a mixed -
methods study focusing on the different types of knowledge novice and experienced teachers draw on in teaching for reading comprehension
Not exact matches
Apple is gathering advice on parts and production
methods,
focusing on electric and connected - car technologies, while
studying the potential for automated driving, the source said.
The three questions can serve as horizons within which to conduct rigorous inquiry into any of the array of subject matters implied by the nature of congregations, disciplined by any relevant scholarly
method, in such a way that attention is
focused on the theological significance of what is
studied:
Academic theologies (with their
focus on such questions as
method, the disciplinary status of theology in the modern university, the relationships of theology and religious
studies, and the development of public criteria for theological language) are obviously related principally to the public of the academy.
By the time I had graduated, the field had become «one that maintains its interest in literary texts but explores all forms of aesthetic speech and that views performance as an art and recognizes its communicative potential and function» There were three challenges to those of us graduating with doctoral degrees in this discipline: 1) to locate which performances within art and / or culture we would
focus our attention on as scholars and performers; 2) to interpret the core concepts generating from the cultural turn in our discipline to other
studies of culture and human communication and 3) to develop «performance - centered»
methods of research and instruction in whatever parts of the university we found ourselves.
Much like a 2012
study published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, where educational biologist Wendy Middlemiss and her team tracked the behavior and cortisol levels of 25 infants, ages 4 to 10 months, as they attempted a five - day sleep training program that
focused on the cry it out
method.
Focussing on the past decade, and systematically
studying press output from across six European countries (UK, France, Poland, Spain, Italy and Germany), this project uses advanced
methods of qualitative content analysis and quantitative discourse analysis to understand patterns of European memory, the way the discourse is expressed and by whom, and how it has changed over time.
The
study focused on intensive production
methods, not extensive
methods like grazing.
The
study focused on the testing of
methods which seek to reduce the imaging time and to correct image problems caused by a long imaging time.
The
study involved participants of European descent exclusively, but co-author Roy Perlis, a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, notes it's standard
method to
focus on one group as a starting point, since previous research shows genetic markers can vary by ethnicity.
The
method used in the
study is known as the Hirsch Index and while the
study authors acknowledge factors such as there being high public interest leading to more
studies of a particular illness, they believe that because it is objective and evidence - based it will be a useful complement and guide to more traditional
methods of risk assessment and can be used to produce a shortlist of pathogens for authorities to
focus on.
His research
focuses on the development of high - precision, single - molecule
methods to
study the mechanism of action of macromolecular machines, such as dynein, telomerase, and Cas9.
This
method could potentially have many advantages over the macroelectrode stimulation used in previous
studies as microstimulation is much more spatially
focused and uses currents on a more physiologic level.
Dubbed model - organism ENCODE (modENCODE), this new
focus will apply innovative
methods and technologies for the
study of gene regulation to the smaller, and therefore more manageable, genomes of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and the round worm (Caenorhabditis elegans).
Studies focusing on the processes of biological energy conversion, membrane biophysics and neurobiology using modern physical, 0chemical and biological
methods.
«Our
study reveals a spectrum of
methods that nature uses to allow organisms to adapt to different environments,» said senior author Kerstin Lindblad - Toh, Scientific Director of Vertebrate Genome Biology at the Broad Institute: «These mechanisms are likely to be also at work in humans and other vertebrates, and by
focusing on the remarkably diverse cichlid fishes, we were able to
study this process on a broad scale for the first time.»
Latest trends in neuroimaging
studies are
focusing more on scalability issues both related to larger data samples and cpu intensive computational
methods.
The
focus of the Microbiome Ideas Challenge is the development of new tools and
methods that will help transition the field of microbiome research from correlative
studies — i.e., genomics - driven microbial censusing efforts — to causal understanding of microbial function.
«Lila is a rigorous biophysical chemist, but unlike most chemists who avoid complexity and prefer reductionist type
studies, Lila's whole career has been
focused on applying chemistry and biophysical
methods to the
study of peptides and their role in biology as well as protein folding and trafficking in vivo,» says Jeffrey W. Kelly at The Scripps Research Institute.
Focus of
Study I am a seismologist who is broadly interested in both seismic sources (including novel ones from Antarctica, such as drifting icebergs) and applying seismic
methods to image the deep interior of the Earth.
She is registred to the National Order of Biologists in the province of Palermo; collaboration in research project from 2012 to 2015 at the Department of Biopathology and Biotechnology, University of Palermo,
focusing the
study on the identification of molecules capable to modulate intracellular metabolic pathways for the prevention and treatment of infectious, tumor and degenerative disease, in collaboration with Prof. Angela Santoni, University of Rome; collaboration in research project in 2011 at the hospital «Villa Sofia Cervello» of Palermo to
study methods can cure the genetic defect that causes thalassemia through genetic engineering; she
studies different mechanisms of the differentiation and the activation of human gammadelta T cells as effector cells of the immune response against cancer and infectious diseases; she investigates about the identification and development of biomarkers of resistance and susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; Valentina Orlando has published 13 papers in peer reviewed journals and 3 comunications at national and international congress.
The SAG15
study does not
focus on any particular telescope architecture or observational
method, but on the fundamental science questions.
