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May 3, 2001, I was living in Cluj - Napoca, Romania, studying for a Romanian
language test with the windows wide open to embrace the warm spring afternoon.
Not exact matches
To be successful, people shouldn't shy away from
testing their
language skills
with others.
Testing... I've posted twice
with no offensive
language or anything and the posts haven't gone through...
But I think there is some risk that it might be misconstrued so as to obscure certain truths which I believe to be fundamental: that the Passion is the moment at which that complete oneness
with the Father which is the unique and all - pervading characteristic of the life of Jesus is paradoxically manifested; that it is at that moment, above all, that Jesus discloses to us God himself in action; that the judgement passed on Jesus and the
testing brought to bear upon him are a judgement and a
testing exercised (of course, within the permissive will of God) by evil men, or, to use mythological
language, by the devil; and that the judgement of God pronounced at Calvary is that which Christ's accepting love passes upon those men, and upon ourselves as sharers in their sinfulness, by showing up their sin in all its hatefulness.
But he rejects any fresh usages that «are not consistent
with the best features of our
language, the features that have been tried and
tested over a long period and not found wanting.»
The true
testing ground for the implicate - order strategy, it seems to me, may indeed be biology rather than physics, where abstract methods are so powerful as to perhaps make it dispensable: just as the old style building - block materialist was refuted not by philosophical polemic, but by the one authority in which he trusted, i.e., by physics itself, so the nothing - but reductionist in contemporary biology will modify his views should it be possible some day to provide him
with a mathematical
language that fills the currently existing gap between our formal knowledge of gene structure and combinations, and our intuitive apprehension of growth and shape.
On the flipside, when we've had interactions
with chefs (in the
Test Kitchen, at events, or while reporting stories) who've treated writers in a way that was, in the insufficient
language we use to describe these things, «creepy,» we've quietly chosen not to cover them in the future.
But preliminary results already show powerful gap - closing effects for Educare students: If disadvantaged children enter Educare before their first birthday, they usually are, by the first day of kindergarten, essentially caught up
with the national average on
tests of basic knowledge and
language comprehension, as well as on measures of noncognitive factors like attachment, initiative, and self - control.
If hearing
tests and physical exams don't reveal any problems, some doctors arrange a consultation
with a speech -
language pathologist (pronounced: puh - THOL - uh - jist).
As Larry Leverenz, Ph.D, ATC, a co-author of the groundbreaking 2010 study (4) that was the first to identify such athletes noted, because such athletes have not suffered damage to areas of the brain associated
with language and auditory processing, they are unlikely to exhibit clinical signs of head injury (such as headache or dizziness), or show impairment on sideline assessment for concussion, all of which
test for verbal, not visual memory.
If it helps put it in perspective, think of all the new and scary times you've had where you were equipped
with the coping skills of an adolescent or adult — a new job, a new relationship, learning a new
language, giving a speech, taking a driver's
test.
• Typically, children will experiment
with swearing and
testing the
language limits at ages four and five.
When children were age 3 years, trained research staff administered the Peabody Picture Vocabulary
Test — Third Edition (PPVT - III), 11 a test of receptive language correlated (Pearson R = 0.90) with intelligence tests, such as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
Test — Third Edition (PPVT - III), 11 a
test of receptive language correlated (Pearson R = 0.90) with intelligence tests, such as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
test of receptive
language correlated (Pearson R = 0.90)
with intelligence
tests, such as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III.
Testing can be modified to provide for these needs if you find a practitioner that does multi-cultural services
with a
language interpreter.
After examining your child, the doctor may refer you to a speech -
language pathologist to better assess the problem, who might observe your child eating or they may perform special
tests along
with an examination.
Niccoli, a town supervisor in Palatine, said last year she and her husband decided
with their daughter she would not take a round of standardized
testing in math and English
language arts based on the Common Core standards.
The state's top education officials are calling a computer issue that interfered
with statewide English
language testing «inexcusable.»
Backlash over the rollout of the Common Core learning standards, along
with aligned state
tests and new teacher evaluations, came to a head last April when more than 20 percent of the state's eligible students refused to take the state standardized math and English
language arts exams.
Parties pay large sums to
test and understand what
language and phraseology resonates most
with voters.
The calculated growth is determined by a New York State Education Department (NYSED) formula that factors in poverty, a student's prior
test scores, whether a student has repeated a grade, whether a student is an English
language learner or a student
with disabilities.
