Sentences with phrase «focus your research skills»

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That was the driving force behind both the Georgetown research and another recent study out of the University of Pennsylvania which focused on improving language skills through the use of tDCS.

Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi's research is focused on these flow states that optimize our performance by finding that balance between challenge and skill.

The MBA Global program focuses on academic theory and research - based learning, while the MBA in the Management of Technology and Innovation (MBA MTI) covers management skills while examining complex, technology - related business problems.

For example, Canada's support will help fund research studies, surveys, conferences, and training focused on business and entrepreneurship skills, access to markets for products and services, and technological innovation.

The program is focused on building knowledge and skills in organic dairy production through hands - on learning and applied research.

Sarah is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer, and her research focuses on teaching play, social skills and language to children through video modeling.

But new research from a spate of economists, psychologists, neuroscientists and educators has found that the skills that see a student through college and beyond have less to do with smarts than with more ordinary personality traits, like an ability to stay focused and control impulses.

With increased emphasis on male involvement in reproductive health care and decisions in different settings, the question of for whom to focus promotion messages and supportive skills merits further research in order to determine the most appropriate and effective way to support EBF.

Focusing on the latest research dealing with environmental factors and non-cognitive skills (perseverance, attachment, relationships, etc.), this quick read provides insights on possible strategies and interventions which lead to greater academic and personal success.

Compared to the research - only focus of a traditional postdoctoral fellowship, SPIRE emphasizes the attainment of cutting - edge pedagogical skills (the art of teaching), professional development, and competitive research training.

But new research published in the journal Child Development says that a thought process called «executive functioning,» which governs the ability to reason and mentally focus, also plays a critical role in learning, especially when it comes to math skills.

According to Au, further research will focus on determining whether these brain structure findings translate into impact on cognitive skills, such as problem solving, memory and language.

Individual European institutions that address these skills, such as the German Cancer Research Center and the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), often focus on communication skills.

These issues are very much on the minds of policymakers and funding agency administrators... so much so that an explicit and measurable focus on training — scientific and soft skills — may well become a review criterion at NIH in the near future, even for pure research grants.

The research council asserts that it is now focusing more on the quality than the number of Ph.D. s. That's embodied by a shift to centers for doctoral training (CDTs) that provide 4 - year Ph.D. s, including skills - development programs, rather than 3 - year project student Ph.D. s.

«It's easy to want to focus on your specific area of research on your resume, but most workplaces want to see what skills you have, rather than your expertise in one small area of research,» Fisher says.

In the structured Ph.D. program, career - oriented skills training unrelated to the research project, combined with serious attention to planning for the student's career, should strengthen the focus on the student's prospects and progress.

To get a clearer picture of what effect posture has, researchers would have to test each child's math skills without having them pay particular attention to posture and then test them again after asking them to focus on sitting up, says Marjorie Woollacott, a neuroscientist studying motor control at the University of Oregon, who was not involved in the research.

You'll need to be highly focused, motivated and have the skills and experience to manage your research.

As a representative sample of Porcaro's timekeeping skills, the research team focused on the studio recording of the 1982 hit «I Keep Forgettin»» by singer Michael McDonald.

Intensive training programs like the one Heil attended can be great ways for early - career scientists to learn about nontraditional approaches to conducting science, hone specific research skills, get a crash course in a new field, explore interdisciplinary research, or use focused time to make headway in their work.

Much of McClelland's research focuses on the important role of self - regulation skills — the social and emotional skills that help children pay attention, follow directions, stay on task, form healthy friendships and persist through difficulty.

His research focuses on individual differences in intelligence and skill.

Research shows that many people with ASD have greater focusing skills for certain types of tasks than their neurotypical counterparts, yet an estimated 90 % of these adults are either unemployed or under - employed.

He has a long - term interest in teaching mathematical skills to physical science students and established the PRiSM group, which focuses on pedagogical research within the faculty.

Postdoctoral training will be experienced in a variety of ways as a result of the singular aspects of the postdoctoral appointment, such as the focus on research over coursework or on other skills relevant to the individual's intended professional outcome, as well as the integral role of the supervisor and the diversity of graduate training among postdoctoral scholars.

