Sentences with phrase «got better grades as»

By staying positive, we felt better about our work and got better grades as well.

In a 2002 study Aronson, Good (then a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin) and their colleagues found that college students began to enjoy their schoolwork more, value it more highly and get better grades as a result of training that fostered a growth mind - set.

I think that formative assessments can happen with grades, as long as you give students the protocol and the opportunity to learn from that assessment, and to continue on and maybe get a better grade as a result.

They rarely manage to get a good grade as a reward for their hard work.

Getting good grades as a student driver (and if you're a student away from home, you might qualify for another discount)

Getting good grades as a student can prove to be really advantageous as you will be seen as someone responsible and the insurance company will give you discounts.

Not exact matches

Economists such as Carleton University professor Frances Woolley note that we've moved to this rebate system because everyone wins: well - off students with mediocre grades (who wouldn't have gotten into university at all back when I went) are now effectively subsidizing the smart kids and the ones who need financial aid.

Why didn't they entitle the chart with something more positive such as, «Being Asian Can Get You A Lower Mortgage Rate,» or «Although Asians Need Higher Grades And Test Scores To Have The Same Chance To Get Into University, At Least Asians Get To Pay Lower Mortgage Rates,» or «Despite Some Disadvantages Of Being A Minority, You Can Still Get The Best Mortgage Rate Possible,» or «Being A Minority May Make It Easier To Get A Better Rate.»

Erlend: Yeah of course and when you do them on a daily basis, you using the power of compounding as well, so yes, you get trained, you get like a bit rule about it and I found the same in my life it is like sort of habits, like in grading habits into my life that are positive and when I started doing it, I kind of found that oh shit like if I am the way, wait a minute, if I want to do all these habits, I will not have any time for any of the negative stuff that's kind of.

In preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she lived.

Others don't think they are sinners, or if they do, they think God grades on the curve, and as long as they are better than someone else, they'll get in.

As it turns out, those who are considered be physically «above average» are liked just a little more by teachers, get better grades and, ultimately, have a better shot at going to college.

We tend to put a grading mark on the players every week, so why not let the manager get a grade as well!

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

Issues such as why so many African Caribbean boys get lost, confused or never quite seem to make the grade or realise their potential, will be discussed, as well as the risk and enabling factors that distract or empower black boys to underachievement or success.

Again and again, among the families I treat as a psychologist, I see a disconnect between the skill set that parents are pushing (compete like crazy, get good grades, over-prep for tests, go to a prestigious college, make lots of money) and the assets and attitudes that actually bring young people success in college, at work, in relationships, and in life.

I always tell my kids that I don't care what grades they get as long as they do their best.

When someone gets a better grade or wins a competition such as a spelling bee, it's good form to say congratulations.

It is one thing if a parent chooses to grab a Happy Meal with their kids as a way of rewarding them for good grades, it's another when children come home and say, «Mom, I got all A's, can we go to McDonald's?

Her grade (First) eats very early, so the kids get to have a snack in the afternoon, which she says she is ready for at snacktime most days, so I'll make sure that she gets good healthy snacks in her bag, too, as it seems like that's an important part of her day.

It's best if you can hold off as long as possible before your child becomes immersed in an online (and sedentary) world, but by second grade more and more kids are getting involved.

As a quick guide before getting into the list, the pumps will be ranked from worst to best using a star rating system from one to five containing the categories of quality and price, to help grade them.

My daughter started grade RR this year, she's 4 turning 5 I'm sending her to a Montessori and she will go to grade R there next year as well I've chosen this specific Montessori because of the amazing feedback I've got from other parents that have sent their kids there over the years, there's a mix of all different races and religions so my... [Read more]

This happens when a teen with parents like this get angry at them for get an A - instead of an A +, which lowers the teen's self - esteem and their grades as well.

The MTA chief, who got sky - high grades for restoring the subways within days after Hurricane Sandy struck, was the subject of much of the buzz yesterday at an Association for a Better New York breakfast that included City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as the featured speaker.

Sometimes when people get upsetting news — such as a failing exam grade or a negative job review — they decide instantly to do better the next time.

I grew up as an overweight «husky» kid that spoke «white» and got good grades.