Modern biophysics is a broad and rapidly advancing field encompassing the
study of biological structures with a
focus on mechanisms at the molecular, cellular, and systems level using the concepts and
methods of physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, and computational science.
While this
study focused on the foot - and - mouth outbreak, the
method could also be used for planning purposes in the event of a future outbreak of other infectious diseases in livestock.
The main
focus of his PhD research was the development of computational
methods and resources to perform integrative analysis and help the research community in
studying the functional importance of super-enhancers.
Some big points of discussion at the
focus meeting included the
methods by which astronomers obtained and
studied the Frontier Fields data.
«Our
study reveals a spectrum of
methods that nature uses to allow organisms to adapt to different environments,» said co-senior author Kerstin Lindblad - Toh, Co-Director of SciLifeLab, scientific director of vertebrate genome biology at the Broad Institute and professor in comparative genomics at Uppsala University «These mechanisms are likely also at work in humans and other vertebrates, and by
focusing on the remarkably diverse cichlid fishes, we were able to
study this process on a broad scale for the first time.»
His more recent
studies have
focused on novel, sensitive and accurate
methods of evaluating beta - cell function in people with mild diabetes or who have not yet developed diabetes, and on forms of diabetes that result from genetic causes.
The Wasserman laboratory
focuses on the creation, evaluation and application of computational
methods for the analysis of genome sequences, with international strength in the
study of cis - regulatory elements regulating gene expression.
The Laboratory of Protein Structure (LPS) started its activities in 2008 and
focuses on structural and biochemical
studies of proteins (e.g.: nucleic acid enzymes) using protein crystallography as the primary
method.
We provide guiding questions for
study design and discuss the eDNA metabarcoding workflow with a
focus on primers and library preparation
methods.
There is currently no Alzheimer's disease cure, but the
study is
focused on
methods and treatments to alleviate and delay the progression of Alzheimer's by dealing with the symptoms.
«Low - Calorie Diet Slows Aging in Mice in
Study,» claimed a recent headline.17 According to the article, «Putting elderly mice on a very low - calorie diet for as little as four weeks reversed many of the changes in the activity of various genes that had occurred during normal aging...» The resesearchers were not looking at actual signs of disease, nor were they measuring lifespan, but instead
focused on the analysis of 11,000 different genes using a
method called microarray technology in which Spindler has large financial holdings.
He has
studied natural healing
methods for over 20 years and now
focuses on spreading the word of health and wellness to the global community.
UACIM research activities contribute rigorous scientific
studies on the integration of complementary therapies with conventional medicine, with a
focus on educational research, corporate health improvement research, and
methods to
study clinical outcomes in integrative medicine.
My
focus was shifted towards
studying ancient holistic healing
methods, including Ayurvedic medicine.
Resources include 10 - 12 lessons covering introduction to research
methods, reliability and validity, sampling and questionnaires, experiments, the research process,
focus groups and interviews, participant and non-participant observation, secondary data, longitudinal and case
studies plus research
methods revision bundle.
Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education integrates three strands of coursework — rigorous training in quantitative research
methods,
focused disciplinary
study, and substantive
study of educational institutions and policies — with a minimum of one intensive research apprenticeship.
According to the three - year
study, which is being conducted by the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp., majorities of elementary and middle school science and math teachers in all three states report in surveys that they are making positive changes in the classroom by
focusing on their states» academic standards or searching for better teaching
methods.
The traditional classroom
focuses on textbook reading and instructional
method of
study which results in less comprehension and less engagement within the classroom.
This
study will be qualitative in nature, using interviews and
focus groups as the primary research
methods.
In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf
methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf
methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the
study's four California case
study public Waldorf -
methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by
focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key
focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.
The
study, which followed 147 preschoolers in 21 settings, showed that children taught using the Tools
method scored significantly higher than did their counterparts on tests of «executive function skills,» such as the ability to keep their behavior in check, control their impulses, and
focus — skills that certainly don't hurt when it comes to learning to read.
Charter schools are nontraditional schools that usually
focus on a specific area of
study or learning
method.
The schools would still be public, governed by a special board in some cases, and tend to
focus on a particular
study area or learning
method.
She has
focused her recent research on the effectiveness of numerous school and district educational interventions designed to improve student achievement and has more than two decades experience conducting mixed
methods studies.
Schools can assess school climate in a variety of ways — for example, using
focus groups; observational
methods; interviews; town hall discussions;
study circles; participatory action research; and student, staff, and family surveys.
Moderator analyses were performed using a random effects model that
focused on the three main areas of scaffold characteristics (including the mechanism, functions, delivery forms, mode, and number of scaffolds; how to promote self - regulated learning by scaffolds); demographics of the selected
studies (including sample groups, sample size, learning domain, research settings, and types of computer - based learning environments); and research methodological features (including research
methods, types of research design, types of organization for treatment, and duration of treatment).
He
studies teacher preparation and professional development through engagement in program and course design, teaching mathematics
methods courses, and leading projects funded by NSF and IES
focused on the design of professional development materials and the assessment of teaching practice.
Audits are mixed -
method studies that include surveys, interviews,
focus groups, and document review.