Sentences with phrase «measure such skills»

We know a great deal about how to measure such skills.

Not exact matches

«The assumption is what they are measuring matters but often what they're not measuring might matter more,» such as individual people and the qualities and skills of directors, says Leblanc.

Measures such as the Global Skills Strategy (GSS), which introduces a new two - week turnaround time for tech - worker permits, and an ambitious new approach to Work - Integrated - Learning placements, show the Government is listening to the concerns of Canadian CEOs facing talent shortages.

And we use to measure the skills of a civilization based on such visible aspects.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

And while many mothers were enabled through such measures to stay in, or return to, the paid workforce, typically they were consigned to a «mummy track» characterized by relatively low - paid, low - skilled, shorter - hours work in the public sector.

But I think that, yes, it's because we do such a good job of measuring IQ and cognitive skills that we emphasize them so much.

This study used age - appropriate cognitive tests that measure developmental skills, such as the ability to focus, as well as tests that measure comprehension and verbal ability which are strong indicators of IQ.

This was such a fun and easy activity for me to set up, and they got such enjoyment out of it while also incorporating practice in reading, problem solving, measuring, weighing, following instructions, fine motor skills, sequencing, counting, fractions, turn taking, communication, and probably much more!

There is also evidence to suggest that parental over-reliance on restrictive measures such as filters can itself be problematic, both by limiting children's opportunities to develop a full range of digital skills, and by making it less likely they develop resilience in dealing with online risks.

In addition to stifling academic freedom, such measures drive students to seek education outside their state's borders, depriving it of their skills and forfeiting the contribution they may have otherwise made to its development.

«Employers must also recognise the skills of their existing workers and put in measures such as flexible working, career reviews or even retirement planning to encourage longer working lives.

The study used six different training tasks, designed to measure specific cognitive skills such as memory, attention and task - switching.

That's a lot of new jobs — a 35 % increase over 10 years — but for job seekers, landing top jobs may require additional skills in geodesy, a branch of applied mathematics that measures the Earth's gravitational field, and cartography, as well as a familiarity with fields such as human geography and social media.

Other measures such as cognitive (i.e. IQ) ability, early linguistic skills, measures of the environment such as socio - economic status, and whether there is a family member with reading problems or dyslexia are all common early factors used to assess risk of developing reading difficulties.

Before and after this training, the participants went through a battery of cognitive tests, designed to measure skills such as memory and attention.

Over the years, Moffitt reported in a series of papers that these boys did poorly in neuropsychological tests (such as verbal skills and verbal memory), measured high for impulsivity, and were likely to engage in substance abuse as they grew older.

Originally, Lilly was going to determine the success of solanezumab by looking at two measures: how it affected thinking skills such as memory and reasoning, and whether it changed a person's ability to function independently and perform daily activities such as dressing, bathing and feeding.

Somewhat independently, schools and lawmakers have come to the same conclusion: The old models of student assessment are out of step with the needs of the 21st - century workplace and society, with their emphasis on hard - to - measure skills such as creativity, problem solving, persistence, and collaboration.

One is that the measures are accurate and the charter schools, despite their success in raising test scores, and contrary to their pedagogical goals, weaken students» non-cognitive skills along crucial dimensions such as conscientiousness, self - control, and grit.

' [Skills] such as perseverance, sociability and self - esteem have been shown to influence numerous measures of social outcomes, including better health, improved subjective wellbeing and reduced odds of engaging in conduct problems.

The four elements posit LD as: 1) heterogeneous; 2) intrinsic or neurobiological; 3) marked by a significant discrepancy between learning potential (measured intelligence) and academic performance (measured skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and oral language); and 4) not caused by cultural, educational, environmental, or economic factors or by other disabilities (such as mental deficiency, visual or hearing impairments, or emotional disturbance).

While measures of teachers» general academic skills, such as SAT scores and college selectivity, are often statistically significant predictors of teachers» effectiveness in raising student achievement, their effects are modest in size.

David Armstrong continued: «Identifying two indicators - emotional intelligence and social skills - and mapping these to the Achieving Schools Theory of Change, is an important first step in measuring the longer term outcomes of the programme, such as reduced risk of antisocial behaviour and spending time in prison and reduced risk of mental ill - health and long - term illness.

