This will be aided by longitudinal analysis of associations between parenting measures used in this study and child health outcomes added in future sweeps, including more
objective measures such as BMI and hospital admissions.
Objective measures such as patient survival and safety data, adequacy of nurse staffing and other data largely determined the rankings in most specialties.
A commonly used measure is a student's «self - concept,» how a student perceives her abilities relative to
an objective measure such as achievement.
Not exact matches
Depending on the scope and purpose of the research, happiness is often
measured using
objective indicators (data on crime, income, civic engagement and health) and subjective methods,
such as asking people how frequently they experience positive and negative emotions.
In science,
such an utter failure on one's predictive track record is a fair and
objective measure of the falsification of one's hypotheses.
Under the Bonus Plan, our compensation committee, in its sole discretion, determines the performance goals applicable to awards, which goals may include, without limitation: attainment of research and development milestones, sales bookings, business divestitures and acquisitions, cash flow, cash position, earnings (which may include any calculation of earnings, including but not limited to earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and net earnings), earnings per share, net income, net profit, net sales, operating cash flow, operating expenses, operating income, operating margin, overhead or other expense reduction, product defect
measures, product release timelines, productivity, profit, return on assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on investment, return on sales, revenue, revenue growth, sales results, sales growth, stock price, time to market, total stockholder return, working capital, and individual
objectives such as MBOs, peer reviews, or other subjective or
objective criteria.
Unlike traditional index strategies that typically weight companies based on market capitalization,
such as the S&P 500 Index, Fundamental Index strategies use
objective financial
measures based on company size.
Moreover, the
measures are focused on long - term
objectives,
such as building infrastructure, that in most cases won't have a real near - term economic impact.
Because any normative account of human nature, or natural law, would be inherently dangerous:
Such knowledge sets out to guide, and thus delimit, our choices according to
objective measures.
It does not
measure other critical brain functions that can be adversely affected by head trauma,
such as balance and vision, which is why expert groups [1] recommend a «multifaceted approach to concussion management that emphasizes the use of
objective assessment tools aimed at capturing the spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and physical deficits... that are more sensitive to the injury than using any one component alone.»
Strengths of this study, Dr. Li noted, included that researchers used an
objective measuring device and studied a short - term outcome (miscarriage) rather than one that will occur years or decades later,
such as cancer or autoimmune diseases.
These papers add to a growing body of information suggesting that widely used «
objective» admissions
measures,
such as GRE test scores and GPA, are exactly the wrong way to go about picking future contributors to scientific progress.
There maybe a simple
objective way of assessing whether human impacts qualify as new era or epoch: By
measuring the volume of crust material disturbance caused by humans in comparison to recognized geological events,
such as the K - T boundary impact.
«Using a biomarker of heavy alcohol consumption
such as PEth along with self - reporting could provide an
objective measure for use in research, screening and treatment of hazardous alcohol use among young adults,» she said.
The impact of poetic language has so far been
measured primarily based on
objective criteria
such as verse and rhythm.
The study, which published today in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, is the first to link psoriasis severity to an increased risk of death using an
objective measure of disease severity — called Body Surface Area (BSA)-- rather than treatment patterns,
such as whether or not a patient was receiving oral, injectable or phototherapy treatment for the condition.
Because of poor correlation between self - reports of cognitive fatigue and tests of cognitive performance, scientists are looking at more
objective measures,
such as correlations with neuroimaging findings.
Neurological disorders
such as Parkinson's disease, where there are no
objective measures of disease progression, is another area where in silico medicine could be used in a trial setting to test the effectiveness of new treatments.
Objective measures of training stress
such as heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and blood biomarkers definitely have their place.
All told, this research points to the need for additional studies that examine how yoga may influence depression and whether alterations of biomarkers
such as HRV can be used as an
objective, physiological
measure of a yoga intervention's success in reducing depressive symptoms.
««
Objective»
measures of achievement
such as NAPLAN scores and «subjective»
measures or perceptions of their achievement were both strong predictors of kids» interests.
Imagine if you started to create online courses without knowing who your audience is, what
objectives you wanted to achieve, how you would
measure the course effectiveness, how you would market it and other details
such as which videos, and images, and colors, and fonts will be used.
Objectives covered:
Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m / cm / mm); mass (kg / g); volume / capacity (l / ml)
Measure the perimeter of simple 2 - D shapes Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both # and p in practical contexts Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12 - hour and 24 - hour clocks Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary
such as o'clock, am / pm, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year Compare durations of events [for example, to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks]
Adding to their misery, urban schools received even worse ratings on a couple of Ohio's other proficiency - based
measures,
such as its indicators met and annual measureable
objectives components.
Faced with these challenges, the administration has relaxed its aggressive timetables for states to begin evaluating all teachers based on
objective measures of student learning,
such as standardized test scores.
However, with so much time and effort undertaken at the state level in the implementation of accountability
measures such as Student Learning
Objective (SLOs), prescribed teaching standard frameworks or rubrics, and student achievement data, I can not imagine a scenario in which states would abandon their new methods for grading teachers.
NCTQ also found that 30 states now require that teacher evaluations include
objective evidence of student learning, a reversal from 2009, when 35 states did not require teacher evaluations to include any
such measure.
Under the ruling, those
measures can take a variety of forms, from simple —
such as using a schoolwide gauge of academic achievement — to complex: «student learning
objectives,» or SLOs, that are set individually by each teacher.
