Sentences with phrase «including improved analyses»

We hope that HLL's reorganization under a new director will help in this regard, and there are some positive signs already, including improved analyses of earlier studies.

These revised coal reserves estimates include improved analyses of coal quality, accessibility, and recoverability in the study areas.

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We have big plans to provide our readers with more features and improve their experience in the near future, including bringing on more great writers, producing analysis for other industries that are often overlooked.

Eagle Fat Analysis systems also offer specialized capabilities for the meat industry including the accurate measurement of chemical lean (CL) values, which helps manufacturers improve yield management and consistency of their products, reducing fat claims and lean giveaway.

Upon further analysis, we found that the record improves to 251 - 221 (+15.84 units won) when the total closes at 190 or higher, including a 15 - 12 mark during the Finals.

These uses may include providing you with more effective customer service; making the sites or services easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information; performing research and analysis aimed at improving our products, services, and technologies; and displaying content and advertising that are customized to your interests and preferences.

The achievements included: Improved data collection and analysis; expansion of the cancer screening programmes; campaigns to improve the public's awareness of cancer symptoms and to encourage them to present promptly to the doctor; surgical training programmes; reducing inpatient bed days.

In a separate analysis, Conservative Home found that euroscpetic cabinet ministers, including Iain Duncan Smith, Priti Patel and Chris Grayling, had improved satisfaction ratings among Tory supporters.

Its objectives include to develop an open information culture within the Ghanaian corporate sector, to provide incentives for improved corporate performance, develop a uniform criteria for evaluating corporate performance and establish an annual and current analysis of Ghana's corporate sector.

Medvigy and Jeong found that prediction modeling for the entire United States indeed improves dramatically when the analyses include data from macro-scale observations, meaning from multiple sites spread over a large area.

After matching for patient age and other variables (including preimplantation genetic screening) analysis showed that freeze - all IVF was significantly associated with improved ongoing pregnancy rates in patients over 35 years old (46 % in freeze - all vs 33 % in fresh cycles).

He adds that a «nice, clean, general theory emerged» that included, and improved upon, the tools used to make Fourier analysis more practical.

A multivariable analysis that included factors such as age, sex, stage, disease burden, certain mutations and prior treatment showed that obesity still improved PFS and OS compared to normal BMI patients.

Dr Larkin said: «Results from our large analysis of pre-defined sub-groups of patients with advanced melanoma provide evidence that suggests the combination of the two drugs consistently improves progression - free survival across a range of sub-groups, including patients with poor prognostic factors, when compared with either nivolumab or ipilimumab alone.»

Now a team of physicists including Aranya Bhattacherjee from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and colleagues are investigating ways of improving the analysis of quantum noise measurement in the case of spectroscopic investigations; their preliminary findings were released in a study in EPJ D.

He then laid out his strategy for figuring out how to take advantage of the tumor - targeting T cells that patients already possess, and stressed the need for improved systems biology tools, including the ability to perform automated, high throughput analyses to perform deep interrogations into patients» T cell repertoires.

In addition, the MMRRC member facilities develop new technologies to improve the handling of mutant mice, including advances in assisted reproductive techniques, cryobiology, genetic analysis, phenotyping and infectious disease diagnostics.

Ford's contributions to the research included improving the computational efficiency and quality of the statistical analysis, which enabled the team to provide statistically rigorous constraints on the planets» masses and orbits.

A recent analysis of over 450 studies found a strong correlation between improved coping with adversity and greater spirituality in people dealing with a variety of stressful situations, including illness.

All packages include a full analysis of what I call the «5 Pillars of a Healthy Metabolism» where I'll dive deep into what the current state of your metabolism is and how we can improve it — together.

In a meta - analysis of research on using VR to improve the interaction skills of a broad group of professionals, Fukkink, Trienekens, and Kramer (2011) found that VF is effective at improving key communication skills, including verbal, non-verbal, and interactional skills.

