Sentences with phrase «less effective measures»

This was not evident as he could also have considered that less effective measures are still sufficiently effective.

The policies were then charted with popular, more effective approaches in the upper right corner and less popular, less effective measures in the lower left.

Not exact matches

Gun owners are more likely to oppose new limits on gun ownership and less likely to see new gun measures as effective.

Central banks are nearing the limits of extraordinary monetary easing, as monetary policy is becoming less effective in boosting growth and additional easing measures may have diminishing returns — and unintended consequences.

Although Greater Vancouver also earns an «A» grade on KPMG's Total Tax Index, as local businesses enjoy relatively low statutory labour costs, the region is much less competitive when it comes to the marginal effective tax rate on capital, an indicator specifically designed to measure incentives for business investment.

Again, it is imperative that all other potential causes of breastfeeding difficulty are ruled out, because any measure a mother takes to maximize and augment her milk production will be less effective if there are other factors at play, such as poor breastfeeding management or an inability on the baby's part to effectively transfer milk.

«If symptoms of mastitis are mild and have been present for less than 24 hours, conservative management (effective milk removal and supportive measures) may be sufficient.

The Lib Dems argue that an alternative package of measures including the withdrawal of travel rights, more surveillance, unannounced home visits, and the use of intercept evidence to enable more prosecutions to go ahead would be more effective and have less impact on civil liberties.

Some climate organizations have been critical of companies that invest heavily in RECs, charging that the financial instruments are less effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions than other measures.

In contrast, burglar alarms represented the least desirable measure as they were least effective (offering less protection than no security) and had a high carbon footprint — and one of the lowest carbon payback ratios.

She added: «By showing sound economic reasons for increasing the use of preventative measures, such as tooth brushing and fluoride varnishing, I hope that they can now compete for resource against other less cost - effective interventions.»

The measure for an effective probiotic can be different for person to person - For example, someone with oily skin might find after using the good probiotic of the AO + Mist that his skin is less oily, while someone with dry skin might find his skin is more hydrated.

The most effective way for women too tighten and tone is WEIGHTS... lifting weights 3 x week — muscle burns FAT and muscle takes up less space than FAT — and when ur lifting — for the next 48 hrs (onbetween weight training / your body is still burning calories — unlike cardio (which u are only burning while ur doing it) so much has been proven that indeed weights will shrink ur frame yet you will look leaner — so throw away the scales and buy tape measure — and every two weeks measure yourself (first thing in morning) you want compound moves, and minimal rest onbetween sets — any reputable PT should be able too write you up a good programme on this which u can easily do on ur own at local gym.

In sum, regardless of our measure of effective teaching or exemplary scholarship, we find that top teachers are no more or less likely to be especially productive scholars than their less accomplished teaching peers.

I bring new evidence to bear on this question by examining the early career paths of high - quality teachers and their less - effective counterparts, as measured by the progress their students make on state tests.

As Dropout Nation noted last week in its report on teacher evaluations, even the most - rigorous classroom observation approaches are far less accurate in identifying teacher quality than either value - added analysis of test score data or even student surveys such as the Tripod system used by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of its Measures of Effective Teaching project.

A school - based teacher preparation program in which a prospective teacher, for not less than one academic year, teaches alongside an effective teacher, as determined by the state or local educational agency, who is the teacher of record for the classroom, receives concurrent instruction during the year, through courses that may be taught by local educational agency personnel or by faculty of the teacher preparation program; and in the teaching of the content area in which the teacher will become certified or licensed; and acquires effective teaching skills, as demonstrated through completion of a residency program, or other measure determined by the state, which may include a teacher performance assessment.»

«Teachers should never be evaluated on the basis of a single consideration, such as test scores, much less a single score from a single test, but rather on the basis of multiple measures that include both learning outcomes and effective practices, with approximately 50 percent associated with each.»

The author estimates measures of value added for a subset of elementary teachers and show that charter movers were less effective than other mobile teachers and colleagues within their sending schools, by 3 to 4 percent of a student - level standard deviation in achievement.

One study simulating a reduction in force with teacher layoffs based on three methodologies — principal evaluations, pure seniority, and results of value - added measures — found that the scenario utilizing value - added measures identified less effective teachers better than either principal evaluations or seniority.

English and math teachers in grades 4 - 8 in New York are much less effective in promoting student growth on state assessments (or comparable measures) than other teachers in the Empire...

While they can be used as a part of your efforts to get rid of fleas, the potential risks to your cat's health and the fact that they are not very effective, make this flea control measure a less desirable option.

As a home energy inspector, I inspected about 2,000 homes and found that the easy, very cost - effective measures were very attractive, but the longer term, less cost - effective measures didn't have any «sex appeal» and probably wouldn't ever get implemented.

It's the deep change in internal conviction that needs to take place — and if it's not done by democratic means, popular resistance will make any measure far less effective than it could be with popular support.

However, good windows are expensive, and are generally less cost - effective than other efficiency measures.

Yet the less - developed countries, and emerging countries in particular, are not exempt from their own responsibilities with regard to creation, for the duty of gradually adopting effective environmental measures and policies is incumbent upon all.»

Additionally, Passive House buildings are cost effective to construct as they rely on inexpensive efficiency measures, not less effective equipment, and cost effective to run as they have such low heating and energy requirements.

Our review, for instance, finds that the embodied energy rebound for most cost - effective efficiency improvements is likely to be less than 15 percent but more significant for efficiency improvements with long payback periods, including some building efficiency measures.

The more I witness this happening, the less I see what effective measures can be taken against it.

I think the biggest difference - maker has probably been the indifferent progress of measures to put a price on carbon — complete national - level failure in the US, and with EU measures less than effective.

Parenting programmes might be even more cost effective, more pervasive in impact, and less stigmatising if they were offered as a preventive measure before children were socially excluded and diagnosed as having oppositional defiant disorder or conduct disorder.

While classroom - based programs showed significant improvements across all five social measures and academics, comprehensive programs showed no significant effect on students» social - emotional skills or positive social behavior, and were less effective at improving academic performance.

Children who are relatively less affected by conflict receive higher parental ratings of EC and higher scores on laboratory measures of inhibitory control.12 Moreover, using experimental tasks is particularly effective when it comes to understanding the brain basis underlying children's control skills, because the child can perform those tasks while neural activation is registered with brain imaging techniques.