Sentences with phrase «more academic level»

On a more academic level, the philosopher John Gray has had an influence: he is sceptical of all relics of Enlightenment optimism, including the atheist's faith in reason.

However, once I began to study the Bible at a more academic level I found that scripture came alive in all sorts of fresh ways.

Not exact matches

Even controlling for grade - point average, men earned more than women who graduated with identical levels of academic achievement.

This, I reckon, is what the crisis is about, more than intellectual reservations about academic theology, or indeed counterproposals at the same level.

Murray draws on those studies, but in Coming Apart, Fishtown, like Belmont, is shorthand for a statistical cohort: people with blue - collar or low - level office jobs and no academic degree more advanced than a high - school diploma.

I am sure a lot more needs to be said about this, and the topic really deserves an academic - level research paper, but right now I have neither the time or the interest.

Lower levels of binge drinking and participation in the hookup culture may also lead to higher graduation rates and a more academic atmosphere on campus, increasing prestige, which boosts enrollment.

They had suggestions for how to make changes in the school culture and the presentation of our academics so the level of education was not compromised, but simply modified and taught in a more thoughtful way.

But there still is rarely more than three hours per day of academics even at that level, probably less.

They describe some kind of followup system, but not to a level that would pass muster at a more academic journal.

National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math achievement; score higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight

In an important series of studies by psychologist John Gottman and his colleagues, children of parents who valued and accepted their children's feelings showed better academic achievement, had lower levels of stress hormones, and were more successful in resolving conflicts with their peers.

As academics in the UK, we celebrate these moves forward, stand in solidarity with those who make them, and reflect on the ways in which the tough questions being raised can help to produce a more level playing field.

Parents work hard to get into the «right» school mostly in the belief that the «right» school will have more students at a similar level of academic development to their child that is also more safe, and has programs and resources that will foster more student growth as a result.

Currently, only one in five Black or Hispanic students can read or write at grade level, and more than 200,000 Black and Hispanic students could not meet academic standards on this year's state exams.

This very high - level committee included four more university presidents and chancellors, the executive dean for academic programs at Harvard Medical School (Harvard has the most postdoctoral fellows of any U.S. university)[Ed.

As that small number suggests, these institutions educate India's academic elite; more than 300,000 students vie for this small number of entry - level seats.

The authors said that the difficulty of retaining students may be a factor more complicated than SAI allows for, noting that improving retention rates requires significant campus resources to address a broad range of factors, including student engagement levels, academic support services, campus climate, student satisfaction, and financial aid.

First the strengths of the German university system have to be communicated in a more professional and successful manner (for example, the unity of research and teaching, the impressive diversity of disciplines, the high academic level, the availability of financial aid); then, new attractive products have to be offered in order to attract foreigners to Germany, the «heart of Europe.»

«Where a child grows up in impoverished conditions... with limited cognitive stimulation, high levels of stress, and so forth, that person is more likely to grow up with compromised physical and mental health and lowered academic achievement,» said Martha Farah, director of the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania.

But Gottesman said the course preparation and teaching involved in a degree - granting program would «add to the intellectual excitement in our laboratories,» foster more interdisciplinary contact, and help NIH recruit top - level academic scientists who want to keep teaching.

Beebe cites previous studies when she adds that the impact of bullying can affect the physical, mental and academic well - being of an individual, resulting in high levels of anxiety, low self - esteem, and more frequent thoughts of suicide.

Some practical steps that the Pentagon can take to recruit and retain top talent include adjusting compensation levels and streamlining hiring and security clearance practices in order to make DOD «fully competitive» with more nimble industry and academic employers.

The study, which appears in academic journal Brain Imaging and Behavior, also reports that participants were subjectively more preoccupied with food at night even though their hunger and «fullness» levels were similar to other times of the day.

On a more pragmatic level, industry partnerships provide academic faculty access to resources they might not have otherwise had.

Teachers who are engaged in service - learning tend to be more positive about the work they do, and we also see a higher level of parental involvement, which is key to academic achievement.»

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «There are over 1,000 more graduates training to teach secondary subjects in the 2015 - 2016 academic year compared to last, including record levels of trainees holding a first - class degree.

The research on grit is compelling for educators: students with high levels of grit are more successful in both academic and non-academic pursuits.