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 26 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 44 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (6 sheets) * Copies of 17 full DVD packages (of various genres) to offer pupils choice for their controlled assessment Unit's lessons include: * Huge introductory quiz - history of film; the film industry; film terminology; camera shots; film genres * Mapping film gratifications * Mapping generic and genre - specific DVD package features * AfL activity - improving a controlled assessment response * Step - by - step analysis of DVD packages (CA practice) * Designing a DVD package based on a film trailer (CA practice) * Writing a critical commentary (CA practice) * Formal controlled assessment

Additional results of the WIDE program included more collegial staff relationships, specific strategies for improving instruction, and systematic analysis of student performance data to inform instruction.

These steps include improving procurement of gas and electricity, automatic energy data capture and analysis, awareness programmes in schools to engage staff and pupils, and close liaison with LessEn partner the Carbon Trust, to develop workable energy efficiency strategies.

Advantages of using these resources include: getting students more actively involved in their learning, developing deeper understanding, widening vocabulary and social interaction skills, improving presentation techniques in a safe environment, enhancing listening skills, developing student curiosity, questioning, reasoning, analysis, explaining, justifying, understanding, boosting their self - esteem, developing their confidence, giving them exposure and experience in being reflective, and cultivating a sense of joy of learning and a sense of purpose.

Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources prepare students for answering Q3 (language) and Q4 (comparison) and cover the following: - analysis of vocabulary - analysis of sentence forms - analysis of language techniques - explore audience and purpose - study of model answers - exploring the effect of language - improving exam responses using mark schemes - explore perspective - understand the difference between synthesis and comparison - form comparisons between texts - practice timed responses Regular assessments are included to assess students ability in true or false and synthesis tasks.

An Education Week analysis of nearly 400 bills found that state lawmakers have proposed a host of solutions, including arming teachers, adding police officers, and improving school buildings.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

This meta - analysis includes 84 rigorous studies (with over 60,000 K - 12 participants) that examine the impacts of technologies designed to improve K - 12 reading achievement.

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 21 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 77 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (7 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up * Exploring working class vs. middle class stereotypes * Shared reading and discussion of the whole play * Creating theatre publicity posters * In - depth analysis of key scnes (Act 1 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 5) * Writing to describe - script to prose * Features of writing to inform and explain * AfL - improving a sample application letter * Role play - creating and performing an extra scene for the play * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 33 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 147 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (9 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills Unit's lessons include: * Cloze activity on the play's contexts * Detailed, thorough comprehension questions on each scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary * SPaG starter activities * Character crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * In - depth key scene analyses (including group work) * Exploring characters - Helen, Jo, Peter, Boy, Geof * Exploring themes - marriage, motherhood, relationships * AfL activities - improving sample exam responses * Essay planning * Writing a formal essay on a chosen character * Writing a formal essay on a chosen theme * «Closed book» mock exam to reflect new GCSE exam expectations * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

Recently, a meta - analysis of over 200 studies by Joe Durlak and colleagues published in Child Development found that in schools intentionally implementing comprehensive and continuous social - emotional learning programs, students attitudes toward school and learning improved, they gained an average of over 10 points on standardized academic tests, and their problem behaviors, including violence, diminished.

This amounted to a return of more than $ 2 for every taxpayer dollar spent and a social return of nearly $ 4 for every dollar spent.13 The social return included benefits such as improved skills and human capital, greater lifetime civic engagement, lower delinquency and criminal activity, and even improved health status for volunteers.14 Cost - benefit analyses of more than 50 individual AmeriCorps programs have yielded similar results.15

The time was structured to include analysis of student data and discussion of how to improve student achievement, using the MSP tools.

The work included advocating for practices we believed were central to improving teaching and learning, including data analysis to identify who was learning (and not) and the importance of a knowledge - rich curriculum for all kids.

This corresponds with Dropout Nation «s analysis of NAEP data, which shows that average reading and math scores for top - performing students improved between 2002 and 2011 (versus almost no change between 1998 and 2002, before No Child was implemented), while the percentage of students reaching such levels increased since its passage (including a four percentage point increase in the number of students reaching such levels in reading between 2002 and 2013).