A fun classroom activity, or homework assignment, measurement olympics requires students to compete in fun activities that require skills such as, recording, measuring, and analyzing data.

Released June 21 by the Washington - based Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the report surveys measures that focus on such topics as global awareness; financial, economic, business, and civic literacy; higher - order thinking and problem - solving; interpersonal and self - directional skills; and information - and communications - technology litSkills, the report surveys measures that focus on such topics as global awareness; financial, economic, business, and civic literacy; higher - order thinking and problem - solving; interpersonal and self - directional skills; and information - and communications - technology litskills; and information - and communications - technology literacy.

It also wants to explore how teachers can better measure learning in digital technologies and skills such as problem solving.

These observations can help educators make valuable inferences regarding students» mastery over skills, while offering new ways to assess factors not easily measured on multiple - choice tests, such as problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, persistence, and creativity.

Evans says the data walls worked well for «constrained skills» that were easy to measure, such as phonics.

The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives, such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of structures that pack dense information, such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of structures for organizing argumentative texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure core academic language skills (CALS - I) for students in grades 4 - 8.

This week's digest examines how to measure hard - to - measure skills such as social emotional and deeper learning...

Achievement tests, in contrast, measure specific knowledge and skills in particular content areas such as science, math, English, and social studies.

1) The tests don't actually measure the skills we want students to learn, such as critical thinking, creativity and complex problem solving.

As the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) affords states the flexibility to decide how to measure student achievement, two reports released June 23 show that schools play a key role in developing students» soft skills such as beliefs about their intellectual capacity, sense of belonging at school, and eagerness to learn in the face of adversity.

We have also tried the Duckworth scale in an experiment and found that it was uncorrelated with other, behavioral measures of non-cognitive skills, such as time devoted to a challenging task and delayed gratification.

Collections of questions challenged students to apply their knowledge and skills to respond to complex real - world problems designed to measure capacities such as depth of understanding, writing and research skills, and complex analysis.

Are we really so sure that the inclusion of measures of non-cognitive skills in such a system can't play a constructive role?

This includes not only the effect of easily measurable attributes, such as experience and degrees obtained, but also the effect of harder to measure intangible attributes, such as a teacher's enthusiasm and skill in conveying knowledge.

Other teacher attributes: Recent studies suggest that measures of teachers» academic skills, such as SAT or ACT scores, tests of verbal ability, or the selectivity of the colleges they attended, may predict their effectiveness more accurately than the characteristics discussed above.

Measures of teachers» academic skills, such as their verbal ability, may more accurately predict their effectiveness, but there is far less evidence on this issue, and these findings are also not conclusive.

A team of independent evaluators from the Behavioural Insight Team (BIT) will measure the impact that taking part in the programme has on character skills such as self - efficacy and persistence, as well as on maths and English GCSE results.

helps teachers build and measure school readiness, the School Readiness Parent Guide helps families help their children develop foundational skills such as problem solving, self - regulation, persistence, communications, and emerging literacy and math skills within the home environment.

Thus, measures such as high quality pre-K and small class size are essential, because they are proven to develop the skills that enable children to function better in school and later in life.

The measure's supporters say it will allow school boards to look for people with specific skills, such as a scenario in which a board might want an incoming superintendent with financial expertise to get the district's budget in order.

The test designers analyze the component parts of specific academic skills, such as number understanding, and then write test items that will measure whether the child has all the component parts of the skill.

A summative assessment is designed to measure a student's knowledge and skills at the end of an instructional period, such as an entire school year or at the conclusion of a course.

Already, a commercial market of ed - tech apps and products, such as ClassDojo, has emerged to support and measure the development of students» social - emotional skills in schools.

Its social and emotional learning (SEL) solution, Evo Social / Emotional, is based on the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA), a standardized, strengths - based measure of critical social and emotional skills such as personal responsibility, self - management, relationship skills and healthy decision - making.

Evo SEL features the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA), a standardized, strengths - based measure of critical social and emotional skills such as personal responsibility, self - management, relationship skills, and responsible decision - making.