Sentences with phrase «for scholastic ability»

A 2005 Sociology of Education study called «The Frog Pond Revisited: High School Academic Context, Class Rank and Elite College Admission,» suggests that when you control for scholastic ability, attending a school surrounded by fellow academic superstars actually has a negative effect on your admissions chances at an elite college.

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WHITE PLAINS, NY — Chess enthusiasts of all ages and abilities are invited to join instructors and students from the National Scholastic Chess Foundation for Chess in the Park being held Monday, October 9 from 1 to 4 pm at the Ruby Dee Park at 1

Working memory (WM), the ability to store and manipulate information for short periods of time, is an important predictor of scholastic aptitude and a critical bottleneck underlying higher - order

The Storia program comes pre-loaded with five free ebooks for each age level, and the ability to purchase additional high - interest and ability level - guided ebooks from Scholastic, the world's largest publisher of children's content.

One of the aspects of the Scholastic study that demonstrates the need for read aloud time is the ability to convey higher order vocabulary words with proper pronunciation.

Class essay writing and scholastic papers are such assignments that are allocated to students consistently for their abilities» advancement regarding writing.

For example 47 % of children with such disorders (as measured on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) were behind in their overall scholastic ability; 10 % were considered definite or possible truants by their teachers.