time and energy to designing the intended curriculum often pay little attention to the implemented curriculum (what teachers actually teach) and even less to the attained curriculum (what students learn)(Marzano, 2003).

This could allow schools to spend less time on standardized testing and teaching to the test, and instead devote more time and resources to formative assessment designed to help develop more appropriate services and interventions for students.

School improvement plans tend to devote much more time to explaining what schools or districts will do and much less time to indicating what data they will use to measure success.

And the more time that is devoted to testing and preparing for tests, the less time is devoted to actual instructionAnd the more time that is devoted to testing and preparing for tests, the less time is devoted to actual instructionand preparing for tests, the less time is devoted to actual instruction...

To make room for such test prep, we have cancelled guest presentations by mentor teachers from local schools, reduced time previously set aside for student teachers to collaboratively develop curriculum, and devoted less time to working with students in collecting data for their action research projects.

Less time is devoted to electives and humanities.

One is to devote more time to subjects that are tested (Louis, Febey, & Schroeder, 2005), giving less attention to science, music, art, and social studies.

Some MSP leaders recommended that if there are only a small number of highly - qualified candidates available, it is better to hire fewer teacher leaders than originally planned rather than select a larger number of less - qualified candidates, unless the program is willing to devote substantial time and resources to developing the needed knowledge and skills.

If you have an automatic vehicle, you may find the journey a bit easier — because you're spending less time focusing on using the right gear, you can devote more concentration to checking road conditions and watching other road users.

For nearly a year, I've devoted myself to myself and my interest and hobbies, spending little time writing new material and even less marketing...

Because publishing companies are devoting less of their time, energy, and money to promoting a book, most of the marketing work falls to the author.

My job was demanding and I had less time to devote to this site.

Writers need less convincing to self - publish and more tools to do it effectively, and all of those deletions freed up a huge amount of space to devote a lot more time to marketing, things like Kindle Unlimited, or how to find your first readers.

While full - length novels may prove to be more popular among authors, publishing short stories can generate higher revenue given the shorter word count and less time to devote your time to your writing.

Unfortunately, for most students, the best possible college experience is less focused on academia and devotes excess time, energy, and financial resources to discretionary extracurricular activities.