Sentences with phrase «high standards of science»

Their RICO action is diametrically contrary to the high standards of science detailed by Richard Feynmann to Caltech in 1974 versus Cargo Cult Science

And I'd like to acknowledge the other organizations that have been obviously very important in this whole process — the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine — all who've contributed similar leadership in maintaining the tradition, upholding the highest standard of science.

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You likely deny evolution and global warming for no other reason than it makes you uncomfortable and hold science to the impossibly high standard of having to explain every conceivable mystery about the natural World before you will accept it, but some moron at a pulpit doing magic hand signals of a Sundaymorning is enough to convince you he is communicating with some sky - god and turning grocery store bread and wine into flesh and blood.

Catholics quite rightly look to their institutions of higher education to set the standard for the integration of science and faith.

You likely deny global warming for no other reason than it makes you uncomfortable and hold science to the impossibly high standard of having to explain every conceivable mystery about the natural World before you will accept it, but some moron rolling around a floor speaking in tongues is enough to convince you he is channeling a spirit.

• To advance the profession of food science and technology by promoting the maintenance of high professional standards among its members.

These programs address some of the root causes of underrepresentation at the city's specialized high schools by helping youngsters rise to meet the standards of these schools and thrive in them,» said Sharon Manewitz, Chair of the Alumni Association of the Bronx High School of Sciehigh schools by helping youngsters rise to meet the standards of these schools and thrive in them,» said Sharon Manewitz, Chair of the Alumni Association of the Bronx High School of ScieHigh School of Science.

Fang believes that creating an environment where students are encouraged to maintain a reasonable work - life balance and high ethical standards is good for trainees and sets the stage for generations of quality science.

The Program is committed to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering, and monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical issues related to science and technology through a variety of projects and activities.

The Program is committed to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering; advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts; monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical, legal, and human rights issues related to science and technology; furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights; and initiating activities to address the impact of developments at the intersection of science, technology, and law.

The agreement commits the two organization's «to promote, protect and improve all aspects of science, assuring the highest standards of ethical behavior and research quality.»

Toward High School Biology is designed to align closely with a new set of science education standards, called the Next Generation Science Standards, which were developed with help from 26 states and organizations like AAAS and the National Research Council, in an effort to teach students to read scientific texts, analyze data and construct coherent explanations of scientific phescience education standards, called the Next Generation Science Standards, which were developed with help from 26 states and organizations like AAAS and the National Research Council, in an effort to teach students to read scientific texts, analyze data and construct coherent explanations of scientific pheScience Standards, which were developed with help from 26 states and organizations like AAAS and the National Research Council, in an effort to teach students to read scientific texts, analyze data and construct coherent explanations of scientific phenomena.

«The stringent application of medical device standards to our laboratory research means that these sensors will be qualified at the highest level for human use and translatable between sports science and medicine.

Through a wide variety of projects, SRHRL has shown its commitment to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering, monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical and legal issues related to science and technology, engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts, and furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights.

In light of such issues and efforts, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands convened our group to examine ways to remove some of the current disincentives to high standards of integrity in science.

The editors and an international advisory group of scientists and clinician - scientists as well as other experts will hold Science Translational Medicine articles to the same high - quality standard that is the hallmark of the journal Science.

«It is like comparing an old standard definition television screen to today's ultra high definition screens,» said Saba, a member of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Ecosystem Assessment Program who works at GFDL.

State of the World 1993 from the Worldwatch Institute is up to the same high standard as all the others — a series of reviews that combine environmental science with economics and politics in a truly interdisciplinary way.

As Kenneth Shine and I emphasized 15 years ago in this journal, if science is to flourish and attain its appropriate role in aiding human progress, «It is incumbent upon all of us in the scientific community to help provide a research environment that, through its adherence to high ethical standards and creative productivity, will attract and retain individuals of outstanding intellect and character to one of society's most important professions.»

An international team of academic editors will hold Science Robotics articles to the same high - quality standard that is the hallmark of the Science family of journals.

«This is an important discovery that provides a valuable addition to the picture of the Standard Model universe,» said James Siegrist, DOE associate director of science for high energy physics.

Future Science Group upholds the highest standards of editorial integrity, including disclosure and independent peer - review.

In order to raise awareness about the importance of plants and bring them into the limelight in science education, it is important that teachers are provided with high quality, engaging activities that complement their curriculum and align with state and national standards.