In the Open Ceremony of the World Education Forum 2015 on May 19 there were more than 100 government ministers, along with high - level government officials, Nobel Prize Laureates, heads of international and non-governmental organizations, academics, representatives of the private sector, researchers, youth leaders, media activists, and other key stakeholders.

Students who have parents deployed to a war zone are more vulnerable to a range of psychological, emotional and social issues, including an increased level of stress and anxiety, health problems, behavioural disorders and academic under - achievement.

An Illinois high school's overall success in persuading more students to take Advanced Placement classes masks some hard - to - erase disparities in those top - level academic classes.

Applicants mothers have more years of education, more likely to be from two parent household, more parent involvement, but more likely to be minority race, lower income levels, parents are less satisfied with the public school's academics, safety, location, discipline, values, and overall.

And of the students who score well on the PSAT / NMSQT, indicating a 70 percent likelihood of thriving in an AP course, of those students, six out of ten Asians will take an AP course, [compared with] four out of ten white students and two out of ten African American students... In other words there is a racial break among kids who could achieve at a high level and are being propelled into more challenging academic experiences; that data needs to be understood.

While there is more emphasis on academics at all grade levels today and evidence that the middle school burden can be overcome (Williams and colleagues showed in a major 2010 study, called «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better,» that an intense focus on academics can work), it is odd that Walcott would favor reforming middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.»

The Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians helps college - level librarians and administrators deepen their management skills and prepare to become more effective leaders in a time of institutional change.

Graduates of the deeper learning schools were more likely to enroll in four - year colleges, attend selective schools, and report higher levels of academic engagement and motivation to learn.

Since 2006, the number of Houston schools earning one of the state's top ratings has more than doubled to exceed 200 campuses, fewer students are repeating a grade level, and more are testing at the highest levels of academic achievement.

Academic learning that comes to mind includes more prosaic elements of law, such as contract vs criminal vs administrative law; the developmental history of their own city; recent (50 years) political history of their city; basics of land law; current vs past thinking in urban planning; specific budgetary investigations at both the state and local level; school funding law in their state; essentials of Leadership, EPA impacts on dismantling abandoned structures; economic price theory; or the competitive strengths and weaknesses of their own city or region.

Even more persuasive, check out the thickening body of evidence that NAEP's «proficient» level — long derided by critics as too tough and typically attained by just one quarter to one third of U.S. high school seniors — really does correlate with academic preparedness for college - level work in math and English.

It also discovered that: disadvantaged girls were also significantly less likely to have continued their academic career than more advantaged girls, although the achievement gap was less marked; and that disadvantaged girls were much less likely to enter four or more AS - level exams than other girls, and almost four times less likely to enter three or more A-levels than other girls.

Particularly, the professionalism of the workforce through tertiary training which resulted in an increased level of academic inquiry and in so doing created more powerful decision makers.

They were just as able to do, what you would think was quite high level reflection analysis and giving feedback, as the more academic students.

While the push for higher levels of academic achievement and accountability continues to increase, more people have realized that a single test can not provide a comprehensive evaluation of student performance.

A thought - leader in higher education, she has spent more than two decades at prominent national educational institutions and at the highest levels of government, working to implement effective strategies to raise academic achievement and opportunity for low - income and minority students.

As there are clear benefits to be gained to children's health, wellbeing and academic achievement from being physically active it is essential for schools to encourage their pupils to be more active and reach the minimum levels set out by the Chief Medical Officer.

WUHSD's average score on California's Academic Performance Index (API), which is calculated on a scale of 200 to 1,000 points, with 800 to 1,000 being the desired level of performance, has increased by more than 154 points over the last seven years and is now 777.

Decades of research on effective schools conclusively demonstrates that setting high standards and expectations for all children, but especially those most at - risk of academic failure, creates a more positive, inclusive school culture and raises their level of achievement.

Studies with more detailed measures of teachers» education levels and coursework in subject areas found that, at least in math and science, academic preparation does positively influence student achievement.

Some argue that the real problem with annual state tests of grade - level reading and math skills is that they force teachers to narrow their focus, distracting teachers from other subjects and the more sophisticated academic skills they would otherwise engender in students.

She loves teaching middle level students and recognizes that at their age, there is so much more learning to do than just academics.