Sentences with phrase «object of learning»

In a learning study (Cheng and Lo 2013; Marton 2015; Marton and Pang 2006; Lo 2012), a team of teachers systematically plan, enact, analyze and revise a lesson in order to help the students to learn the intended object of learning.

Theoretical concepts like the object of learning and its critical aspects can help educators to focus on the ability to be learned, and on what students need to learn in order to do so.

In L1, the object of learning entailed primarily the method and procedure for solving, by finding answers to equations with one unknown.

Our analysis shows that the enacted object of learning, and thereby what was made possible to learn in the lesson, had changed.

Following the example of phenomenology, cognitive sciences and education science, reintroduce the body in the teachings and apply in understanding the interactions between the learner and the object of his learning.

Hyper - individualization does precisely what the emerging body of research says it does and more: it isolates children, it breeds competition, it assumes that children can learn entirely on their own, and it dehumanizes the learning environment, reducing the human experience of learning down to a mechanistic process, one where children become the objects of learning as opposed to the subjects of their own educational narrative.»

Not exact matches

Programmers have, rather, fed the computer a learning algorithm, exposed it to terabytes of data — hundreds of thousands of images or years» worth of speech samples — to train it, and have then allowed the computer to figure out for itself how to recognize the desired objects, words, or sentences.

In her research, behavioral and learning scientist Marily Oppezzo tested groups of people as they brainstormed creative uses for everyday objects.

Baxter, on the other hand, would have to perform any of a range of tasks with whatever object was placed in front of it, and it would have to learn one of those tasks in just minutes.

This web of associations develops over time as you use an object (think of how experts recommend that you don't use your bed for nearly anything besides sleep so that your body learns to associate the space with rest and begins to unwind as soon as you lie down).

«We use high - performance transactions systems, complex rendering and object caching, workflow and queuing systems, business intelligence and data analytics, machine learning and pattern recognition, neural networks and probabilistic decision making, and a wide variety of other techniques,» founder and CEO Jeff Bezos famously noted in a 2010 letter to shareholders.

I also object to the notion that millennials have a better sensitivity to BS — this is a generation that learns its social policies from celebrities, and has made the likes of Lady Gaga very wealthy.

Once the reader understands that those hyphenated pairs of adjectives name categories in his quirky taxonomy of nonfunctional objects in literature, and once one learns what those categories entail, the going gets easier.

Just as the seed must learn to see beyond the world of the seed, beyond the forms and objects found there, so reason must learn to see beyond its world, beyond its logic, beyond the forms and objects found in it, for its «Other» and Ground.

However, while the learned objected, the people of God, with their inspired sense of right doctrine, continued to promote the doctrine of Mary's singular privilege.

They manage to destroy another Horcrux with Gryffindor's sword, and they become excited again as they begin to learn about a mysterious trio of magical objects called the Deathly Hallows.

Such creatures — who belong both in Narnia and in Aslan's country, and who must simply learn to live with such dual membership — are the object of Christian vision.

The tasks of infancy are first to learn the differentiation of objects; second to master spoken language; and third, to be able to use that language for a classified and enlarged enjoyment of objects (see, AE 31).

The reason children require a number of years to develop mastery of certain basic concepts, according to some child psychologists, is not that they are slow in learning the words — they actually know the words quite early — but that they have to start experiencing the world in a new, more simplified way that corresponds with the classifications suggested by these words.4 For example, young children may know the words spoon, teaspoon, silver, knife, and metal but find it difficult for several years to apply them appropriately to objects in their environment, the reason being partly that these words form multiple and overlapping classifications.

This act allowed each state to establish colleges «where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts.»

We learn to speak of objects or societies with these familiar properties as having mass long before we ever appreciate mass as a physical parameter.

Although this little book (it can be called an occasional address, yet without having the occasion which produces the speaker and gives him authority, or the occasion which produces the reader and makes him eager to learn) is like a fantasy, like a dream by day as it confronts the relationships of actuality: yet it is not without assurance and not without hope of accomplishing its object.

You can not directly learn a language, the components of the language must first be directly correlated to visible concrete objects.

Atomism (which goes all the way back to Democritus, who coined the term atom) assumes that physical reality consists of tiny indestructible parts or atoms, and that by analyzing an object into smaller and smaller parts one can learn all there is to know about it.

In 2012 the lines between the sacred and the profane will get even more blurry: Scientists will religiously maintain their search for the elusive God particle (they won't find it); evangelical sports superhero and Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow will continue to be both an inspiration to the faithful and an object of scorn to skeptics (he will be watching, not playing in, the Super Bowl); at least one well - known religious leader or leading religious politician will be brought down by a sex scandal (let's hope all our leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»?)

