Sentences with phrase «homogenous group»

I am not too sure if I expected more of homogenous group of passengers, but the mixture of people was comforting.

What struck me most about your comments was the final component in which you reflected that the students assigned to your classroom would be reorganized in homogenous groupings in a last ditch effort before the state testing.

If there is a need to group students by ability, teachers can organize students into heterogeneous grouping mixing students with different abilities or into homogenous groups with students in separate groups based on high, medium, or low academic achievement.

«This is of importance as it suggests that it is useful to create phenotypically more homogenous groups of depressed patients when searching for genes associated with MDD,» said co-first author Dr. Judith Verduijn.

The novel ways in which marketers and also political institutions can now harvest our social - media data and divide us into homogenous groups suited for mass - customised and targeted messages has been...

In other words, candidates who are different from an otherwise homogenous group of finalists stand little chance of getting hired, even if they are the most qualified.

We all know that heterogeneous grouping works, but sometimes homogenous grouping can be an effective way to differentiate in a project.

The concern with single ability groups is that placing students into lower groups often results in lower expectations.These kinds of homogenous groups organized only on the basis of ability can result in tracking.

Though the sample was tiny — 24 children, just 8 of whom received the treatment — and it showed significant improvement in functioning only in three of six measures, its authors concluded that the study did validate a model for how researchers can identify homogenous groups of subjects.

At first, he started by grouping students in homogenous groups based on their ability, delivering the same content but at different rates based on their level.

Full - day gifted magnet schools in which children are selected from several districts for homogenous grouping are one such prototype.

Finally, for companies looking to build a more diverse workplace (as studies have shown that diverse work groups tend to outperform homogenous groups), Wilk stressed that companies should let friendships develop naturally when they provide collaboration opportunities for people of different races, as enforced heterogeneous teams show more interpersonal conflicts.

Group polarization happens when, in the absence of diverse influences, homogenous group members tend to adopt more extreme and narrow - minded thinking as time passes.

«Radical Parenting» isn't the big homogenous group it is made out to be.

The limitations of the study are the relatively homogenous group that responded to both phases of the study.

To intentionally teach soft skills, a teacher may put students together in homogenous groups by skill level to create a graphic representation of this event.

All the attendees are seen as a single homogenous group, putting and squeezing them into a one - size - fits - all experience.

1980s Policy development and implementation moved to a model of local control and the practice of homogenous grouping ended.

«There's a lot of resistance in the current games industry — that's the thing about homogenous groups.

Thus we have the following remarkably homogenous group as the leaders of the profession's regulatory organs:

Speak up, and don't let the groupthink of mostly homogenous groups settle in or silence your voice.

Group term cover is a simple term plan which is provided to a large homogenous group of people.

These policies were issued through groups, including workplaces, labor associations, or other homogenous groups.

Combined group and individual treatment of borderline and narcissistic patients: heterogenous vs. homogenous groups

The diagnoses identify heterogeneous groups; however, a characteristic that can be used to identify more homogenous groupings is that of callous - unemotional (CU) traits.

Research shows that candidates who are different from an otherwise homogenous group of finalists stand little chance of getting hired, even if they are the most qualified.

1) Differentiate Through Teams We all know that heterogeneous grouping works, but sometimes homogenous grouping can be an effective way to differentiate in a project.

For example, as the students were ostensibly learning a grammar concept, students that were normally grouped together in heterogeneous groups (but were now in homogenous groups), demonstrated different leadership and soft skills that were unseen up until that point.

This manual is a standalone program for parents of children with all kind of disorders and consists of 3 - h sessions, while the current MYmind parent program is for a more homogenous group of parents and provided parallel to the children's sessions of 1.5 h. Therefore, important adaptations were made from the original program.

When the only people giving and receiving venture funding belong to a small, homogenous group, society misses out on all kinds of breakthrough ideas and financial opportunities.

Looking at business students, as if it's some homogenous group, is a stereotype.

Sure, just as it is with one made up of any homogenous group.

While leading teams of diverse individuals is probably more challenging than helming a homogenous group, the results can be significantly greater as a result of the combined skill sets.

Cari fears that there seems to be a misunderstanding of the identity of prostitutes, with some Christian groups seeing prostitutes as a homogenous group.

No, we just see a class, we see a homogenous group.

Its THEM (homogenous group) versus US (the good guys).

Hunt said he was happy with the acquisition: «Whereas before, we would compete directly with Bibendum PLB, there is now a new space to fill, [against a homogenous group]» he said.

It is critical to recognize that exclusively breastfed infants are not a homogenous group.

Professor Barry Buzan at the London School of Economics, one of the most prominent members of the English School, has contended that the international society is divided into two: on the one hand there is a homogenous group of international actors that share a common historical and cultural background, and on the other a group that is linked by a contractual bond.

The assumption that 47 councillors can't work as a homogenous group and are likely to split into factions seems pretty wide of the mark - they look cohesively whipped to me.

Although the Taliban is not a homogenous group, most of its elements and Nato do not want al - Qaeda to return.

Instead of treating DLLs as a homogenous group, researchers created two categories — Spanish - English bilinguals, who can function in both languages; and DLLs with limited English skills — based on ability entering Head Start.

Linkin adds, «Sixty - five and older sounds like one homogenous group, but it could be that the oldest of the old may respond differently.»