Sentences with phrase «did action research»

And when I was in grad school, I did action research on vocabulary.

We do think we know about our learners and we make a lot of assumptions and during the last five years that I've been doing action research, if you actually stop and really investigate what students are saying, thinking, feeling, their knowledge, then your action research is going to have such a big impact.

«Several schools in each district are assigned as model schools and given a small amount of money from the district or the city to do some action research - style work.

I have done some action research with schools in the area of student - driven learning and support the six aspects of assessment capable learners outlined here.

Among their other responsibilities, professors in residence take on the informal role of coach for teachers in the graduate program, teachers who want to do action research, building administrators, and district administrators.

Not exact matches

New research attempts to get at the root of why we are so easily persuaded to commit unethical actions when told to do so by another person.

Our research shows that only 36 % of people can do this, which is problematic because unlabeled emotions often go misunderstood, which leads to irrational choices and counterproductive actions.

Focusing on your finances, doing some research now, and drilling down to action items can make 2018 a financially fit year.

Readers should do their own research before taking any actions related to the company.

In other words, readers are expected to form their own trading plan, do their own research and take responsibility for their own actions.

We should do our investment research when we are in a cold, rational state - and when nothing much is happening in the markets - and then - pre-commit to following our own analysis and prepared action steps.»

The second tactic derives from research done by Food & Water Watch and Rainforest Action Network to uncover the web of international financiers that support the Dakota Access pipeline.

If you want to pursue this type of link building, do some research by googling «broken link building» to discover resources on this method that outline processes and best courses of action.

They usually do some planning and research too, but nothing works like pure action does.

everything is made up of atoms (don't believe me do some research) its the different variables of heat and light and things like that that cause different reactions to make different things and these things when they interact can create something completely different and you and slowly the process of mitosis or miosis starts to work and form stuff hell i learnt that in high school and it was a catholic one at that a millions of years ago i bet the universe was completely different and had things in it that our minds cant even imagine that have since changed over time from action and reaction to what we have today and in another million years who knows with all the different gases we pump into the air and the weather getting more intense on both ends of the scale life as we know it will be different the human race will have to evolve to survive and will probibly form into a slightly different species hell maybe well evolve into 2 different species like in the movie time machine

Based on McCann's research concerning what the churches are doing in the field of mental illness and mental health, the authors of Action for Mental Health wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental health....

It includes questions for discussion and ideas for action corresponding with each chapter as well as a list resources for those wishing to learn more about the topics addressed in the book, (perhaps from people who don't conduct their research from the rooftops of their homes).

Religious folk don't really like research though, because over the years it has done nothing to prove god and hasn't shown a single naturally occurring action or event to require a deity or outside interference.

I concluded the analysis of these two camps with a quote from Dr. Vernon Grounds, president of Evangelicals for Social Action: «[The question of whether we should use aborted fetuses for this kind of research] comes back to «Shall we do evil that good may come?

We must seek the deepest possible sociological understanding of the world we live in, apply the best methods, refrain from tampering with the resuits of our research on the ground that they are «spiritually» embarrassing, maintain complete clarity and complete realism - all in order to find out, as precisely as may be, where we are and what we are doing, and also what lines of action are open to us.

We don't know what further action might be taken to delay the research or assessment of Golden Rice.

However, we would like to join the ranks of people, including the more than 6,000 supporters who have signed the petition to stop the destruction of field trials of GM crops, in calling for anti-GM activists and other concerned citizens to not take action that could delay the assessment and ongoing research of Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency and reduce the damage it can do to the precious vision and eyes of children.

Someone above wondered why it took so long to file the action and why now... as to the second I would surmise that the Statute of Limitations was going to expire on the 20th of April (I disposed of my law books years ago and I'm not going to spoil speculation by actually doing any research to see exactly what the SOL is in Title XI cases) and they wanted to beat that.

The Food Research and Action Center's report, «Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation,» said that nationally about 3.2 million children are enrolled in summer nutrition programs, compared with 15.3 million who receive free and reduced - price lunches during the school year.

You've done your research, determined your priorities, figured out the strategies and action steps, explored programming possibilities, and engaged all your stakeholders and decision - makers.