In so far as the Truth is conceived as something to be learned, its non-existence is evidently presupposed, so that in proposing to learn it one makes it the object of an inquiry.

I am a passionate Darwinian in explaining why we exist,... but if we lived our lives in a Darwinian way, that would be a very unpleasant society in which to live... One of the reasons for learning about Darwinian evolution is as an object lesson in how not to set up our values and our social lives».

Although technology has evolved, film has become a niche, and time has clouded much of what I learned back then, one thing is still the same: the science of light and the way it wraps around an object, enveloping it with its invisible yet transformative qualities.

We split the shoots into different product types and we'll be showing the results on the blog over the next few weeks, along with tips for photographing different types of objects — from cards, prints and notebooks, to cushions, jewellery and glass — to help other makers pick up practical tips and learn how to get the best results for each product.

October 11: Children ages 3 - 8 can celebrate National Fossil Day by learning how fossils form, making imprints of natural objects, and seeing real fossils up close (Boston)

By doing this, babies learn that an object exists even after it's dropped out of sight and start understanding cause and effect (that an action causes a reaction).

Your toddler will learn the concept of bigger and smaller, and how to organize objects accordingly.

Since this represents the first steps toward learning to talk, I've been looking for simple baby books that associate names with pictures of objects.

As mother held him / her close, the baby's span of gazing enlarges since the baby have already learned to focus on a certain object with both eyes visually.

She is learning the concept of gravity when you pick up her toys or other objects through her dropping.

Besides the physical benefits of being outdoors, for the purpose of physical activity, other valuable learning opportunities may also arise as your children encounter objects in nature or other subjects that captivate their attention.

It is deeply unfortunate that your stories serve as object lessons of the dangers of homebirth, but, in my judgment, the loss is compounded if we refuse to learn from these deaths, if we refuse to acknowledge just how common they are, if we let substandard self - proclaimed «midwives» continue practicing, and if we allow organizations like MANA (the Midwives Alliance of North America) to get away with hiding serial «babyslaugher,» the newborn equivalent of unintentional manslaughter deaths.

Baby can choose one of them at a time and begin to learn how the appearance of an object relates to the way it feels in her hand and how she has to hold it.

Around the age of twelve months, a baby begins to learn that his caregivers have associated specific sounds with objects and people.

It is deeply unfortunate that your story serves as an object lesson of the dangers of homebirth, but, in my judgment, the loss is compounded if we refuse to learn from these deaths, if we refuse to acknowledge just how common they are, and if we let substandard self - proclaimed «midwives» continue practicing.

Learning to touch objects that are a wide variety of textures - wet, slimy, sticky, bumpy, scratchy, etc. - is an important part of healthy sensory development.

Hands on learning: Waldorf system helps children's development, Kids Naturally An article written by Halton Waldorf School As early as infancy, as children suck on fingers and grasp objects of interest, their hands transmit important sensory information to boost brain development.

If there were perfectly acceptable alternatives, such as cuddling my baby, letting her learn to suck her thumb, and so on and so forth, why would I want to give her an object that I would then need to tell her she all of the sudden wasn't allowed to have anymore?

This is the time when your baby has begun to gain control of her eye muscles and is learning to focus on a particular object (you mostly!).

Elana — first — you are doing a good job second — at 9 months your bubba is learning about object permanence — if he fusses when you leave the room — he is developmentally right on track don't worry — it doesn't last — and is actually a good sign — it signals that he is well attached to you — which is highly desirable in terms of raising happy well adjusted children that are willing to explore their world He isn't to young for independent play — It just might be for a little while that it happens while he can see you As he chooses to — allow him to move himself out of your sight (somewhere safe of course) i.e around the edge of a couch, through a door way etc — playing disappearing and reappearing games like peek - a-boo and hiding things under boxes / blankets for him to «find» etc is good too as time goes on — he will learn that things re-appear when they disappear

From the time kids learn to hold objects in their tiny hands, a softball is one of the first toys they can never resist.

By learning that objects are separate and distinct entities and that they have an existence of their own outside of individual perception, children are then able to begin to attach names and words to objects.

We know that sleep is important for babies to grow healthy and strong, but a fascinating new study has found that sleep also has a powerful impact on infants» ability to remember the names of objects, form categories and sort new similar objects into learned groups.

When your baby starts to play more with objects, he begins to learn the significance of cause and effect (if I drop this, mom will pick it up) and problem solving (how do I get this into this?).

But watching and learning to follow slow - moving objects is play for babies in the first weeks of life and a mobile makes a great first toy.