Sentences with phrase «number of groups of students»

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In the experiment, students were divided into two groups, one of which memorized a two - digit number while the other memorized a seven - digit number.

We are currently in stealth mode but the product has been released to number of individuals, groups of young employees and students, under a RC beta.

An amazing number of them had never been part of an orchestra or a band, a chorus or a theater group, a political campaign or even student government.

Earlier in the semester there were a number of town - hall style meetings with different groups of students, and the faculty committees regarding the core review are still meeting as well.

In May 2006, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation worked with representatives of The Coca - Cola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, PepsiCo and the American Beverage Association to establish the Alliance School Beverage Guidelines that limit portion sizes and reduce the number of beverage calories available to students during the school day.

In preparation OUYC has participated in the Sunsail Spring Series, Varsity, BUSA Student Nationals, Course Croisiere EDHEC international student sailing cup and a larger number of the RORC summer offshore season including some of the affliated JOG (Junior Offshore Group)Student Nationals, Course Croisiere EDHEC international student sailing cup and a larger number of the RORC summer offshore season including some of the affliated JOG (Junior Offshore Group)student sailing cup and a larger number of the RORC summer offshore season including some of the affliated JOG (Junior Offshore Group) races.

Communicating your school's nutrition program effectively means reaching out to a number of key groups; not just students and their parents, but teachers, administrators, custodians, and the community at - large.

She has helped with a number of health and nutrition programs in the school, including a student group to create a healthy snack program, the Smarter Lunchrooms initiative and the school's Wellness, Allergy, Safety, and Health committee (WASH), taking her contributions beyond the kitchen to the wider school community.

In her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schools.

Stephen Amoah, was among the huge number of various groups in the Asante region such as, the Ashanti Youth Association, Kumasi Youth Association and Asante Students Union, as well as a retinue of chiefs, politicians and heads of the security services, who had lined up at the airport to welcome Otumfuo.

Last night a group of students occupied a university meeting room in support of the strike and UVW says that a number of LSE lecturers have been down to speak on the picket line.

As chairman of the Tory Reform Group, the largest membership group within the Conservative party, that is why we are dedicating time and resources to build up our student wing and why I'm proud to count among our members a record and growing number of students, and increasing presence across University campuses crisscrossing the country from Cardiff to Hull, London to EdinbGroup, the largest membership group within the Conservative party, that is why we are dedicating time and resources to build up our student wing and why I'm proud to count among our members a record and growing number of students, and increasing presence across University campuses crisscrossing the country from Cardiff to Hull, London to Edinbgroup within the Conservative party, that is why we are dedicating time and resources to build up our student wing and why I'm proud to count among our members a record and growing number of students, and increasing presence across University campuses crisscrossing the country from Cardiff to Hull, London to Edinburgh.

(BBC) and «Ministers have expressed «disappointment» at statistics showing fewer young people from poor backgrounds are going to university... The data for 2004/05 showed that while the total number of students from all groups rose, the proportion from poorer backgrounds fell from 28.6 to 28.2 per cent.»

But if groups of failing schools are eventually turned into charters, it could give the sector an opportunity to dispel the common criticism charters don't enroll sufficient numbers of high - needs students.

Government plans to cut the number of houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs) in some areas have been met with anger by student groups and property organisations.

Degruy has visited and worked in a number of Rochester City schools, saying at first her methods were met with resistance, some thinking that focusing on one group of students meant neglecting another.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

A number of groups joined Silver to rebut the notion that no one speaks for students.

Superintendent Kriner Cash said he is happy to explore the possibility, but cautioned that teen mothers are just one of a number of student groups with unique challenges.

The University of Michigan argued that to fully reap the pedagogical benefits of diversity, they needed a sufficient number of students from each group, to ensure that students felt comfortable expressing themselves honestly to their classmates.

Although a fair number of Asian Americans have completed the program, few of its students have been from underrepresented groups, he says.

Gazzaley oversees the work of a number of grad students, research assistants, and undergrads on his project, and he has already organized his team into a minilab within the larger UC Berkeley group, says D'Esposito: «He's basically functioning like a faculty person within my lab.»

I'm now benefiting from that because a number of my students that have gone out and worked in other world class groups have had the opportunity to return to the institute as more senior researchers and start to train their own students.

Of the approximately 4,000 who were identified as at risk for mental health problems and offered the ten - session group intervention during second grade, those who participated in a greater number of sessions showed significantly greater improvements in third - grade outcomes than did the at - risk students who participated in fewer sessionOf the approximately 4,000 who were identified as at risk for mental health problems and offered the ten - session group intervention during second grade, those who participated in a greater number of sessions showed significantly greater improvements in third - grade outcomes than did the at - risk students who participated in fewer sessionof sessions showed significantly greater improvements in third - grade outcomes than did the at - risk students who participated in fewer sessions.

