Sentences with phrase «observable characteristics of»

If the benefits of marriage for children can be explained by other observable characteristics of the family, and especially money or parenting behavior, then policy may be more successful if focused on those pathways.

This framework draws attention to the unique, observable characteristics of successful pathways classrooms.

By balanced, we mean that we can not reject the hypothesis that there are no differences in the observable characteristics of lotteried - in and lotteried - out students.

In addition, the variance of our value - added measure is significantly higher within higher - poverty schools than in lower - poverty schools, even after we control for the experience level and other observable characteristics of teachers within each school, which supports the second prediction.

In a new paper published this week in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, first author Miguel del Campo, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues in Brazil and Spain, describe the phenotypic spectrum or set of observable characteristics of congenital Zika (ZIKV) syndrome, based upon clinical evaluations and neuroimaging of 83 Brazilian children with presumed or confirmed ZIKV congenital infections.

But, he adds, «I think by far the interpretation most consistent with observable characteristics of the moons aside from their orbits --[their] density, spectral properties, [dark color]-- would be that they're captured asteroids.»

If the benefits of marriage for children can be explained by other observable characteristics of the family, and especially money or parenting behavior, then policy may be more successful if focused on those pathways.

If we grow out these seeds, the observable characteristics of the resulting pods will be near identical (for the sake of argument, let's say we get lucky and our cross is orange with purple spots, is Jalapeno shaped and has the heat and flavour of a Habanero — in reality this will never happen.

Phenotypic approaches screen for the effects of small molecules on an observable characteristic of an animal, tissue or cell model, typically without a priori knowledge of the target.

Not exact matches

Moreover, instead of passively mimicking their peers (irrational herding), lenders engage in active observational learning (rational herding); they infer the creditworthiness of borrowers by observing peer lending decisions, and use publicly observable borrower characteristics to moderate their inferences.

If there is any characteristic clearly observable in the progress of Nature towards higher consciousness, it is that this is achieved by increasing differentiation, which in itself causes ever stronger individualities to emerge.

If they mean only that evolution of a sort has been known to occur, and that natural selection has observable effects upon the distribution of characteristics in a population, then there really is nothing to dispute.

The relationship is non-linear because phenotype, or set of observable characteristics, is determined by a complex interplay between an organism's genes — tens of thousands of them, all influencing one another's behaviour — and its environment.

They have control of the observable large - scale features which the organism acquires in the course of its development; they determine important characteristics of its functioning; and in all this, very sharp and very strict biological laws are displayed.»

The matching of human and rodent phenotypes — observable characteristics — to find human mutations was a novel idea among hair researchers.

In summary, Hispanic award probability differentials were explained by variables added in Models 4 and 5, but none of the observable characteristics in Models 1 to 5 fully explained the differential for Asians or blacks.

Experiments in germ - free mice showed that one gut bacterium in particular, Christensenella minuta, can influence the phenotype — the composite of observable characteristics or traits — of the host.

Therefore, we need to rely on global observable characteristics to estimate the star - formation rate of galaxies located far away.

These relations provide a direct link between observables, i.e. effective temperature and characteristics of the oscillation spectra, and stellar properties, i.e. mean density and surface gravity (thus mass and radius).

Phenotype an observable characteristic or trait of a cell or organism determined by the interaction of the genetic make - up or genotype and the environmental influences.

Semiparametric lower bound estimates of the variance in teacher quality based entirely on within - school heterogeneity indicate that teachers have powerful effects on reading and mathematics achievement, though little of the variation in teacher quality is explained by observable characteristics such as education or experience.

The significance of the coefficients on the private - and district - school indicators allows us to test whether there is a statistically significant difference between charter - school parents and parents from either of the other sectors, after adjusting for differences in the observable background characteristics of the parents they serve.

A comparison of observable teacher characteristics across schools provides some support for the first prediction.

To eliminate the effects of any chance differences in performance caused by other observable characteristics, our analysis takes into account students» age, gender, race, and eligibility for the free lunch program; whether they had been assigned to a small class; and whether they were assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004).

Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on / off position of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

Since the three groups of schools are similar in their observable characteristics, such as the student body's ethnic makeup, and most likely in other characteristics as well, the only major difference between the always - D schools and the other two groups is the competition they face from vouchers.

The results are quite surprising: after adjusting the data for the effects of only a few observable characteristics, the black - white test - score gap in math and reading for students entering kindergarten essentially disappeared.

If black students in the sample continue to lose ground through 9th grade at the rate experienced in the first two years of school, they will lag behind white students on average by a full standard deviation in raw math and reading scores and by more than two - thirds of a standard deviation in math even after controlling for observable characteristics (the gap would be substantially smaller in reading).

Even if two children appear similar in terms of all observable characteristics, it is nearly certain that the retained child differs in some important way from the child who was promoted, and it is likely that this difference will influence each child's long - term outcomes.

[28] But when employers are prohibited from asking about prior convictions on a job application, they may illegally attempt to use other observable characteristics — such as race, gender, and age — to infer an applicant's likelihood of having a criminal history.

• Only eight percent of students in the cities were enrolled in schools that «beat the odds» by outperforming schools with similar observable characteristics elsewhere in the state.

after adjusting the data for the effects of only a few observable characteristics, the black - white test - score gap in math and reading for students entering kindergarten essentially disappeared.

Estimating the effect of individual teachers» grading standards on their students» achievement gains assumes that these standards remain relatively consistent over time, that they are not unduly influenced by the composition of their class, and that they are not a reflection of some other observable characteristic that might account for any effects we observe.

Among new hires, observable teacher and job characteristics explain little of the pension decision, but there is some evidence that more effective teachers are more likely to enroll in the hybrid pension plan.

Rubric Design Each of the characteristics of the School ADvance Administrator Evaluation Framework is supported by a set of descriptors that correspond to that characteristic in ways that are observable and / or documentable.

We also find that little of the changes in teacher effectiveness estimates within teachers can be explained by observable characteristics.

[1] Teacher observations conducted by principals that occur once or twice a year and consist of rating teachers on observable behaviors and characteristics have not proved valid.

Second, we identify substantial heterogeneity in the persistence of English Language Arts (ELA) teachers» effects across observable student, teacher, and school characteristics.

Observatory definition means that you expand the definition of the subject defined the way you observe it, from the point of view of senses and observable characteristic features of the subject.

It is also in their conduct of religion and art that local characteristics, which vary from region to region in Bali, are very cleany observable as well.

... while social indicators report on observable population characteristics, they reveal nothing about more behavioural population attributes such as individual and community priorities and aspirations for enhancing quality of life — indeed the whole question of what this might mean and how it might be measured in an Aboriginal domain is only just beginning to be addressed.

At the start of the study, students in the PROSPER and control groups were highly similar in their observable characteristics (e.g., demographics, and rates of substance use).

At the start of the study, the TFCO group and control group were highly similar in their observable characteristics (e.g., demographics, past delinquent behavior, pregnancy history).

At the start of the study, there were no statistically significant differences between the Triple P and control group counties in observable characteristics (e.g., child maltreatment rates over the prior five years, poverty rates, racial composition).