Sentences with phrase «much broader class»

That came partly from some of Brenda Milner's observations that the memory deficits in patients like H.M. belong to a much broader class of memories than just the purely spatial.

Not exact matches

At the Library of Law and Liberty, Greg Weiner reconsiders Daniel Patrick Moynihan's criticisms of the War on Poverty, and suggests conservatives who frequently cite his work on the subject miss Moynihan's broader point: It was not that too much money was being misspent on the poor, but rather that those resources which were directed at the poor were all too often funneled through the middle class professional classes:

Working Class Heros The popularity of real dairy reflects a broader movement among today's consumers that underscores the extent to which they're «so much more interested in where food comes from, and how it's produced, as compared to the consumers of years ago,» says Barbara O'Brien, president, Innovation Center for US Dairy.

The NBA has now drafted two classes» worth of Doomsday players, but by all broad statistical metrics, they don't seem to be making much of an impact.

I think in fairness to Steve Hart, Unite's strategy makes union backed candidates from a broader social background part of their political strategy, but certainly not the end of it: At the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my name)

Formative and summative assessments Old - fashioned assessments consume much valuable class - time, are either simple - minded in construction or labor intensive to evaluate, rarely work well across a broad range of students (it takes far too many questions to differentiate at the low and high ends as well as in the middle), and their turnaround is too slow to yield useful information when you really need it.

In particular, he favored the National Assessment of Educational Progress test of the 1970s, which went beyond simply a quantitative approach, but also incorporated in - class inspections providing a much more true and broad accountability.

They're finding that you don't have to be the top student, you don't have to be the one who's the nerd in the class to actually be a scientist and they're starting to actually realise that science is so much broader than what they see at school — that there are so many different opportunities.

An A-G task force also produced a comprehensive report in the fall that calls on detailed and wide - ranging improvements the district needs to make to improve A-G completion, but much of it is also broader and long - term without much immediate help for the class of 2016.

Therefore, the Act is much broader than just advocating gender pay equity, instead, the Act expands equal pay on the basis of membership in the protected class which includes, among others, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity or expression, disability or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait of any individual, or liability for service in the armed forces.

«She's going to be working with a team of lawyers from across Ontario on some of our big national class actions, a much broader range of legal experiences than you would ordinarily get if you're working in an office in Elliot Lake where you're typically doing small - town solicitor work,» he says.

However, mass torts cover a much broader range of claim types than just class action.

While commentators are heralding the decision as landmark, its importance may lie less in the line it draws for parties battling class certification and more in what it signals for a much broader issue in securities regulation.

This much - anticipated book is the first how - to guide to offer a detailed and practical application of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to the treatment of persons suffering from any of the broad class of anxiety disorders.