Sentences with phrase «how observation data»

Vamborg then illustrated how observation data feeds into monitoring long - term change and gave a climate overview of 2017 at both a global and European level.

Not exact matches

How can you confuse «observation» of real, physical characteristics with «faith» in a story that is utterly destroyed by the actual data??

This year he works on observation and data recording as the class collects weather information for the daily calendar and keeps track of how many days a certain type of weather occurs.

These observations were then used as data for computational predictions of new materials, leading to insights on how to best combine atoms to form new, stable structures.

The results will help them understand how particles are ionized in Saturn's upper atmosphere and will help them put a decade of ground - based telescope observations of Saturn in perspective, because they can see what disturbance in the data comes from Earth's atmosphere.

Using published data from the circumpolar arctic, their own new field observations of Siberian permafrost and thermokarsts, radiocarbon dating, atmospheric modeling, and spatial analyses, the research team studied how thawing permafrost is affecting climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.

Other studies have attempted to determine how the research activities of MSTP graduates differ from those of other groups of MD and MD / PhD recipients.7 - 10 Although the data from these studies suggest that a large majority of MSTP graduates hold appointments in clinical departments, and that most have clinical responsibilities, MSTP graduates are less likely than other groups of physician - investigators to publish in journals containing high proportions of clinical observations and clinical studies.

To explain the current abundance of dark matter in the universe (as inferred from galactic observations and other data), the rate of annihilation, which governs how often WIMPs were produced in the early universe as well as how often they annihilate now, must fall within a narrow range.

They then used the earlier observations of the changing abundances of the three pairs of predators and prey — leveraging data sets collected by other scientists — to show how the models would apply.

Eri Saikawa, who studies air pollution and its health impacts at Emory University, and wasn't involved in the new study, plans to use Wiedinmyer's data in a model to see how it matches observations in China and Southeast Asia, and to see how trash burning might be contributing to the substantial amounts of air pollution there.

And it maybe goes both ways, but I know that in radio astronomy, for example, they have taken advantage of a lot of the — and presumably in other kinds of astronomy as well, they've taken advantage of the, you know, how cheap storage is now and processing power to do really hugely data - intensive observations with off - the - shelf technologies, and they've used graphics processors to, you know, do things they could only do before with custom fabricated chips, which were obviously extremely expensive.

To see how global climate change is affecting the bees, the researchers amassed a data set consisting of some 423,000 observations, dating back to 1901, of 67 bumble bee species in North America and Europe.

This involves a combination of satellite observations (when different satellites captured temperatures in both morning and evening), the use of climate models to estimate how temperatures change in the atmosphere over the course of the day, and using reanalysis data that incorporates readings from surface observations, weather balloons and other instruments.

Because Pluto has 56 days for every Earth year, it takes almost week for it to complete a single rotation giving us an interesting data set By spreading out those observations over 14 days, there's enough information to see how the surface changes over a time.

These include using the same model used to detect the planet instead to fit synthetic, planet - free data (with realistic covariance properties, and time sampling identical to the real data), and checking whether the «planet» is still detected; comparing the strength of the planetary signal with similar Keplerian signals injected into the original observations; performing Bayesian model comparisons between planet and no - planet models; and checking how robust the planetary signal is to datapoints being removed from the observations.

We provide references to the important technical papers describing how these data have been taken (both targeting and observation details) and processed for scientific use.

The meeting presentations will focus on synergies among various approaches and provide recommendations on how to improve the use of earth observations, ground data and modeling techniques for the improved understanding of land use sources and sinks.

Scientists worldwide use the agency's field data, together with satellite observations and computer models, to tackle environmental challenges and advance our knowledge of how the Earth works as a complex, integrated system.

Using these data, their new calculations about how the sun should behave come much closer to what observations of the sun show.

Once I gathered all my data, I was able to present my observations of how interracial dating fared in the region.

Just provide the data to teachers and principals — and continue to train the latter on how to conduct high - quality teacher observations — and call it a day.

Over a period of several walk - through observations, the principal or another observer will have significant data that might spur a reflective question such as How can I increase the number of students who are actively engaged in learning?

This could lead to discussion about how the experiments are carried out, how observations are made, the reliability and validity of data, and how scientists communicate their findings.

As we struggle with how to improve student outcomes, we need to triangulate Level 1 «satellite» data — test scores, D / F rates, attendance rates — with Level 2 «map» data — reading inventories, teacher - created common assessments, student surveys — and Level 3 «street» data, which can only be gathered through listening and close observation.

They were also able to see how the numerous data points on the map, representing the collected observations of thousands of fellow students, could add up to stunning and often original natural insights.

