Sentences with phrase «lack background knowledge»

The prime aim is to confuse the sudden influx of unsophisticated readers, those who are attracted by the controversy but lack the background knowledge to perceive the special pleading that is served up... just read the Lorax sequences

Low - income students generally score lower on rigorous tests, especially in subjects other than math, largely because they lack background knowledge and vocabulary when compared to their more affluent peers.

The effects of prior knowledge can be profound: Students who are ostensibly «poor» readers can suddenly comprehend quite well when reading about a subject they know a lot about — even outperforming «good» readers who lack background knowledge the «poor» readers possess.

Bottom Line: Google News» lack of editors makes this a site that's not always the best for student use; kids may lack the background knowledge to judge whether particular stories are credible sources.

Students may lack background knowledge to fully appreciate a work of literature or an historical document.

A thematic analysis of the transcripts showed New Zealand consumers lacked the background knowledge necessary to understand and regulate their own salt intake and were unable to interpret existing food labels with respect to dietary salt.

(I've found myself lacking some background knowledge on the subject of centennial - to - millenial scale climate fluctuations, and though I could try to find out for myself, it seems more efficient, and a good insurance policy, to ask when the opportunity presents itself.)

Not exact matches

The recent «Swindle» film illustrates that it is impossible to fundamentally question anthropogenic global warming without resorting to manipulated graphs, distortions and omissions of facts and debating tricks that exploit the lack of background knowledge of the lay audience.

It has been observed that lack of knowledge is the most common reason behind unsuccessful relationships between people belonging to different racial backgrounds.

This is at least partly attributed to my relative lack of knowledge of Norse mythology compared to Greek but I estimate that most gamers who come from a similar background as me will find the enemy types and Gods to be far less exciting than in previous God of War titles.

They couldn't get past that [lack of background knowledge] to get interested,» he says.

Seen through this lens, close reading is not a workaround for a student's lack of background knowledge and vocabulary; it's a way of getting more by engaging kids in challenging works that stretch their abilities.

Allow time to plan: In many oral activities, difficulties may stem from lack of background knowledge rather than linguistic knowledge.

He may be the grittiest in class and have first - rate work habits, but he has to work much harder, and his simple lack of background knowledge nearly derails his chance of succeeding in college.

Because of his lack of background knowledge, Jennings is at a decided disadvantage.

Students who are identified as «poor readers» comprehend with relative ease when asked to read passages on familiar subjects, outperforming even «good readers» who lack relevant background knowledge... Such findings should challenge our very idea of who is or is not good reader.

Students who are identified as «poor readers» comprehend with relative ease when asked to read passages on familiar subjects, outperforming even «good readers» who lack relevant background knowledge.

One big obstacle for many kids trying to make sense of a complex text is their lack of background knowledge.

Another student might be struggling because of a lack of prerequisite background knowledge or lack of fluency in a component important to the target skill.

However, very few primary teachers have a background or qualification in science and therefore lack the subject knowledge to translate this excitement to pupils.

Many teachers entering urban education lack the knowledge of family background, family and community struggles, community dynamics, and how to assist families in their academic, social, and emotional journey.

«[EVAAS] depends a lot on home support, background knowledge, current family situation, lack of sleep, whether parents are at home, in jail, etc. [There are t] oo many outside factors — behavior issues, etc.» that apparently are not controlled or accounted for in the model.

With this background, we hypothesize that respiratory virome of backyard chickens contains signatures of common and novel pathogens and that the lack of knowledge on these pathogens leads to a panic situation among SFOs.

If you explore my Breeder's Ethics Page you will see that the lack of knowledge about the background of 99.99 percent of mixed breed dogs makes it nearly impossible to do a good job of avoiding genetic diseases.

Most often these people don't have enough background to judge Trump's knowledge or lack thereof, and just follow based on a cult of personality.

I do have a science background (long time ago) but do not have sufficient knowledge of climate science to be able to instantly spot the problems in the non-science stuff posted at places like WUWT (and even worse, I lack the confidence in my own ability to state what I believe to be the problems without confirmation from another source).

I suspect that none will take on this challenge: (a) You are not a PHOSTA and lack the background, knowledge and critical thinking skills it takes to understand the existing data and its implication in terms global geochemical systems; (b) You will be unable to find through literature research or create via experiment or observation the data needed to come to a self - consistent derivation and will thus ignore this challenge in the face of embarrassment; or (c) You will want to conveniently ignore the myriad of data presented by Bohm and others since these data contradict your theory and your working studiously to prove otherwise is, well, just inconvenient.

This leads to a lack of clarity about what professional background is best to equip people to be knowledge managers.

You want the hiring manager to read through your resume and get your technical experience and skills even if they lack the full background knowledge of the field.

Rosen goes on to state that although the NCLC report «makes recommendations to help prevent reoccurrence of situations where job applicants have been the victim of inaccurate reporting or sloppy processes, the report loses credibility due to an apparent lack of objectivity as well as a lack of knowledge of how professional background screening firms operate as most of what they propose are standard procedures for professional background screeners.»

Yet many parents lack the knowledge, skills and patience to do that coming from their own wounded backgrounds.

Jerry's ancient generic sales pressure tactical advice for no - nothings with no natural personality appeal will in turn appeal to all of those no - background - experience newbies who need a crutch to make up for their lack of knowledge and natural altruistic personalities to win the wars against their adversaries, those suspicious consumers with «our» commission dollars who don't trust us, because we keep going at them with manipulatory scripts / mannerisms designed to put them in their places... where they will hopefully become putty in our hands.

They have no other choices because they lack the years of empirical backgrounds needed to function within the industry from a perspective of knowledge, which the possession of same in and of itself begets confidence.