Sentences with phrase «less structured time»

«Natural growth parenting» is characterized by less structured time and activities and a lower degree of parental involvement.

Not exact matches

Clear Focus provides the structure I need to achieve high - quality results in less time.

in some ways memory is a better key to the nature of experience than perception, not only because, by the time we have used a datum of perception, it will already have been taken over by memory, but for the additional reasons: (a,) in memory there is less mystery concerning what we are trying to know than there is in perception [i.e., «our own past human experiences»]; also (all) the temporal structure of memory is more obvious.

As media structures are increasingly controlled by the laws of economics, they become larger and more monopolistic, and at the same time less and less related to any system of morality.

Martin weighs the merits of his «all truths are timeless,» or can be so formulated without loss of truth, against what he takes to be my view (for no reason in my writings that I can see) that all are time - bound; he ignores the moderate or less extreme view that some (namely, truths about extremely universal and abstract, eternal and necessary things, including the essential structure of time as such) are timeless, and others (those about less universal and abstract, also non-eternal and contingent things) are time - bound, but this not in every way a careless thinker might suppose but in a definite and logically intelligible way.

Those signings, as well as the new big - money contract handed to Mesut Ozil, has shattered the Gunners» previous wage structure and created a less equal pay pattern among the first - team squad, according to the Times.

And when it comes to eating, that means doing away with structured mealtimes in favor of a less structured alternative that happens not at set times, but whenever a child is hungry.»

Give childhood back to children (Independent, UK, 12-01-14)-- a long and thought - provoking article; not about home education as such, but about the need for less formal schooling, less homework, less structure to children's lives, and more time for play and creativity.

Researchers believe growth in the time kids spend on computers and watching TV, plus a trend in schools toward rote learning and standardized testing, are crowding out the less structured activities that foster creativity.

What does work most of the time is structure, lots of positive reinforcement less talk and more action.

If a child knows what happens before nap time and bedtime, fighting off sleep may be less of a problem in structured households than in homes where parents are always changing things up.

Today I am holding a meeting at 9 am on knowledge management, which is an attempt to structure the workings of the department so that everybody knows what everybody else is doing, and less time is wasted duplicating work.

At the planes» cruising altitude of 50,000 feet, the sky is 20 - 30 times darker than as seen from the ground, and there is much less atmospheric turbulence, allowing fine structures and motions in the Sun's corona to be visible.

Their calculations showed that at the point in time these galaxies existed and are observed, less than 800 million years after the Big Bang, the galaxies and their dark matter halo were among the most massive structures that the current model would tolerate.

It's time to take a closer look at our core structure and learn to move with greater efficiency and less pain.

The Beauty Blender has an open cell structure that fills small amounts of water when wet to allow the sponge to be «full» so that the makeup product sits on top of the sponge rather than being absorbed, allowing you to use less product every time.

And while most of the time in styling, it's best to pair opposites together (i.e.: slouchy pants, structured top) these pants can handle a little less balance.

funny you say date night — I can't remember the last time I dressed «up» (as opposed to wearing nice jeans and a top, or a less structured dress than this) to go on a date with my hubs (other than going to weddings, that is — but this isn't really a dress for that either).

We took over the company less than a year ago and in this time, we have implemented many improvements and changes to the structure of the business.

Our padlock events are a little less structured than speed dating events and are for those that enjoy the freedom to talk to other singles in their own time.

The team assembled a less frenetic gameplay, and peppered the game with interesting features, improving a solid structure that continues to consolidate over time.

It takes a similar plot (a girl's inexplicable obsession with a jerk as the crux of a police investigation), similar structure (flashbacks and an unreliable narrator expose the truth of the jerk's vanishing act), similar setting (a gothic academy), and even a similar conclusion (Abandon's is a million times sadder, if atonally winking in and of itself), but Gaghan, besides sparking with his characters in a way that is foreign to the makers of The Hole (there, director Nick Hamm is less interested in compulsion than in repulsion), has no use for sensationalism — The Hole is a piece of tabloid reportage next to Abandon, which wallows humanistically in the epidemic of loneliness.

For Dell (Justin Long) and Kimberly (Emmy Rossum), a meeting in line for comet - watching at an LA cemetery (yes, really) might just turn out to be fate as we experience the relationship's less - than - auspicious beginning, middle and possible end — although you'll end up with a migraine if you try and piece any of this timeline together thanks to parallel universes, jarring time - travel sequences and a distinct lack of logical structure offered by Comet.

The constant flashbacks, folding the narrative unto itself, and Cregar's imposing, Wellesian presence (not to mention that Vincent Price voice) are the real story here, delivering a structure that's never less than engrossing, plus a heavy who's genuinely menacing every time he appears on screen.

The new film is structured much like the first one, based largely on extensive set pieces and montages; this time they're less funny, while also throwing in a lot of fan service for fan service's sake.

