Sentences with phrase «measurable effect»

Only one - third of the programs had well - developed evaluations that produced measurable effects on student achievement or change in instructional practices.

The applicant mentions a specific, measurable effect of his efforts (32 percent budget reduction) and describes what he did to achieve this result.

Why have decades of school reform had so little measurable effect on student achievement?

I doubt there is an inherent measurable effect here.

Most of the animals in the sea suffer effects on their development, with the largest measurable effect being on coral, shells and other calcium - based parts of their metabolism.

Instead, we'd look for next - day or next - week outcomes: measurable effects on student behavior, effort, or short - term learning.

Studies generally show that a single oral dose has little measurable effect.

The lead author of the new study, Paolo Molaro, at the INAF - Trieste Astronomical Observatory, takes up the story: «As soon as the Dawn spacecraft revealed the mysterious bright spots on the surface of Ceres, I immediately thought of the possible measurable effects from Earth.

Amounts of dust as low as 3 micrograms — well below the mass of dust that children are exposed to daily — caused measurable effects.

One study wanted to see just how long the effect would last, and conducted tests for 48 hours after the conclusion of the exercise and found measurable effects existed up to 38 hours post-exercise.

I'm an atheist not because I have faith there are no Gods, I am an atheist because so far all the evidence points towards an evolved universe free from interaction with the supernatural which would have real noticable / measurable effects if they were interacting with our universe.

A large number of lab studies using rats and mice exposed to high doses of BPA failed to show measurable effects on key aspects of reproductive development, function and behaviour.

Although a teacher can produce measurable effects on student achievement in a single year of instruction, a principal's efforts are likely to require several years before their full effect on student outcomes becomes evident.

Things you put in your body just have a more measurable effect than most things

What worries D'Alessandro most isn't so much the economic impact of disappearing head offices but the less measurable effect it has on the nation's pride and self - esteem.

Whether or not you caress your baby enough can leave measurable effects on their genes, a study from the University of British Columbia found Aijaz Rahi AP l Article BY SCOTT BERSON

If nuclear DNA damage was removed, such as via the somewhat distant molecular nanomachinery of chromallocytes, programmable nanorobots moving from cell to cell to fix each breakage, then aside from the elimination of cancer, would it have any other measurable effect on health and longevity?

The absurd disdain for calculating the real effects of UHI by the Ipcc, Real Climate et al - a very measurable effect known about since Ancient Rome - do nothing to help the case of the warmists.

This is one of the reasons why we remove both protein sources in autistic syndromes too (2,7,8) with again long term but clearly measurable effects and regression in all who quit diet.

On the whole, Urquiola said that vouchers had been a «disappointing» reform effort, with minor measurable effects on student performance.

The only measurable effect of CO2 in this country is Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's new year speech in 2007, declaring the Mongstad CCS («Carbon Capture and Storage») project would be our «moon landing», apparently comparable only to the Apollo project.

H.H Lamb lists nine measurable effects including «Increasing spread of the Arctic ice sea ice into all the northernmost Atlantic and around Greenland, forcing the abandonment of the old sailing routes to Greenland which had been used from about A.D 1000 to 1300.»

Given the likelihood that the majority of the energy being accumulated in the climate system as a result of increased GH gases is being accumulated in the ocean (and no, not without measurable effect), I am wondering about even the relevancy of a tropospheric - centric metric for «climate» sensitivity?

Samsung says Bixby is designed to learn your habits and will adapt over time, but it's likely that I haven't been using the phones long enough for this to take measurable effect, because I haven't really seen much in the way of personalization.

The trouble with «the cloud» or «NoSQL» is that these are specific technologies with measurable effects.

TNR's most measurable effect is that fewer cats / kittens flow through animal shelters, resulting in lower euthanasia rates and increased adoptions of shelter cats.

To say that more clearly, despite all the rumors and stories, the actual science on phytoestrogens says soy has little measurable effect on your free testosterone levels.

The court also found that «if information known or accessible only to the seller has a significant and measurable effect on market value and the seller is aware of this effect, the duty to disclose does not turn on the character of the information» (physical, stigmatic, or otherwise).

The world's favorite color also has measurable effects on the body, Stephen Westland, the chair of color science and technology at University of Leeds, explained recently on the Conversation.

The first year saw 11 countries and some 700 stores in the U.S. take part, to measurable effect.

While sleep loss doesn't necessarily affect every aspect of cognition, a detailed report published in 2009 in the Seminars in Neurology journal explained it has been found to have measurable effects on vigilance and attention, working (short - term) memory, multitasking, flexible thinking, risk assessment, insight and decision - making abilities.

Gutman, CEO of HealthTap, shares surprising research that suggests a simple smile has a measurable effect on your overall well - being and help you live a longer, healthier, happier life.

This two - term presidential cycle can often have a measurable effect on markets, as I wrote about in - depth in «Managing Expectations.»

«You can in fact reduce the upper ocean [temperature] by a degree Celsius, maybe 2, which would have a measurable effect on the intensity of the hurricane, but the practical concerns were hard to overcome.»

Many (including myself) were expecting at least some measurable effect on the company's performance from the Cambridge Analytica train wreck, but the company seemed instead to pick up steam, booking a 63 percent increase in earnings year on year and beating Wall St. estimates by an astounding 34 cents a share.

Waste to energy technology has been backed as an «affordable» way for municipalities to manage wastes and generate energy, with «almost no measurable effect on human health», according to scientists and industry experts at the recent Energy Recovery Symposium in Toronto, Canada.

That, at least, has measurable effects... and no religious dogma surrounding it.

Interestingly there are measurable effects on the brain during prayer, and differences in brain structure and morphology between the relgious and nonreligious.

By 1976 LEAA had poured close to $ 5 billion into the nation's criminal - justice system, with no measurable effect on crime rates.

Do you think a more realistic understanding of the impact of divorce on children would have a measurable effect on divorce rates?

Candidates, officeholders, and voters stand where they stand, on the issues and in their partisan alignment, because of interests, convictions, and opinions on which the Holy Father is quite incapable of achieving some measurable effect.