The AAAS Mentor Award honors AAAS members who have mentored significant numbers of underrepresented students, including women, minorities, and persons with disabilities, pursuing Ph.D.'s in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and who have demonstrated scholarship, activism, and community building on behalf of underrepresented groups in STEM fields.

Overall, studies in the field indicate that children from low - income families tend to show the most gains from social emotional learning interventions, but results for other groups of students are more mixed, although a number of studies show positive effects.

In an experiment with another set of students, each group played a game that involved choosing numbers between 1 and 7 — if everyone in the group chose 7, they would get the highest payoff.

In addition to Gruen, who led the weak lensing working group, and Wechsler, whose group provided realistic simulations of the survey critical to testing several aspects of the cosmological analysis, a large number of KIPAC scientists, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and alumni have made crucial contributions to DES — from building the instrument to developing theory and simulations and analyzing the data.

Demographic variables were year of graduation, sex (men vs women), age at graduation (≤ 29 years vs 30 - 32 or ≥ 33 years) and self - identified race / ethnicity, which students reported from a list of options on the GQ (categorized as white vs Asian / Pacific Islander; other or unknown race / ethnicity; or racial / ethnic groups considered underrepresented minorities in medicine relative to their numbers in the general population, including black, Hispanic, and American Indian / Alaska Native).

In this work some of the large number of PhD students and postdocs of Professor Sir Peter Knight FRS present short reminiscences of scientific life and the time they have spent in the Theoretical Quantum Optics group at Imperial College that Peter had founded.

Marist is partnering with the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies to host a pilot project aimed at increasing the number of local high school students from underrepresented groups entering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers.

Amidst a harsh political climate and a shrinking number of students entering the field, Dr. Pizzorno and a group of dedicated graduates from NCMN founded Bastyr University in hopes of revitalizing the field with an emphasis on a science based approach.

Although the decrease in pain was statistically comparable between the two groups, in terms of raw numbers, far fewer yoga students reported pain after the classes, with the biggest reductions occurring for the head, neck / shoulders and back / trunk.

If you are a Christian single (whether a divorced single parent or never married college student) who has attended a number of Christian singles groups, you probably already know what I'm talking about.

There is not yet a sufficient number of charter school students in grades 9 through 12 for us to report achievement effects for this group.

Our numbers have grown, and a new group of students will take on the challenge of finishing up the house come September.

After being introduced to conjectures (simple unproven statements about patterns in numbers or shapes), a group of second grade students devised their own «conjecture» signal: they place a fist, which represents an imaginary light bulb, on top of their heads to indicate that they have a conjecture to share.

The report from the coalition of 15 business groups calls the decline in the number of U.S. students pursuing higher education in those subjects «a national problem that demands national leadership.»

The upcoming EPE Research Center report examines a number of key issues facing students with disabilities ranging from the demographics of the population, educational settings, overrepresentation of certain student groups, achievement, high school completion, and transitions to adulthood.

At the end of the powerpoint is a group activity where students have to solve the equations and spot the pattern in the numbers they find.

Some students who have used these array sheets, circle the groups with colored markers, and then write the matching number sentences near the bottom of the page, in the same colors.

For instance, the 2013 report by the Australian Industry Group «Lifting our Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Skills» states that the number of students enrolled in a mathematics major in Australian universities declined by 15 % between 2001 and 2007, whilst in ICT, it is even worse, with a 53 % decline in commencements between 2001 and 2011.

At the same time, students in both groups have access to a large number of public charter schools.

Affordable Primary Tuition recruits university students and recent graduates, and trains them to offer one - on - one and small - group tuition in schools serving large numbers of disadvantaged pupils.

When evaluating the photos taken of the different aspects of the learning environments and the tasks in which students were engaged, teachers identified a number of significant changes, such as: students working on a greater range of products, a greater level of student self - direction and increased collaboration across different classes and year groups.

In the two schools that had reopened, the Ed School students provided administrative and academic support in a number of areas, including in - classroom support through reading groups, one - on - one tutoring, and substitute teaching; organization and distribution of school uniforms; help to renew the libraries; and organization of after school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess clubs.

Universities are able to accept as many students as they want for the first time this year, and it is expected that Russell Group universities will accept a record number of pupils through clearing.

(3 groups, the same as the number in the denominator position) Have students divide their 6 pieces of popcorn into three equal groups.

I know that an increasing number of schools now have student advisory periods, a time when a group of students meet with a teacher for advisory help.

Schools must report all results by subgroup, but if the number of students in a group won't produce statistically reliable results, the state need not identify the school as not making AYP based on the subgroup results.