States are also looking to more personalized and school - appropriate
measures for determining teacher impact on student learning and vesting teachers more directly in monitoring student progress through approaches
such as student - achievement goal setting, student - learning
objectives, student - learning targets, teacher goal setting, and unit work samples.
As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related,
objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of
such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate
measures».
However, the law requires districts to include certain practices,
such as relying on multiple
objective measures in placement decisions, using student performance data to ensure equity and efficacy, and ensuring the consistency of placement policies between elementary and high school districts.
The drawback of
objective measures,
such as test scores, is that they may be biased against students who are not good test takers, as well as against low - income and / or minority students, who tend to have lower scores that do not reflect actual knowledge or predict future success (Steele 1997; Rothstein 2004; Hoffman and Lowitzki 2005; Madaus and Clarke 2001).
Under teacher evaluation reforms, as of 2015, all but eight states have committed to using an
objective measure of student achievement —
such as performance on standardized assessments — as a part of teacher and principal evaluation systems.40 However, given the challenges of fairly incorporating student test performance in evaluations, all states and districts engaged in these reforms must account for factors like the variation in student background and other external influences on performance.
Nonetheless, there is substantial evidence to the contrary, especially from research in which organizational effectiveness is defined as the organization «s bottom line (some
measure of productivity) and assessed using
objective indicators,
such as student test scores.
From districts
such as Washington, DC to most charter schools, human capital management based on the quality of the individual's capabilities, knowledge and aptitude for the profession does result in better
objective measures of school success.
But
such objective measures barely begin to describe their performance: The engine responds with sparkling spontaneity and agility.
Objective: To identify companies whose market price is low relative to value
measures based upon factors
such as sales, earnings, dividends, cash flow or assets.
Unlike traditional index strategies that typically weight companies based on market capitalization,
such as the S&P 500 Index, Fundamental Index strategies use
objective financial
measures based on company size.
Parties shall pursue domestic mitigation
measures with the aim of achieving the
objectives of
such contributions.»
I suggest that in science, one's predictive record is perhaps the ONLY
objective measure of one's competence, and as
such, the IPCC has completely failed.
There is obviously no substantial attempt to select the best in the field to contribute, as there is no
objective measure of
such expertise.
[a] tax
measure such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which is, according to the referring court's description of its history and purpose, intended to prevent excessive capital flow towards the Netherlands Antilles and to counter the appeal of that OCT as a tax haven, comes under the tax carve - out clause cited above and remains, consequently, outside the scope of application of Article 47 (1) of the [Seventh] OCT Decision, provided it pursues that
objective in an effective and proportionate manner, which is a matter for the referring court to assess.
Such an
objective tool is required, since it would be difficult to accept if every State
measure, even in times of crisis, automatically resulted in an advantage for the undertaking concerned.
Future additions to Phase 1 may include additional
objective measures,
such as the number of project managers, legal solutions architects, technologists, data scientists, and other professionals a law firm identifies on its website and whether the law firm has a chief innovation officer or a person in a similar role.
Carousel fraud is most commonly effected using small, portable high value goods
such as mobile telephones, and owes its existence to one of the core principles of the EU — the abolition of tax duties between member states, an
objective of the Sixth Council Directive of 17 May 1977 (77 / 388 / EEC), which acknowledged that member states should be able to take limited special
measures derogating from the Directive to avoid fraud.
It is easier to answer with more
objective measures,
such as success in having recommendations adopted by the government, than with
measures such as contributing to or even shifting the tone of the debate around a particular legal or legal / social issue.
Comparatively little attention has been paid to overcoming the biases that psychologists have identified, except insofar as this might serve the national security
objective of discouraging extremism through the introduction of
measures to combat effects
such as confirmation bias.15 It is still possible to envisage behavioral science playing a part in the great social experiment of providing the kind of public education that nurtures the critical faculties of everyone in our society.
However, the law specifically allows employers to continue asking about
objective measures of an applicant's productivity,
such as revenue or sales generated, which should make this change in the law more palatable to employers hiring salespersons.
Precision Inspector Resume
Objective 1: Looking for position of a precision inspector where I am able to use my experience and knowledge to analyze and interpret blueprints, sample data and other
such materials to
measure the specification and give the required feedback.
Observed and assessed student performance and kept thorough records of progress.Implemented a variety of teaching methods
such as lectures, discussions and demonstrations.Established clear
objectives for all lessons, units and projects.Encouraged students to persevere with challenging tasks.Set and communicated ground rules for the classroom based on respect and personal responsibility.Identified early signs of emotional, developmental and health problems in students and followed up with the teacher.Tutored children individually and in small groups to help them with difficult subjects.Taught after - school and summer enrichment programs.Established positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers and school administrators.Mentored and counseled students with adjustment and academic problems.Delegated tasks to teacher assistants and volunteers.Took appropriate disciplinary
measures when students misbehaved.Improved students» reading levels through guided reading groups and whole group instruction.Used children's literature to teach and reinforce reading, writing, grammar and phonics.Enhanced reading skills through the use of children's literature, reader's theater and story time.Differentiated instruction according to student ability and skill level.Taught students to exercise problem solving methodology and techniques during tests.Taught students in various stages of cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional development.Encouraged students to explore issues in their lives and in the world around them.Employed a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction textual materials to encourage students to read independently.