He argues that in order to understand how well schools are doing, we also need to collect «small data» using teachers» and students» «observations, assessments and reflections» of the teaching and learning processes in classrooms.

But in RTTC, I get to invite teachers to be part of the learning and growth process by using qualitative and quantitative data from classroom observations to get the teacher to reflect on the implementation of their deliverables and how they impact student engagement and classroom culture.

While Kraft and Gilmour assert that «systems that place greater weight on normative measures such as value - added scores rather than... [just]... observations have fewer teachers rated proficient» (p. 19; see also Steinberg & Kraft, forthcoming; a related article about how this has occurred in New Mexico here; and New Mexico's 2014 - 2016 data below and here, as also illustrative of the desired normal curve distributions discussed above), I highly doubt this purely reflects New Mexico's «commitment to putting students first.»

In most cases, new teacher evaluations will consist of two parts: observations of classrooms, which look at how teachers teach; and outcomes on tests, including scores for students and value - added data, which measure how students progress.

McNamara says her science lessons have also become more rigorous: Teachers at her school are covering the same units, but instead of talking about «how scientists think,» first graders will have to learn — and use — terms like «inquiry,» «observation» and «data.»

«Student growth data tells us if students are growing toward meeting state standards, but observations of practice tell us how and why students are growing,» explained Michael Beiersdorf, LAUSD teacher and E4E Member.

In making his observation that contradicts logical thinking, Gladwell used data from RSD # 12 to illustrate how the smaller class sizes did not have the benefit of improving student performance.

Participants will learn how to capture real time walkthrough data and provide immediate results to teachers using web - based observation.

Even the observation protocol is unlikely to have full spectrum reliability and validity data, by subject, grade level, when observations were made, by whom, and how often, and under what operating standards for instruction (e.g., Common Core or state subject - specific standards.

In a way, teachers have always used data to track how well students are doing, but the data points were largely anecdotal — a pop quiz score, a casual teacher observation.

Another issue that has cropped up in both D.C. and Memphis is how well the teacher ratings based on classroom observations match the student test - score data that make up the other half of a teacher's overall rating.

The classroom observations constituted the primary source of data for characterizing how the participants used the IDS.

They knew they wanted students to use data from their everyday lives and see how their firsthand observations connected with science.

Additional data from interviews and observations over the course of the class might have yielded a more robust understanding of how these enhancements impacted the ways in which teachers worked in the course and made it possible to begin to develop hypotheses about ways in which teachers develop content knowledge on geology in online classes and how course design can best support it.

One of the key areas of congruence throughout the state data from Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia is the generally high scores given to teachers during classroom observations, a finding that comes right as new research is revealing clues about the properties of such observations and how they are shaped by the norms within schools.

I use multiple data sources — including eight months of participatory classroom observation; in - depth interviews with educators, school leaders, and staff; and document and media analyses — to probe teachers» decision - making processes and to examine how, why, and under what conditions they elect to employ discipline in relation to particular students.

The ADVANCE Suite of tools breaks new ground in proving how educator observations, whether on video or in person, can generate data that effectively and efficiently drives professional growth.

Engaging in effective staff development that is active, in - depth, and actually teaches how to implement research - based strategies through observation, coaching, and data based feedback

When I asked about how they felt about the follow - up conversations they were having, either formal post-observation conferences or informal chats I found that 75 % of the time they would receive their observation data via email and there was no follow through.

I * know * there are «bad» teachers out there, but I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of attempting to identify them based on data and / or the observations of ONE person (regardless of how much time doing so).

In international studies, it is important to recognise that expert opinion may be needed to offer a clear focus for any lesson observations conducted; to ensure agreement about the main constructs to be covered and how they are measured; and to provide training to enhance the reliability and validity of the data to be used in any cross-country comparisons.

Their observations signal a larger difficulty: Many schools struggle to understand what are excused absences and how to consistently record the data.

No matter how you mix it, it's better to go with Value - Added, student surveys, or both: As Dropout Nation noted last year, the accuracy of classroom observations is so low that even in a multiple measures approach to evaluation in which value - added data and student surveys account for the overwhelming majority of the data culled from the model (72.9 percent, and 17.2 percent of the evaluation in one case), the classroom observations are of such low quality that they bring down the accuracy of the overall performance review.

To understand how teachers use data with their students, we conducted in - depth fieldwork in six middle schools in four districts in 2011 — 12, including interviews, focus groups, and observations with teachers, coaches, and school and district administrators (Marsh, Farrell, & Bertrand, 2014).

In this new Policy Information Report, Debra Ackerman examines the variety of state pre-K classroom observation policies on program decisions that are informed by observation score data, the protocols being used, and how often such data are collected from classrooms.