Oh you've got me curious now Kim, we a lanolin cream that's recommended for breastfeeding here and it's medical grade lanolin... maybe I need to try it on my lips, even if it won't smell as good as these sound, haha!

After reviewing so many sites that look like they were designed as part of a high school homework project (that didn't get a good grade) you learn to appreciate real design.

This is 2002 and although Lady Bird (real name Christine; with typical feistiness she tells a priest at her Catholic school that Lady Bird is her given name, «Given to me by me») doesn't get good grades, she reckons that maybe 9/11 will improve her chances of getting in to NYU as applications are down due to terrorism.

His dream for Eliza is to get her to study in the UK — but, to secure the scholarship lined up for her, she has to get excellent grades at the final high school exam... as well as sever ties with her slacker biker boyfriend Marius (Rares Andrici) who wants her to stay in Romania because he loves her.

As a matter of fact, the rebellious Korean - American graffiti artist could care less about getting good grades in school or about obeying the law.

There is some replay value in the sense that you can try to get an «S» grade on all of the stages as well as beat your previous completion times.

McComb agreed as well, stating that, if we do the math based on the number of students he has compared to the time he gets in school to grade, he has about 20 seconds per student to grade their papers and give feedback.

A new poll has revealed that high school students with a desk in their bedroom get better grades in exams, as 51 % of parents with children that achieved five or more A * to C graded confirmed that their child's bedrooms were equipped with desks or dedicated study areas; compared to just 18 % of those who failed their GCSE's having a desk.

However, as the remarks of Barack Obama, who would later win a seat in the United States Senate, suggest, it is the fact that reading a book or getting good grades might be perceived as acting white that makes the topic a matter of national concern.

Good grades, good character, and community and school service can get their photo and statistics on a trading card — which are given as rewards to elementary and middle school studeGood grades, good character, and community and school service can get their photo and statistics on a trading card — which are given as rewards to elementary and middle school studegood character, and community and school service can get their photo and statistics on a trading card — which are given as rewards to elementary and middle school students.

«To be respected was to get good grades and do your best,» she says, remembering the looks on her family member's faces as they reviewed her report cards.

Getting good grades and into college does not in itself fulfill the demands of purposefulness; even the desire to achieve these ambitions so as to make a good living and raise a family, while better, does not fully qualify.

AQA AS - Psychology - 7181 / 2 (New syllabus) Featuring: Section A: Approaches in Psychology Section B: Psychopathology Section C: Research Methods This resource demonstrates in a practical way how to get the best grade you can in your AQA AS exam for Paper 2.

Includes ideas for designing, organizing, collecting, and grading homework, as well as tips for getting students to actually complete the assignments!

However, research shows that black students are more likely to be categorized as «acting white» based on their style or the music they listen to than on getting good grades.

«But I didn't want to give up doing the things that I loved just to get good grades, so I really learned how to schedule my time, prioritize my activities, and make my studying [as] efficient as possible.»

Having a good fourth - grade teacher makes a student 1.25 percent more likely to go to college, the research suggests, and 1.25 percent less likely to get pregnant as a teenager.

They will say that between January and June 2012 it was decided that too many students were going to get a C grade or better in GCSE English, so a decision was taken to push up grade boundaries for the exams marked in June to bring down the numbers of good grades for the year as a whole.

The Barnado's study cites research which shows that children from poorer families are half as likely to get five good GCSE grades as their richer classmates.

As Dropout Nation has noted ad nauseam, few of the accountability systems allowed to replace No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provision are worthy of the name; far too many of them, including the A-to-F grading systems put into place by such states as New Mexico (as well as subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality educatioAs Dropout Nation has noted ad nauseam, few of the accountability systems allowed to replace No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provision are worthy of the name; far too many of them, including the A-to-F grading systems put into place by such states as New Mexico (as well as subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality educatioas New Mexico (as well as subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality educatioas well as subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality educatioas subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality education.

Getting students interested in STEM fields starts as early as the elementary and middle school grades, Docktor said, and helps prepare students for careers as well as building problem - solving and teamwork skills.

«You need to be a pretty darned good math student in order to get from the ninth - grade year of math to college statistics as a senior,» Hill said.

«You have a better chance of winning at Harrah's than getting into our ninth grade class as it is now,» Gilyot said.