Sentences with phrase «important than grades»

For kids, having friends is more important than grades.

In their white paper on academic integrity, Ms. Levine and Challenge Success have a series of suggestions for parents (and educators) interested in fully supporting the message that honesty is more important than grades.

On the other hand, if you didn't get the grades you hoped for, focus on what you learned from this — research suggests that work experience is more important than the grade you achieved anyway.

Not exact matches

Now, it's important to know there are different «grades» of cashmere — A, B, and C — and these grades are why some stores can sell cashmere sweaters for much lower prices than others.

«Do you worry that higher grades are more important to me than to you, and that if you get higher grades, you are doing it more for me than for you, that you're somehow losing yourself in that process?»

Most studies point to non-academic factors as being more important to success than things like grades.

But all too often, we forget to put time and effort into nurturing another component of child success and development — one that is just as important, and perhaps even more essential, than good grades, awards, and trophies — being a good person.

It is very important to use a hospital - grade pump when you are unable to nurse, because it is much more effective than a commercial grade pump.

It is pretty sad that rather than helping the children in the public schools in this district be able to read, write or do simple arithmetic at grade level, it is more important for our disgraced assemblyman to provide basketball nets, rather than educational safety nets.

In a Michigan State study, students who were given a rationale for why learning is important from their peers got much better final grades than students who were given the same rationale from the teacher.

«Our anaylsis suggests that biomarkers like E-cadherin are even more important than tumor size, tumor grade, the presence of estrogen receptors or the age of the patient.»

And it's important to realize that a lot of these are a little bit different than what you'll get if you are to say like go to your local medical supply store and get the old band socks like a lot of the compression socks and especially the ones that have shown or hinted at any benefit in raising or in a lab were at over 25 what's called millimetres or mmhg of pressure and in many cases were this graded compression socks, they get like tighter at your ankle and then decreases as they move toward your hip.

Knowing the difference between «you're» and «your,» «then» and «than,» and «who's» and «whose» wasn't just important on your seventh grade exams - it could be keeping you single.

A low - grade fog of sexism and homophobia hovers consistently over the proceedings: the lawnmower that's more important than a girlfriend; the worry that marriage is a license for obesity; a prostitute character who seems to exist solely to be lusted after (by Lonnie) and insulted (by Rack).

The author adds, «School practices to encourage parents to participate in their children's education are more important than family characteristics like parental education, family size, marital status, socioeconomic level, or student grade level in determining whether parents get involved.»

They tell us directly that it is more important to them to learn and be challenged than it is to earn the best grades.

According to a national survey of 1,000 teachers, 2,224 11 to 19 - year - olds and 2,675 workers, conducted by the Prince's Trust and HSBC, 31 per cent of teachers think it's more important to develop soft skills than get good grades.

And while these needs include being supported to achieve good grades and personal goals, the survey - which received over 2,000 responses from students - revealed that «feeling stress - free» was in fact more important to students than meeting parental or teachers» expectations.

Even though writing for an audience is less expected in lower grades than it is in secondary, it's important elementary teachers set their emerging writers to task with real writing scenarios.

Given the accountability pressures in schools, we worry that this development could reduce the experience of practical work for students, particularly if the separate mark for this element is viewed as less important than the A-level grade, a real worry.

With recent figures from The Prince's Trust showing that 31 % of teachers consider the development of soft skills more important than achieving good grades, teaching specialists TeachingAbroadDirect.co.uk analysed findings from global education technology company Promethean World, who surveyed over 1,600 educators from across the UK to see if teachers believe technology has hindered the ability for students to learn and acquire soft skills.

Among Hirsch's insights is that disadvantaged kids quickly fall behind in reading because of inadequate background knowledge; therefore, imparting such knowledge in the early grades is even more important than conveying basic reading skills.

However, we found one important difference between the two exams: PARCC's cutoff scores for college - and career - readiness in math are set at a higher level than the MCAS proficiency cutoff and are better aligned with what it takes to earn «B» grades in college math.

In this first of a five - part series, educators Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins suggest that understanding the standards» design and focus rather than zeroing in on grade - level standards is an important first step.

I am 200 percent in favor of personalized learning, defined as enabling every child to move through the prescribed curriculum at his or her own speed, progressing on the basis of individual mastery of important skills and knowledge rather than in lockstep according to age, grade level, and end - of - year assessments.