Researchers at the Patanjali Research Institute in India found that 18 minutes of alternate nostril breathing in 26 healthy volunteers effectively decreased blood pressure and improved performance of skilled motor tasks requiring hand - eye coordination, repetitive motor activity, and focused attention.

Indianapolis About Blog CPA Center of Excellence ® is a entity for research, best practices, leadership, support and training in the focus area of vital business skills and talent management for professional service providers, especially CPAs.

The test is focuses on seven types of relationship skills that research shows are important in long - term love relationships.

Indianapolis About Blog CPA Center of Excellence ® is a entity for research, best practices, leadership, support and training in the focus area of vital business skills and talent management for professional service providers, especially CPAs.

The Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at HGSE, Lesaux conducts research focusing on promoting the language and literacy skills of today's children and youth from diverse linguistic, cultural, and economic backgrounds.

The research also showed wide support for the aims of the fund, with schools reporting greater collaboration and a focus on improving teaching skills and practice.

The research team will focus on the following three questions: 1) Does iRead Intervention improve language skills (vocabulary and narrative) of young children?

The research was carried out in light of the recent government focus on developing «character skills» which aims to encourage children to be resilient, determined, resourceful, curious and tenacious.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

«Interestingly, research shows that these kinds of skills — which reflect early brain development, the ability to focus, and behavior — are critical to children's success down the road.»

It focuses on building participants» leadership skills, and on developing them as research - informed teachers so they can tackle educational inequality in low - income schools throughout the country.

The police training is part of a larger focus on SEL within the Oakland district that started in 2011, driven by research showing that children with social and emotional skills are not only more likely to do better in school, but also have better lifelong success, such as attending college and getting good - paying jobs.

Despite the need to keep the focus on academic achievement, the Teacher Advancement Program acknowledges that research has identified pedagogical methods that help students learn, so it includes evaluation of classroom skills as part of its teacher compensation system.

Recently named the school's 2014 - 2015 HGSE Dissertation Fellowship recipient, El - Amin's research explores an educational framework for African American students that focuses specifically on building the skills and will for social change.

As I read, I kept feeling grateful to Paul Tough for having done this work — gathering the stories of kids like Keitha Jones, the traumatized Southside Chicago teen who reminded me so much of a handful of kids I've taught; connecting Keitha's experience to research on neurochemistry and infant psychology, and situating these elements in both a socio - economic context and in the landscape of an education world focused on developing children's cognitive (and testable) skills.

My recent research in this area suggests that there can also be a strong focus on skill acquisition related to test preparation in contemporary classrooms, which can be approached in a way that excludes pleasure and enjoyment, leading to children deciding that reading is a thing done for the purpose of measurement and testing.»

But these skills are not uniform, however, and unintentionally misnaming them can obscure the differences that research has identified — about when and how they develop, when it's most important to focus on them, and how they predict academic, social, and behavioral outcomes.

So we need more focus on what research shows works in improving academic standards, addressing essential life skills and preparing young people for higher education and apprenticeships.

With more than 26 years teaching at Harvard, Ferguson's research focuses on the racial achievement gap, education policy, youth development programming, community development, economic consequences of skill disparities, and state and local economic development.

There is also a research study open to participating Victorian government schools focusing on «Realising the Potential of Australia's High Capacity Teachers», which contains a substantial amount of pedagogical training on understanding and teaching self - regulated learning skills to primary and secondary schools students (Grades 5 - 8).

With over twenty years of legal experience as a Litigation Paralegal, Tish provides solid analytical and research skills that focus on business ethics for her clients.

Most of the current research is at the granular, curricular level, focusing on the particular cognitive skills and there exists little by the way of international comparative case studies that looks at the processes by which a balance of cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal skills are developed in students.

As part of this research effort, Fuller analyzes America's middle - skills jobs market focusing on what employers, policymakers, and educators can do to close the skills gap, especially in areas critical to U.S. competitiveness.

Our work focuses on the many factors that influence the development of language and literacy skills across the life span, with particular emphasis on improving instruction, research, and policy nationally and internationally.