Sentences with phrase «in useful context»

Reporter Greg Toppo's controversial USA Today story about college persistence rates for charter schools is just the latest example of an unfortunate but popular trend lately: approaching an important and complicated education issue through the lens of the charter school sector without first carefully placing the issue in useful context.

More importantly, too little of the mathematics we learn is situated in a useful context for students, and as a result our mathematics curriculum is unmotivated in the eyes of the people learning it.

Not exact matches

And while brown may be useful for a rugged appeal (think Saddleback Leather), when positioned in another context brown can be used to create a warm, inviting feeling (Thanksgiving) or to stir your appetite (every chocolate commercial you've ever seen).

While models that attempt to forecast potential economic impacts provide useful insights regarding potential risks when exploring policy choices, the Commission is of the view that it must also consider the potential upsides of greater choice, including the retention of subscribers in the system, as well as the risks associated with maintaining the status quo in a context of increased demand for more choice.

Step two couldn't be simpler, and as Business Insider pointed out in its write - up of Boothman's book, «research also suggests that smiling when you meet someone in a happy context is a useful way to get them to remember you.»

The audience doesn't know the context in which the decision exists, which often leads to all sorts of interesting but not incredibly useful conversation and debate.

«Letting go of the craving for tidiness isn't only useful in a digital context, though: it applies to physical possessions, too,» he writes.

That context provides critical insights into consumer behavior — and therefore powerful clues for how you can be most relevant and useful for people in their moments of need.»

It's important of course to make sure the content you're producing and sharing is useful and relevant, but it needs to be completely in context too.

Still, «it could potentially be useful, depending on what people want to use if for,» and what context they use it in, Jennings said.

But, they are much more useful when used in the context of plain speak, more specificity, and clarifying examples.

Keith Fargo, the Alzheimer's Association director of scientific programs and outreach, told Business Insider in 2017 that the Alzheimer's report, which would tell me whether I had a mutation on my APOE gene, was more useful in the context of research than it was for predicting who might get the disease.

No hoovering up everything just because it might be useful in a future context or sellable to a third party.

In these instances, much more meaningful disclosure is offered, providing shareholders with useful context as to the value of particular skills to the board and the company.

it is only useful as a history of the hebrews, (old testament) when taken in context with the writings of the other early civilizations in the middle east some of which have only recently been deciphered.

In the present social and cultural context, where there is a widespread tendency to relativize truth, practising charity in truth helps people to understand that adhering to the values of Christianity is not merely useful but essential for building a good society and for true integral human developmenIn the present social and cultural context, where there is a widespread tendency to relativize truth, practising charity in truth helps people to understand that adhering to the values of Christianity is not merely useful but essential for building a good society and for true integral human developmenin truth helps people to understand that adhering to the values of Christianity is not merely useful but essential for building a good society and for true integral human development.

We find that a useful way to engage the issue is to make the difficulties of context a theme in the discussions.

There is a limit to how far it will be useful to pursue the niceties of «structured» versus «corpuscular» versus «personal societies,» but it will help to recall the context in which Whitehead observes (not unlike Earley) that there can be many ways in which Nature coordinates these societies such that they can persist over time.

The point in the entire context is not about receiving eternal life or going to heaven when Paul dies, but is instead about being faithful and useful to God in what God wants to accomplish in Paul's life.

The Bible (especially the lyrical King James version) is full of useful phrases and metaphors — indeed, that may be its most valuable contribution to civilization — and the English language would be poorer by far if we were required to use them only with the meaning and in the context in which they were originally written.

The man who says, «Love is not real because I can not weigh it» is mixing two frames of reference; «love» is not a useful concept in the same contexts in which weighing is a useful operation.

It is also useful to put the call to nonresistance to evil in historical context.

This limitation in the meaning of «information» made it possible to develop a mathematical theory which is very useful in connection with transmission of messages along channels, but effectively mined it as a word which is useful to apply in wider contexts.

While such a provisional teleology is a useful starting point, it is only partially complete when viewed in the larger context of biological and cultural evolutions.

Given that task, a useful approach is to list some of the specific elements in common preaching situations, to show how they affect the meaning of what is said, and to seek ways to correct the misinterpretations that such contexts may produce.

I wouldn't want Deb to change a thing about Smitten Kitchen, but I would also add that sometimes the focus on Jacob is frustrating — not so much what Deb has to share that's useful and interesting as it is part of her life an the context in which she cooks — but the kazillion coos in the comment section.

The period you refer to was short when taken in the context of where he is now age 27 and I would also add that even I'd look pretty useful playing alongside Luis Suarez!

In the context of an individual match, though, having to change goalkeepers so early on (even if Romero did last another 10 minutes before succumbing and asking to be subbed) is never useful for a defence.