«It was a fight: me against «the system,» and I was not going to lose,» she recalls of a time when making her point was a bit more important to her than making good grades.

And while grades are important, «we are less interested in that than we are at all the other things they still have left to do in college,» Burdick says.

It is important that parents appreciate this progress rather than concluding from students» low grades that they are poor learners.

• A new intergenerational study shows that for 76 % of 15 - 17 year olds, studying hard for good exam results is their biggest priority for the coming year; and they are preparing to sacrifice friendships, family time, hobbies and even sleep to achieve this, • In fact 57 % of 15 - 17 year olds feel school work must come before anything else if they want to do well in the future • And only 39 % of this age group think being happy is more important than good grades • Yet half (51 %) of UK business leaders calls on teens to develop broader life / work skills before leaving education A new report launched today by National Citizen Service (NCS) reveals that the UK ¹ s 15 - 17 year olds feel under significant pressure to excel in exams at the expense of other life skills, experiences, healthy relationships and even their own happiness, suggesting that they are struggling to juggle the demands of young adulthood.

Others are unwilling to go new places if they do not think they are immediately relevant for their grade, and reluctant to think about why these ideas are important to learn for continuing growth rather than immediate use.

The chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, said grades were less important than the «real substance of education», while her right - hand man, Sean Harford, delivered a workshop on Ofsted's plan to incorporate curriculum into the new inspection framework, due in September 2019.

In fact, according to the Wall Street Journal article, placing fractions on a number line in the correct order in third grade is a more important predictor of fourth - grade math performance than calculation skills or even the ability to pay attention.

For example, if fewer than 80 % of students reach grade level expectations according to the screening measure, it is important for educators to improve Tier 1 instructional practices (e.g., core instruction).

Having the necessary stakeholders, or stakeholder representatives, at the table [for a given purpose] is important, and is more important than identifying a specific number of PLC participants that is most effective; e.g., aligning curriculum across an elementary school with a teacher representative for each grade participating in the PLC and then receiving / sharing information back to grade level teachers at their grade team meetings.

More important than preparing lessons and grading papers is the time you spend in conversation.

«The transition from fourth to fifth grade is even more important than going into high school.»

My hope is that we will build more authentic partnerships with the community so our students understand that important learning happens all the time, with many more people than their classroom teachers, and that it has a value far beyond a grade or score on an assignment.

While it appears that some seventh - grade teachers are covering Islam longer than Christianity, it's important to note, that the last chapter of the sixth - grade textbook covers the rise of Christianity extensively.

Among students who regularly attended OST programs, they had higher promotion rates than their peers, entered 6th and 9th grade with higher school attendance (important transition grades to middle and high school), and were significantly less likely to be chronically absent.

The student's background knowledge and current skill level are more important than their age / grade level in determining what they are ready to learn.

That in either school no more than a third of 11th and 12th grade low - income students surpass a CRB, yet no less than 85 % of students persist from the first to second year of college, suggests that meeting a CRB is far from the only important factor in postsecondary success.

Writing with tremendous perception, first - time novelist Fredericks tells the story of two ninth - grade girls: Sari, who has crossed the psychological divide that makes boyfriends more important than girlfriends, and Jess, who waits for Sari to come back to her.

This is especially important because coursework papers more often than not can make or break a student's overall course grade.

A: It's important to note that the Wellesley and investment - grade bond fund were recommended for investors who want to take more risk than an almost guaranteed short - term bond fund.

Another important takeaway from the Callan table is the value of holding a portion of your nest egg in a safe haven like investment - grade bonds (as opposed to high - yield, or junk, bonds, which are more volatile and tend to move more in synch with stocks than bonds).

But Chichilnisky and Eisenberger have explained publicly what they say is an important fact when assessing the cost of their technology: It requires only low - grade heat of less than 212 °F (100 °C)-- the boiling point of water — to do capture CO2.

«Finally, it's important not to let lower - than - expected grades become a self - fulfilling prophecy.

Expertise, even more than having years of experience, is an important measure of qualification, and a tool used to grade the modern professional.

What is more important than some raw grade or ranking is the understanding and knowledge that comes with the tutelage you have received.

«A study of 47 first grade boys and their married parents found that fathers who participated important childhood more in childcare had sons who were more empathetic than sons whose fathers did not participate often in childcare.