Sentences with phrase «doing on those basic skills»

The test would have taken about an hour for fourth graders and eighth graders and would have let parents know how well their children were doing on those basic skills.

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Both Alexa and Siri can do the basics, but on the Sonos One, you have access to several thousand Alexa skills that range from humorous to productive.

Could I still do the basics — the fundamentals of my discipline — if I had nothing to rely on behind my own skills and the corresponding talents of my teammates?

«We'd like somebody with a business background to have a strong GMAT score coming in, because they should already have the basic business skill set and the quantitative abilities to do well on the GMAT,» says Pires.

When it comes to the basics of entrepreneurialism — spotting an opportunity and deploying the skills necessary to act on it — anybody can learn to do that.

And did the operating systems of Microsoft, that started with Microsoft BASIC, then on to Microsoft Fortran then on to Windows 2.0, then 3.0, then NT, then 95, then 98, then ME, then on to Windows 2000 then to XP (that was no longer based on MS - DOS) then to Vista then to Windows 7 then to Windows 8 just keep «learning» without a mind, or did it take a very skilled person in computer programming to write these new operating systems?

Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.

Although the rest breaks the recipes down by skills e.g. the section on roasting explains what it is, offers tips on how to do it and then some basic recipes.

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

The keys to boosting your baby's development may have more to do with repetition, focusing on basic skills, and choosing to be intentional, than trying to teach him something completely new each day (to reach unrealistic goals) and expecting him to master skills that simply require time to build on each other.

Learning and showing manners is something he'll do over the course of his lifetime, so as long as you teach him the basic skills and work to improve on them, he'll be confident in social situations as he gets older.

So on basic skills, we say: - if you need extra training to help you get a job, then it's our responsibility to make sure the training is there - but it is your responsibility to do the training you need to get off JobSeeker's Allowance and into work.

Identification of a specific learning disability is based on determination of the following Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA): The child does not achieve commensurate with his / her age and ability levels in one or more of the seven areas (oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic reading skill, reading comprehension, mathematical calculations or mathematical reasoning) when provided with learning experiences appropriate for the child's age and ability levels.

Living on credit and grant money and fighting a change - resistant school board, Pilloton and Miller lead their students through a year - long, full - scale design and build project that does much more than just teach basic construction skills: it shows ten teenagers the power of design thinking to re-invent not just their town but their own sense of what's possible.

Some tasks require a little more thought than others and to access certain areas does rely on more than a basic level of skill.

If you didn't play the original game on the Wii U (I only dabbled in the demo), I highly suggest you use the Training Mode to learn the basics of the game and hone your skills.

The basic tenets of IR hold that visiting teams do not discuss individual teacher «data:» they focus on trends that they see related to the «problem» they are looking to address at scale - be it student engagement, poor writing skills, boy / girl performance gap, etc..

Teaches Intermediate and Advanced level skills and assumes some basic previous knowledge of App Inventor (i.e. they have done the cat / paint - pot / mole - masher standard tutorials on the App Inventor Website).

While the Millennium Development Goals and the Education for All Goals established an ambitious agenda to provide a basic education worldwide, they did not, according to Reimers, focus on ways to help students develop relevant skills to expand their options in life.

Under this program, tens of thousands of students were required to attend summer school, thousands who did not master basic skills were held back rather than being promoted as was traditional in most school systems, and more than 100 schools were put on probation for low test scores.

The only way to do well on these tests is to teach students well — and not just basic skills, but a well - rounded curriculum that includes art and music, history and science, geography and literature.

Social studies students don't need a lot of technical skills, but they do need to know some of the basics about what it's like to be on the radio.

And while many course redesigns focus on incorporating more project - based learning opportunities, Twigg's experience leads her to quickly dismiss pedagogical extremes: «If you don't have basic math skills, you can't do an interesting physics project.»

For example, what if top - down accountability as defined and enforced by states and the federal government were limited to basic skills, something like the MCTs of the 1970s but based on clear, empirically validated standards about what students need to know and be able to do to hold down the types of jobs that do not require a college degree?

Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education, or SAGE, program showed that between 1996 - 97 and 1998 - 99, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders in 30 public schools performed better on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills than did students in bigger classes.

Of the books in the series, this pack provides lessons in the most fundamental of adult living skills with the least difficult vocabulary and concepts.This transition to adult life program provides in depth lessons on the following life skills: Dress for Success Staying Healthy Cleaning House Doing the Laundry Kitchen Basics Nutrition Grocery Shopping Making Meals Transportation Paying Bills Making Meals and Cleaning House both include video modeling of important life skills in an accessible, clear format.

