Sentences with phrase «driven by a maths»

Okcupid is driven by a maths - based matching system that the creators of the site are fiercely proud of.

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The 2003 bestseller by Michael Lewis about the Oakland A's baseball team and its visionary general manager, Billy Beane, who used a data - driven draft process to get to the playoffs, spawned a 2011 Brad Pitt movie and popularized the notion that math could win games.

The math - powered applications driving the data economy were based on choices made by fallible human beings.

Like most of my 20 - something friends from high school now living... by Allison Davis Pro: His mom still thinks of you as the sweet girl she knew in high school who her son drove home after math club.

A biopic that plays out like a cerebral thriller, this film traces the life of Alan Turing, the British maths genius who essentially invented the computer and won World War II before being driven to suicide by a cruel legal system.

Maths Pathway is driven by the belief that all students should be able to learn Maths in a way that allows them to thrive.

The Formula 1 in Schools competition is supported by Bernie Ecclestone and offers a way to teach young people science, technology, engineers and maths related subjects in an exciting way to drive the number of students pursing these careers.

Driven by news of shortages in certain subjects (such as math, science, and special education) and in rural and inner - city schools, state legislatures have earmarked billions of dollars for salary increases and teacher training.

By taking maths into the outdoors we see clear beneficial outcomes for school groups, including the ability of children to bridge the gap between theory and every day use, driving inquisitive thought processes, a positive attitude to approaching new challenges, and the ability to apply authentic problem solving strategies.

The idea of requiring students to complete more years of math — and more demanding math — while in high school continues to gain traction, driven largely by the belief that students will need stronger skills to compete in tomorrow's economy.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

As the head of the K12's Curriculum and Products organization, his focus is on delivering strong student outcomes by producing and implementing standards - aligned solutions that will significantly accelerate students» growth — especially in math and reading — and drive success on high - stakes assessments.

Our team at DreamBox is inspired not only by this new recognition from Tech & Learning, but also by the recent analysis conducted by the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University that suggests DreamBox drives compelling achievement gains in elementary math.

Our results - driven consultants are committed to working side - by - side with administrators, coaches and teachers to build exceptional quality math instruction and curriculum for schools and school districts, transforming students» elementary educations and achievement.

Despite the challenges of a high student turnover rate driven by parents» reassignments to new duty stations, it remains a high - performing district with math, science, and English language arts achievement rates 15 percent above the statewide average.

• The «blended learning» model of education exemplified by the Rocketship chain of charter schools — often promoted by charter boosters — is predicated on paying minimal attention to anything but math and literacy, and even those subjects are taught by inexperienced teachers carrying out data - driven lesson plans relentlessly focused on test preparation.

Driven by the adoption and implementation of new college - and career - readiness curriculum standards in many states, new and more difficult math and ELA summative assessments will be taken this spring by most students in grades 3 through 11.

The «teacher induction» effort is aimed at reversing the lack of support that historically drives nearly one - third of new science and math teachers from the classroom by their third year of teaching.

We find some evidence that the Focus designation led to small, short - run reductions in the within - school math achievement gap — but that these reductions were driven by stagnant performance of lower - achieving students alongside declines in the performance of their higher - achieving peers.

Driven by a passion for improving the futures of young people the world over, Richard co-founded Maths Pathway while still a teacher.

Focused exclusively on using TI resources in math, science and STEM education, the conference is a forum for sharing new ideas and proven strategies that drive student achievement by building their critical - thinking and problem - solving skills.

The problem - solving exercise, which produced intense conversations in the groups, was followed by a debriefing intended to link the principals» experience to student learning, specifically to drive home the challenges that some students face in learning math.

This is because the learning of the math skills by the tutors had already been learned, and would not be driving the instruction.

The negative effect in math is driven by CTs in the lowest quartile of value added, suggesting that more effective CTs can mitigate the impact of hosting a student teacher on student performance.

It says they are a «damaging trend», not in the best interests of pupils and driven by the league tables, where schools are measured on how many pupils get at least a C grade in English and maths.

Also, by our math, the car costs more to run on electricity, so it didn't break out hearts to be driving in hybrid mode for much of the week.

Located at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge on the Sausalito side, the Bay Area Discovery Museum prides itself on its scientific credentials, with its STEM exhibits (science, technology, engineering, and math) that are «inquiry - driven» and backed by research.

Located at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge on the Sausalito side, the Bay Area Discovery Museum prides itself on its scientific credentials, with its STEM exhibits (science, technology, engineering, and maths) that are «inquiry - driven» and backed by research.

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.

We therefore require the individual to have: A proven track record in selling to the public in a business to business environment either in person or by telephone Experience of working to financial targets and KPI's Proficiency to a very high standard in English and Maths A Full clean UK manual driving licence (minimum 12 months) We want a person who is hungry and can motivate themselves to deliver their best on a daily basis no matter what the days throws at them.

Her report card was filled with lots of «sounds» for maths, and a couple of «outstandings» for english, mainly driven by her vast vocabulary gathered from reading at least three hours a day.