No matter what you're creating together (a game, project, or lesson plan), the more complex the rules or the structure, the more questions students will have, and the less time students will be engaged in the actual learning.

When students are equipped for autonomy through explicit social and emotional learning and a structured, yet flexible curriculum, they operate with much less assistance from a teacher, allowing educators to spend time doing what really matters — interacting with kids.

Thanks to their modular structure, it's easier and less time - consuming to roll out microlearning courses.

Summer months are typically designated as times for less structure, more pleasure, enjoying the outdoors, and free time.

Special attention was paid to Kevins behavior during recess, lunch, and such special classes as art, music, and PE; historically, those less structured parts of the day had been problem times for Kevin.

Frezise (1978) advised rapid pacing and timing: «going deeper» into a topic, less rigidly structured learning environments, and provisions for critical thinking, reading and writing.

Structured school time that has traditionally offered some students a relief from difficult - to - navigate social situations has been replaced with substantially less - structured time that will be leveraged most effectively by the students who are most proficientStructured school time that has traditionally offered some students a relief from difficult - to - navigate social situations has been replaced with substantially less - structured time that will be leveraged most effectively by the students who are most proficientstructured time that will be leveraged most effectively by the students who are most proficient socially.

A first - time visitor might also be struck by what appears to be less structure than larger high schools employ: students and adults may mix more freely; no bells may mark the start and end of classes; courses may break from curricular conventions or may not even exist at all.

For instance, while research until now has mostly focused on the potential outcomes and benefits of social networks, there is much less known about the factors that shape social network structure over time.

We'll talk about the biggest obstacles every aspiring author must overcome before reaching her goal; how to focus your idea so your book takes less time to write, requires fewer rewrites, and immediately grabs your ideal readers» attention; and the secret to structuring your book so readers are hooked to the end.

Not only will a shorter time frame allow less interest on the loan to accrue, but it also tends to focus the efforts of the individual who is paying off the loan to fit within the structure that he or she has set for the transaction.

Airlines are changing their frequent flier programs in other ways as well: American Airlines AAL, -0.57 % changed its rewards structure in April (for travel beginning in June) so that for about half the year it will increase its redemption rate to 30,000 miles, up from the previous 25,000 miles, and on the busiest days will charge 50,000 miles; however, during less busy times, it will lower the rate to 20,000 miles.

If their debts can be repaid by following a structured payment schedule and they can rebuild their savings in less time than the resulting negative impact on their credit report, then filing bankruptcy may not be the best solution.

«A structured training program that students can study independently means managers can spend less time coaching them on the sales floor,» Reynolds says.

Evening activities are usually less structured, providing you with time to fully experience what you're after - social time around the fire or on the beach with friends, family and staff; games in the dining shelter or meadow (bocce, croquet, or ladder golf!)

This time, there's just a bit less adherence to the old game's structures.

There's even less faff inventory faff in Fortnite BR, as weapons can't have sights and grips put on them, but you do then have the ability to build structures... which you can completely ignore most of the time.

This is nice if you want to pool your resources and efforts to be a mega structure and base in less time.

Over time, the paintings became more and more geometrically structured and less about a specific place.

But the picture is structured by a series of stripes that make it a cousin once removed to a contemporary stripe painting by Kenneth Noland, a painter whose work dominated art criticism at the time but which now seems much less substantial than Thiebaud's.

Because Kline sketched and painted this photograph so many times, he acquired such a familiarity with it that he could apparently sketch it blindfolded in less than thirty seconds.39 This skill necessarily involved what Kline had described in 1956 as the process that had led to his breakthrough to abstraction: «breaking down the structure into essential elements».40 In the photograph, the posture of Nijinsky in absolute terms and relative to the frame has a striking structure of a kind that persists in Kline's abstract work, in which there is a tension between the composition internal to the painting and the limits of the canvas.

In Dwellers on the Threshold, DeVincentis draws on myths emerging from her subconscious and upon art and literature from both east and west to create an open - ended humanist narrative, (less a formal or structured narrative than that of the Pre-Raphaelites); one which contains multiple readings, and which questions individual and collective morality in our time of great unease and dislocation.

«I'm interested in painting as a hyperbolic gesture, one that interweaves wave - lengths of light color, and structure into a form both frozen and animated...» Sampson's work riffs on notions that Donald Judd and James Turrell's work explores, but his intuitive, less rigorous approach seems well - suited to our DIY times.

In earlier times, when the scientific and intellectual élite was much smaller, more compact, and less attached to government funding, this simple fact would have been diffused among the governing classes, instead of being suppressed by a system of self - selecting committees and bureaucratic structures.

Clearer awareness of the effect of integration across harmonics is needed (rather than reliance on rote memorization of procedures advocated by some for dealing with less well - structured time series).