Sentences with phrase «less than other subjects»

Not exact matches

While there's no specific reason to think Americans would behave any differently than the study subjects, it is a possibility that we're less easy to anger (yeah, I don't think so either) or other social networks show different patterns.

In other words, leaving privacy (or much other) regulation of ISPs to the FTC could subject them to far less potential oversight than they'd have under the FCC.

Subject to the provisions of our 2015 Plan, the administrator will determine the other terms of stock appreciation rights, including when such rights become exercisable and whether to pay any amount of appreciation in cash, shares of our Class A common stock, or a combination thereof, except that the per share exercise price for the shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right must be no less than 100 % of the fair market value per share on the date of grant.

Subject to the provisions of our 2016 Plan, the administrator determines the other terms and conditions of stock appreciation rights, including when such rights become exercisable and whether to pay any increased appreciation in cash or with shares of our common stock, or a combination thereof, except that the per share exercise price for the shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right will be no less than 100 % of the fair market value per share on the date of grant.

Subject to the provisions of our 2013 Plan, the administrator determines the other terms of stock appreciation rights, including when such rights become exercisable and whether to pay any increased appreciation in cash or with shares of our common stock, or a combination thereof, except that the per share exercise price for the shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right will be no less than 100 % of the fair market value per share on the date of grant.

Neither light reading nor cheap (it's hard to find online for less than about $ 75), this book is the most thoughtful and objective analysis of the long - term returns on stocks, bonds, cash and inflation available anywhere, purged of the pom - pom waving and statistical biases that contaminate other books on the subject.

Although it, like all the others, is subject to idolatrous understanding, the conflict between serving the Earth and serving God is far less than the conflicts engendered by serving Christianity, nation states, or economic growth.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

Nevertheless, as sports fans by inclination as well as vocation we are no less concerned than millions of others with the day - to - day coverage of our favorite subject in the nation's newspapers, for it is in the daily press as well as in the ringside seat, the center field bleachers and the cheering section that the constant contagion of sports enthusiasm is generated.

It was reported in the press that the company pled guilty to pushing OxyContin by making claims that it is less addictive and less subject to abuse than other pain medications and that it continued to do so despite warnings to the contrary from doctors, the media, and members of its own sales force.

Afterward, subjects often voted to kick out of the group computer - controlled players who put in more points and took less than the others.

One study found that after two weeks of minor calorie restriction (10 percent less than their daily energy expenditure), subjects who were getting 5.5 hours in bed a night lost just 0.6 kilogram of fat but 2.4 kilograms of other tissue, such as muscle; subjects who got 8.5 hours slumber each night lost 1.4 kilograms of fat and 1.5 kilograms of other tissue.

On average, Spiegel and Lang found, the hypnotized subjects used less medication, experienced less pain, and felt far less anxiety than the other two groups.

When the subjects viewed the same pictures in the morning, those who had been deprived of dream - filled REM sleep were less emotionally affected than those deprived of other sleep phases.

She believes that her deafness made mathematics an appealing subject: understanding it relied much less on hearing than other subjects did, and she benefited from good teachers who encouraged her natural mathematical curiosity.

Less well known are other higher titanium oxides — those with a higher number of titanium and oxygen atoms than TiO — that are now the subject of intensifying research due to their potential use in next - generation electronic devices.

Of course, marketing of what is commonly regarded as the less healthy option, crisps, sweets and other high - calorie and problematic snacks are often the subject of such work rather than companies finding ways to market healthy food.

For all applications considered together, and separately in the R01, other R, K, and P series, median priority scores were significantly less favorable for projects that included human subjects than for projects that did not include human subjects (Table 2).

People of less wealthy nations may be subject to other factors that are individually worse than those New Zealanders and Australians experience, but their overall lifestyle, less processed diets and better family or social structures help counter-balance these.

Placing the camera outside the window feels more slice - of - life and less artificial than some of the other compositions, and the subjects feel less like they're performing for the camera.

While some interview subjects are filmed using a shot / reverse shot strategy, establishing the director's presence and point of view in conversation, others, such as his sister and mother, are shot straight - on, with the camera serving less as interrogator than objective receptor, letting each of them narrate events in her own manner and style.

The simple truth is that maths is no more or less exciting than any other subject; the challenge lies in how it is taught.

Another theory is that California's elementary school teachers feel less well prepared and well qualified to teach science than any other subject and believe they have few opportunities to improve their preparation.

Many students sit the exam with relatively little formal teaching and there has long been suggestion that it is less valuable than other subjects.

In response to a Neil Carmichael, who called on the Education Secretary to make the subjects compulsory, Nicky Morgan said: «The vast majority of schools already make provision for PSHE and while the government agrees that making PSHE statutory would give it equal status with other subjects, the government is concerned that this would do little to tackle the most pressing problems with the subject, which are to do with the variable quality of its provision, as evidenced by Ofsted's finding that 40 per cent of PSHE teaching is less than good.

According to Hattie, teacher subject - matter knowledge had an effect size of 0.19, meaning that it was far less effective than other factors like classroom management (0.52) or effective teacher feedback (0.75).

That is, charismatic teachers who leave scores of majors in their wake, appear to be no better or worse at teaching the material than their less inspiring counterparts; teachers who are exceptional at conveying course material are no more likely than others at inspiring students to take more courses in the subject area.

The challenge is expanding the students» excitement about native studies to all subjects while fighting the perception that the curriculum is less rigorous than in other public schools.

According to interviews with more than a dozen teachers and school administrators in five different districts, students in New York are taking more practice tests, and they're spending more time on math and reading — and less on other subjects — since Common Core was put into place.

As more time is devoted to reading and math, and as teachers are warned that the scores in these subjects will determine the fate of their school, everything other than reading and math gets less time.

So, when U.S. citizens read that «only one - third» or «less than half» of the students in their local schools are proficient in mathematics, science, or reading (or other subjects), they can rest assured that the same judgments could be applied to national education systems throughout the world if students in those nations participated in NAEP or Common Core - related assessments.

It is less volatile than AGT data for individual teachers with fewer fluctuations year to year and subject to other problems.

New Britain parent and Manchester teacher Violet Jiménez Sims said that, since SBAC has been introduced, students at her daughters» school are getting shorter lunch periods and less recess time — and subjects other than English and math are getting squeezed out.

The No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) narrow, regimented approach to accountability led to reduced attention for subjects other than English language arts and math, overreliance on standardized testing, and less focus on meeting students» all - around needs.

Interestingly, the answer is science even though it is taught less frequently than any other subject prior to middle school.

It depends on the state, but the procedures for standardized tests could possibly become less strict, which will allow schools and teachers to focus more on other subjects and creative activities rather than teaching to the test.

Ms Morgan said: «The vast majority of schools already make provision for PSHE and while the Government agrees that making PSHE statutory would give it equal status with other subjects, the Government is concerned that this would do little to tackle the most pressing problems with the subject, which are to do with the variable quality of its provision, as evidenced by Ofsted's finding that 40 % of PSHE teaching is less than good.

Alternatively (and much cheaper), the state could send the outgoing Commissioner of Education on a tour of schools to attempt to persuade high achieving students to enter a profession where they can expect to earn significantly less than other professionals and be subjected to a testing and evaluation system that according to some is «driving teachers crazy.»

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