While there was a lot of interesting science in this paper (the new methodology, the range of results etc.) which fully justified its appearance in Nature, we were quite critical of their basic conclusion — that climate sensitivities significantly higher than the standard range (1.5 — 4.5 ºC) were plausible — because there is significant other data, predominantly from paleo - climate, that pretty much rule those high numbers out (as we discussed again recently).

TCP is committed to the highest standards of animal ethics and care in science.

The nature of science and research is changing at a rapid pace, and trust in science is dependent on maintaining the highest standards for integrity in an increasingly complex research environment.

Canada needs to maintain the highest standard for nanotechnology safety in the broad application of science.

The charge of the newly established Research Integrity Office (RIO) is to ensure the quality, trustworthiness and reproducibility of our research by upholding high standards of integrity and quality in science, and vigorously pursuing all substantiated allegations of research misconduct while protecting our community from unsubstantiated ones.

eLife Senior Editors chose seven applicants to receive travel grants amongst 30 applications of a very high standard, from across the life sciences disciplines and ranging from basic science to translational research.

Effective national security requires the highest standards of vigilance and circumspection, and the science on which it is based must meet the highest standard of excellence.

The award recognizes «outstanding professional commitment, excellent insights and comments that help maintain the high standard and quality of papers» published in Crop Science.

In this first round of funding, eLife Senior Editors chose seven applicants to receive travel grants amongst 30 applications of a very high standard, from across the life sciences disciplines and ranging from basic science to translational research.

Standing for reform apparently means supporting rigorous testing, a back - to - basics curriculum, higher standards, more homework, more science and math, more phonics, something called accountability, and a host of other often daunting initiatives.

South Dakota is one of 12 states offering standards - based tests in every core subject — English, math, science, and social studies — at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

In a 2011 issue of Science magazine (summarized without a paywall here), Penn State political scientists Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer surveyed a nationally representative sample of public high - school biology teachers and found that only 28 percent of them consistently implement National Research Council standards for the teaching of evolution.

The CTBA report ignores entirely previous research from the Brookings Institution, a random - assignment study — the gold standard of social science research — that found voucher students in Milwaukee scored six Normal Curve Equivalent points higher than the control group in reading and 11 points higher in math.

Specifically, students in countries that permit teacher salaries to be adjusted for outstanding performance score approximately one - quarter of a standard deviation higher on the international math and reading tests, and about 15 percent higher on the science test, than students in countries without performance pay.

Students in countries that permit teacher salaries to be adjusted for outstanding performance score approximately one - quarter of a standard deviation higher on the international math and reading tests, and about 15 percent higher on the science test, than students in countries without performance pay.

On average, students in countries with performance - related pay score 24.8 percent of a standard deviation higher on the PISA math test; in reading the effect is 24.3 percent of a standard deviation; and in science it is 15.4 percent (see Figure 1).

A third of high school graduates in 2005 did not complete a standard curriculum, which includes four credits of English and three credits each of social studies, math, and science.

99, a social sciences teacher at Hopkinton High School in Massachusetts, says the standards movement is a noble effort, but she is dubious about the execution of it.

These are the same subject areas and grades for which standards and assessments are required under the ESEA statute (with the exception of science standards and tests at 3 grade levels), but the rigor and quality of the standards and assessments are intended to be higher than those required under the ESEA statute.

of high school computer science courses and was the first state to write and mandate for all students grade - specific computer science standards for K - 8.

Business leaders from important sectors of the American economy have been urging schools to set higher standards in math and science — and California officials, in mandating that 8th graders be tested in introductory algebra, have responded with one of the highest such standards in the land.

Curricular Coherence and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Educational Researcher, November 2012 Exploring the relationship of the CCSS in Mathematics (CCSSM) to student achievement, these researchers found a high degree of similarity between CCSSM and standards of the highest - achieving nations on the 1995 Third International Mathematics and Science Study and that states with standards more like CCSSM have higher 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress scores on average.

He then took that rigor to Brookings, where he and his colleagues conducted policy - relevant and rapid research that met high standards of social science.

Would expecting African - American students from the District of Columbia to master «English, mathematics, the sciences, ancient history, Negro history, military drill, physical education, music, drawing, domestic science, Latin, Spanish, French, and German» be considered «A very inappropriate standard that's way too high?»

With literacy standards for language arts, science, social studies, mathematics and technical subjects, it is more important than ever that teachers bring a high level of literacy expertise to their classrooms.»

Each of the applications will be subject to peer review in the context of five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; supporting the implementation of high academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

If the Republican candidates succeed in eliminating the federal role in education, the pleas of business leaders to upgrade science and math courses and set higher education standards would go out the window.