An analysis of academy accounts by Schools Week found the deficit for the LGPS, a defined contribution benefit scheme for non-teaching staff including school business leaders and teaching assistants, is growing every year as chains expand and returns on investment fail to improve.

Several meta - analyses identified leadership actions associated with improved student achievement, including supporting the development and use of curriculum, instruction, and assessments; building a shared culture of achievement; establishing goals and expectations; resourcing strategically; planning, coordinating, and evaluating teaching and curricula; promoting and participating in teacher learning and development; and cultivating an orderly and supportive environment.»

Examples of his contributions include improved effect size estimates, multilevel mediation models, and Bayesian approaches to mediation analysis.

CSE and CRESST also publish a number of technical reports, including «Monitoring and Improving a Portfolio Assessment» (1995, $ 4.50), «Cognitive Analysis of a Science Performance Assessment» (1995, $ 5), and «Using Group Collaboration as a Window into Students» Cognitive Processes» (1995, $ 2.50).

The Portrait of the Movement report plays an important role in advancing knowledge about the state's charter schools, as the report features movement - wide analyses to aid efforts to assess, monitor and improve the academic performance of all charter schools, including tools schools can use directly to assess their strengths and weaknesses.

Recent analysis by the RAND Corp identified three kinds of principal support with tiered evidence that will help states and districts put into place viable strategies for improving student outcomes — including strengthening principal preparation and professional learning programs.

The analysis and subsequent report found that student satisfaction with the pilot courses was mixed, though the report included recommendations for improving the next batch of blended learning courses.

For example, a meta - analysis of school - based and afterschool SEL programs found that participation improved elementary and middle school students» test scores by an average of 11 to 17 percentile points, decreased conduct problems, and increased students» problem - solving skills.17 Similarly, a meta - analysis of school - based SEL programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade found that participation improved students» academic performance by 11 percentile points, reduced their anxiety and stress, and increased their prosocial behavior.18 These programs were successful in all geographic locations, including urban, suburban, and rural school environments.19

The steps involved in the Dick & Carey model include: Step 1: Identify instructional needs and goals Step 2: Conduct instructional analysis Step 3: Analyze learner characteristics and contexts Step 4: Write performance objectives Step 5: Develop assessment instruments Step 6: Outline your instructional strategy base on the learning objectives Step 7: Develop instructional materials Step 8: Conduct Formative Evaluation to revise and improve instructional material Step 9: Conduct Summative Evaluation to learn about the effectiveness of your training The difference between the Dick and Carey Systems approach and ADDIE is that the Task Analysis incorporates instructional aanalysis Step 3: Analyze learner characteristics and contexts Step 4: Write performance objectives Step 5: Develop assessment instruments Step 6: Outline your instructional strategy base on the learning objectives Step 7: Develop instructional materials Step 8: Conduct Formative Evaluation to revise and improve instructional material Step 9: Conduct Summative Evaluation to learn about the effectiveness of your training The difference between the Dick and Carey Systems approach and ADDIE is that the Task Analysis incorporates instructional aAnalysis incorporates instructional analysisanalysis.

When administrators at the San Mateo - Foster City School District signed up a year ago for School Innovations & Advocacy's Partnering4SpecialEd ® - they knew the service would include expert analysis of the district's growing encroachment problem as well as insight into improving conditions.

We conduct analyses and recommend policies for reducing transportation fatality and injury rates, increasing stewardship of the human and natural environment including air quality, water quality, and historic resources, and protecting environmental health while improving the transportation system.

Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop an action plan and timeline for improving the collection, analysis, reporting, and use of data by the Administration, including revising the database of the Administration, as appropriate.

The engineers in charge of collision safety for the all - new cee'd participated in all aspects of the car's development, including design, packaging, system design and analysis, because safety performance can be improved when all components are designed well.