The
test scores that the Success network touts, Mantell said, «would not be valid» because the network does not educate its fair share of English
language learners, students
with disabilities and students
with behavior problems.
«The American arm of ETS has been analysing English
language test results from its
test centres in the UK, starting
with the highest risk centres.
Long Island appeared on the threshold of cementing its place as the epicenter of the opt - out movement statewide,
with tens of thousands of students refusing to take the state's English
language arts exam on the first day of Common Core
testing, a Newsday survey showed.
(It's unclear how, say, a foreign -
language examination would be scored in a school district
with only one teacher qualified to score the
test.)
Only those
with high incomes, stable jobs and high scores on
language / integration
tests can live
with their family.
The requirement that NYC taxi drivers take an English proficiency exam has been eliminated,
with the
test for a taxi license now available in several
languages after a push by the City Council to remove a barrier for would - be drivers.
The debates over standardized
testing, teacher evaluations and opting out of the
tests by students
with the backing of their parents were all renewed recently as New York released the results of the math and English
language exams for grades three through eight.
But the Democratic members — many of whom are closely allied
with the teachers» unions, and are at odds
with Cuomo's push to make teachers ratings more heavily contingent on
testing — said they had not seen exact
language to describe what Heastie was proposing.
In spring 2015, the boycott grew so large —
with parents pulling more than 200,000 students out of
testing in English
language arts and mathematics, about 20 percent of those eligible statewide — that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for a sweeping review of the state's academic standards and exams.
The scores of New York City students increased slightly in both math and English
language arts on the latest state
tests, released on Aug. 14, as students became more familiar
with the Common Core Learning Standards and their teachers worked hard
with what materials and training they eventually got.
The findings could be especially important
with the start of
language - intensive
testing under the Common Core Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.
This is a 30 - point
test of arithmetic,
language and basic motor skills that is typically used to assess how fast people
with dementia are declining.
Rama presents
test subjects
with two words, which are pronounceable but meaningless in most
languages: bouba and kiki.
To conduct the study, researchers started
with two groups of chimps: one
with little exposure to social and cognitive
testing and no trading experience, and one
with extensive bartering practice and
language training.
GeoGuessr: By mixing Google Earth
with road trip snapshots, the Swedish team behind this viral sensation have created a number of free and addictive games
testing your knowledge of geography, topography and
language — including one on famous places.
At the end of nine months, those infants
with a head circumference above or equal to the 75th percentile, a head circumference that was in 10 percent discrepancy
with the height of the baby, or those who failed the head tilting reflex
test were considered at risk for ASD or a developmental
language delay.
Researchers
test two preschoolers» ability to follow drum beats, which predicts
language abilities associated
with reading.
The
tests were repeated one and two years later,
with the findings showing a connection between important executive functions related to working memory,
language and reading comprehension.
For individuals who speak English as a second
language, not understanding some of the words on a questionnaire or not understanding the instructions may lead to a failed
test even if there is no problem
with the person's mind.
Research scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center say that at least 40 percent of children
with a hearing loss have the capacity for higher
language levels — beyond what
test scores indicate.
Conversely, IQ
tests may show normal or superior intelligence, and standard
language development compared
with classical autism.
At the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, neonatologists are developing two informed consent documents — one that meets the legal requirements, the other a much shorter booklet that explains the goals and potential risks of the study in plainer
language,
with a multiple choice
test at the end to make sure trial parents have understood it.
Gordon gave a series of
tests to the men (women and children were too shy to participate) to see how they dealt
with concepts that have no representation in their
language.
«So here is my prediction: if we
tested another culture,
with equally limited standardized schooling but egocentric spatial
language, they should perform worse than the Haikom.
To cast more light on the question, a team led by Rosemary Varley at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. administered a variety of
tests to three men
with brain damage in their
language processing centers.
Leiva and Alabau plan to
test the system
with a minority
language, even though it is often hard to find native speakers to take part in experiments.
In order to assess the effectiveness of using phonics the researchers trained adults to read in a new
language, printed in unfamiliar symbols, and then measured their learning
with reading
tests and brain scans.
To
test whether learning
with language impacts which brain networks are involved in stone toolmaking, 15 of the 31 participants learned to knap stone via verbal instruction by watching videos of a skilled knapper's hands during individual training sessions.
The pair
tested CI2 by asking 17 native Spanish speakers to read a selection of Swedish sentences translated into CI2 «Spanish» via Italian, French and Portuguese, along
with direct translations in all three
languages.