Sentences with phrase «extended focus testing»

Dragon Fin Soup is currently at Alpha and once we finishing adding the rest of the story quests, magic, and game balancing we will begin extended focus testing and a Closed Beta to insure the game is as fun and enjoyable as possible.

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The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

The capacities that develop in the earliest years may be harder to measure on tests of kindergarten readiness than abilities like number and letter recognition, but they are precisely the skills, closely related to executive functions, that researchers have recently determined to be so valuable in kindergarten and beyond: the ability to focus on a single activity for an extended period, the ability to understand and follow directions, the ability to cope with disappointment and frustration, the ability to interact capably with other students.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character developmFocus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character developmfocus on character development).

These topic - focused SATs questions at the end of a unit will help to test and extend students» understanding as well as helping them to prepare for SATs next year.

These topic - focused SATs questions at the end of a unit will help to test and extend students» understanding as well as helping them to prepare for...

We focus most of the evaluation on grade 3 achievement, but we also extend our analysis to examine curriculum effects on test scores in grades 4 and 5.

The paper contributes to the literature by focusing on middle school teachers and by extending the analysis to student outcomes beyond test scores.

To evaluate the extent to which automakers are extending crashworthiness improvements to 2 - door cars, the Institute recently conducted front, side, and rear tests of 2009 coupes including the Chevrolet Cobalt, Ford Focus, Honda Civic, and Scion tC, all small models, plus the midsize Volvo C30.

Since then improvements beyond depowering have been introduced (see «Hold on unbelted barrier test may be extended, different size dummies used,» Nov. 29, 1997, and «Advanced airbags are the focus of new NHTSA rulemaking,» Oct. 10, 1998).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Squadron Marketing, Inc., Fort Lauderdale • FL 2011 — Present Sales Manager Focus on selling Daily Deals and SMS testing of advertising focused on client's sales / marketing campaign strategies and extended contracts.

He announced $ 375 million to permanently extend homelessness funding to the states «with a continued focus on supporting young people and victims of domestic violence,» and said the government would restore the pensioner concession card to those affected by the recent assets test change.