Sentences with phrase «notable early finding»

One notable early finding, Ms. Phillips said, is that teachers who incessantly drill their students to prepare for standardized tests tend to have lower value - added learning gains than those who simply work their way methodically through the key concepts of literacy and mathematics.

Not exact matches

Notable early screen deaths included Nemo's mother being eaten by a barracuda 4 minutes 3 seconds into Finding Nemo; Tarzan's parents being killed by a leopard 4 minutes 8 seconds into Tarzan; and Cecil Gaines» father being shot in front of him 6 minutes into The Butler.

Among the most notable feature of the new app is the way it allows side - loading of rights - free ePub files, which means users now will find it much easier the e-books that they might have downloaded earlier from sources other than the Barnes & Noble bookstore.

Some of the earliest and most notable authors in the genre who helped it find its feet are: Laurel K. Hamilton of the Anita Blake series — often considered one of the most substantial works in the genre, Neil Gaiman's masterpiece, Neverwhere (the urban fantasy adventure set in London and a twist off parallel London Below), and another in the genre that's developed a major cult following: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

This group, known as the «Cartagena Dialogue» after the location of the founding meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, in early 2010, now includes over 30 countries, and at the latest meeting last week in Santiago, Chile, it was notable how determined many countries were to find a way out of the current impasse.