Jim Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center, said he doesn't buy the argument that the House should use the food stamp money for child nutrition because it will just be used for something else.

You don't want to miss out on the upcoming Breakfast Matters webinar «Starting Breakfast in the Classroom Mid-Year» with our friends at the Food Research and Action Center.

Please do your own research and be responsible for your own actions.

About the report: The Food Research and Action Center's annual summer report, Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation, gives data for all states and looks at national trends.

Since July 2008, total participation nationwide in the Summer Nutrition Programs has dropped by 90,000 children, according to Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation (pdf), an analysis by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC).

However, research has shown that policies that use weak and vague language and don't require action are less likely to be implemented.

The Deputy Head of Macroeconomic Research Unit, Ministry of Finance, Dr. Millicent deGraft - Johnson who spoke on the governments short to medium - term development programme said it was aimed at providing opportunities for growth and job creation through the private sector, and had developed concrete reform actions to tackle key challenges to private investment such as ensuring macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, improving the ease of doing business and enhancing access to affordable and long - term financing and de-risking instruments.

«My understanding is there's no apparent threat here in Rochester, that they've done their due diligence, done their research and felt that going back to the normal course of action was the best thing for us in this point in time and that's the chief's decision,» Mayor Lovely Warren said.

In 2013, the New York Public Interest Research Group complained to the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics that the party's efforts amounted to lobbying — the ads didn't urge people to vote for someone, but rather to support a pending policy action — and should be disclosed as such.

This action cuts back to the modern - day Westminster office, and swaps between this and enjoyable classroom antics as Sam attempts to do focus group - style research by teaching some pleasingly irreverent pupils in a school each week.

Cuomo's actions have focused on his left flank: a Siena Research Institute poll earlier this month showed that fewer than half the state's voters view him favorably, and a majority of self - identified Democrats and liberals did not approve of the job he's been doing.

We will do some research, and I ask that you call the supervisor's office within the next two weeks, and perhaps we will be able to get some information to you, and we'll have a discussion with the town board, once we obtain that information, to see if there's some action plan that we can put forward.»

Other actions recommended by respondents include showing social and environmental responsibility — by doing charity work, for example; fostering more collaborative research and funding more research; controlling costs and lowering drug prices; and demonstrating a commitment to safety.

The judicial action could force the university, which is believed to be holding the chimps, to release the primates, and could sway additional judges to do the same with other research animals.

In their experiments, Prof. Markus Ploner, Heisenberg Professor for Human Pain Research at the TUM School of Medicine, and his team investigated pain perception: How does the duration of pain or the action of a placebo affect activities in the brain?

Action to increase academic salaries would help, they suggest, but beyond that, «it is not always a pleasing prospect to spend upwards of 10 years learning how to do good research only to get drowned by teaching and administrative duties in a lectureship.»

Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction on this research after hearing a petition from a group of advocates who argued that, contrary to the U.S. government's view, research on embryonic stem cells does in fact destroy embryos — action that is prohibited by legislation known as the «Dickey - Wicker Amendment» to the bill that funds the Department of Health and Human Services.

To study how this can be done in practice, the commission proposes using a tool called Preparatory Action, essentially a pilot program funding collaborative defense research projects that paves the way for a fully - fledged military R&D component in future E.U. programs.

«Private - public partnerships are going to be a hallmark of how more research is done in the future and this is a great model to see that in action,» says Kevin Rose, a postdoctoral associate at the University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, who is active in the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network.

Many of the program's graduates go on to do what Gliessman calls «action research» — trying to solve scientific problems with social aspects.

There is no doubt that peers matter, as Harris says — but the research shows they matter more when the parents ignore their impact, do not address their impact or do not take actions to ameliorate negative impact.

Her research does not examine directors» actions or motivations, nor does it explain how they choose the particular students who work in their labs.

The commission, which is in the process of formulation, has already done good work to prepare its action plan for attainment of international standards in the quality of education, research, and development.

The Bruce Museum would like to assist in educating the public on the wonderful diversity of turtles, their benefits to the ecology, provide actions we can all do to help them, and offer an opportunity to assist in collecting research data.

His research demonstrated that learning cognitive actions, such as playing chess or doing math, could involve the same neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms involved in learning motor actions.