You make some interesting and useful points about the illegal invasion in the context of this disaster.I'm linking to this post in my blog entry about the fire. - VA

(2004) Using formative research to adapt global recommendations on HIV and infant feeding to the local context Breastfeeding and replacement feeding practices in the context of mother - to - child transmission of HIV (2001) An assessment tool for research The Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project maintained a collection of useful resources on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition.

Keep in mind that facts in context are more useful than misguided fear.

Looking at the discussion on differences between representative and direct democracy might be useful in this context.

Katwala, by contrast, is not a peer — yet — but his Fabian Society service has given him an insight into real - time, real - life politics so his placing of this headline story in perspective and context is useful.

It's useful to look at the Labour leadership race in the context of research on party leadership contests.

While I'm still working on a cohesive synthesis of these factors, I thought it a useful exercise to go through three of these in the context of the NY Governor's race.

What does «not useful» mean in the context of this question?

In this context, MPs of the kind Corbyn and McDonnell were can have a legitimate and sometimes useful role as a conduit to bring those outside in from the colIn this context, MPs of the kind Corbyn and McDonnell were can have a legitimate and sometimes useful role as a conduit to bring those outside in from the colin from the cold.

The new technique is potentially useful in the context of police investigations because it can help determine the age of criminals or unidentified bodies, which in turn can lead to identification.

«These simple model systems can be useful for identifying new drug combinations that act in the context of the whole body.

«The organic solar cells can be used in many contexts, not least those in which their special properties are useful: they can be semitransparent, soft, flexible, can be obtained in different colours, and they are cheap to manufacture,» says Olle Inganäs, professor of biomolecular and organic electronics at Linköping University.

But increasingly, people outside of NASCAR are realizing that the skills gained working in a racing environment are also useful in other contexts, and as a result, NASCAR engineers are finding their careers advancing after they've spent a few years with a racing team.

«We simply can't quantify right now how useful those strategies are going to be, especially in the context of this climate change,» Deutsch says.

On the high end, recent work suggests that 4 feet is plausible.23, 3,6,7,8 In the context of risk - based analysis, some decision makers may wish to use a wider range of scenarios, from 8 inches to 6.6 feet by 2100.10,2 In particular, the high end of these scenarios may be useful for decision makers with a low tolerance for risk (see Figure 2.26 on global sea level rise).10, 2 Although scientists can not yet assign likelihood to any particular scenario, in general, higher emissions scenarios that lead to more warming would be expected to lead to higher amounts of sea level risIn the context of risk - based analysis, some decision makers may wish to use a wider range of scenarios, from 8 inches to 6.6 feet by 2100.10,2 In particular, the high end of these scenarios may be useful for decision makers with a low tolerance for risk (see Figure 2.26 on global sea level rise).10, 2 Although scientists can not yet assign likelihood to any particular scenario, in general, higher emissions scenarios that lead to more warming would be expected to lead to higher amounts of sea level risIn particular, the high end of these scenarios may be useful for decision makers with a low tolerance for risk (see Figure 2.26 on global sea level rise).10, 2 Although scientists can not yet assign likelihood to any particular scenario, in general, higher emissions scenarios that lead to more warming would be expected to lead to higher amounts of sea level risin general, higher emissions scenarios that lead to more warming would be expected to lead to higher amounts of sea level rise.

In the Singer Heartland report, one particularly egregious out of context citation is the quoting of Kevin Trenberth on pages 14 - 15, where it is implied that Trenberth concludes that climate computer models are in no way useful to predict future climate — very much contrary to his actual and publicly stated viewIn the Singer Heartland report, one particularly egregious out of context citation is the quoting of Kevin Trenberth on pages 14 - 15, where it is implied that Trenberth concludes that climate computer models are in no way useful to predict future climate — very much contrary to his actual and publicly stated viewin no way useful to predict future climate — very much contrary to his actual and publicly stated views.

«The study of «interactions,» both in developmental biology and in population genetics contexts, brings up unexpected but direct and useful connections with statistical physics.

This is one... ▽ More We describe three useful applications of asteroseismology in the context of exoplanet science: (1) the detailed characterisation of exoplanet host stars; (2) the measurement of stellar inclinations; and (3) the determination of orbital eccentricity from transit duration making use of asteroseismic stellar densities.

Exome sequencing in the context of developmental disorders is a useful technique, but variants found need to be interpreted in the context of detailed phenotypic information.

I've always maintained that it is far more effective to go to work on a hormonal level to lose fat and build muscle rather than a «calories in — calories out» level (although it can be useful in some contexts.)

To deepen our understanding of what yoga therapy has to offer in the context of the wellness revolution, it is useful to consider the concept of the health - illness continuum.

The reason saturated fat is mentioned, is because 1) it is a useful control when unsaturated fatty acids are the desired variables, and 2) in a broader impacts context, those eating the Standard American Diet are often told essentially to replace butter and lard with vegetable oils.