Last time I taught this we ended up doing two lessons before moving on from the feedback as pupils were not confident enough on the basic skills NOT of integration but index rules.

While the curriculum at Success Academy may focus more on tested skills than that at some other schools, the notion that these skills are too basic to be meaningful and are unrelated to critical thinking just doesn't ring true.

The problem stems from parents» concern that their own children might be denied promotion or graduation based on a test score; from voters» confusion when their own upscale suburban schools are deemed to be failing by state or federal accountability systems even though most of the graduates do just fine; and from frustration when parents — often prompted by teachers — conclude that the basic - skills testing regime yields too much «drill and kill,» too little flexibility, and insufficient attention to art, music, and other creative disciplines.

Steps along the way have included: The problem with levels - gaps in basic numeracy skills identified by rigorous diagnostic testing, Forgetting is necessary for learning, desirable difficulties and the need to dissociate learning and performance, Going SOLO on the journey towards deep learning, How do we make John Hattie's «Visible Learning» work in maths?

• More fulfilled and dedicated in and to their profession • They center teaching around the student • Willing to meet the needs of their students through new methods • Able to persist when things don't go as planned • Able to perceive their student's learning levels • More frequent in offering assistance to students with learning problems and to help them become more successful • Less likely to submit students with learning problems for special services • Able to set higher goals and expect more from students • Work longer with students who are falling behind • Able to teach students in such a way that the students outperform other classes • A predictor of success for students on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the Canadian Achievement Test, and the Ontario Assessment Instrument Pool (Trull, 2004)

This is done because certain basic math skills must be mastered in order for students to move on to math proficiency.

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All students must start reading as soon as they are developmentally ready to do so, and they must build on basic reading skills as they move into higher grades.

More specifically, how do preservice physical educators, (general preparation, pre - student - teaching / internship, and post - student - teaching / internship) rate their own competence on (a) basic computer skill levels and (b) how well they could integrate technology into their learning, research, and future teaching?

But, literacy educators have done little to guarantee that when students have caught up on basic skills, they will have had — and be able to draw on — rich experiences with age - appropriate materials.

A major influence on high school reform outcomes to date has been the end of social promotion in elementary schools: students in the third, sixth and eighth grades who do not achieve a minimum score on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills are either retained or sent to academic preparatory centers.

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You don't need to learn when to put on your turn signal, how to use your rear - view mirror and other driving basics, but you could improve your driving skills and lower your insurance premium with a defensive driving course.

Does your dog lack manners, basic skills or maybe pulls on the leash?

I do know this, what we are going to cover in my Basic Obedience program are: Sit, Down, Heel, Front, Sit - Stay, Down - Stay, Sit Out Of Motion, Down Out Of Motion, Transition to Off Leash Obedience, Dog Manners (that's a full lesson, and sometimes 2 or more, depending on the dog), and Handler Skills.

One thing is clear from our experience and that is that no matter what the dog looks like as members of the same species dogs have variations on the same basic needs and if their owners do not develop the leadership skills to provide for these needs they will become insecure and over time some will develop more serious behavioural issues not of their own making.

Cats and bunnies don't have to do actions on command, but they still must demonstrate that they have basic obedience skills and an affinity for strangers.

Once you and your dog have mastered the basics of training, how do you continue building on those skills?

The program includes a briefing on the do's and don'ts of scuba diving and then a short session (10 - 15 minutes) in shallow water learning the basic diving skills that you will need for the dives.

Basic strikes do low to decent damage depending on the level of your character but you can also choose to use a combo skill, weapon skill or a magic attack.

You'll have to know a vague idea of each character's «role» in a group (which is fairly obvious once you're at the 50 + hour time mark), you probably need to know how to level artes (which the game does a very nice job of explaining), and knowing how to gem (even only on a very basic level) would probably be helpful, but you by no means have to go into the world of affinity coins to complete the main story assuming you are a player of average skill and ability level, nor do you have to feel the innate need to update your character's equipment every 5 minutes (unless if you're preparing for a boss encounter).

Last year, when I started the Content Marketing for Artists course, I realized that a lot of artists still don't have basic skills like writing about their art, and they don't know how to communicate the ideas behind their art that are key to helping people connect with your art on an emotional basis.

It's very user friendly and basic runs at least can be accomplished with no programming skill, runs fine on any home PC and takes about 24 hours to do a 150 year simulation.