Sentences with phrase «of factual knowledge»

At odds with the low levels of factual knowledge, most respondents reported that they had a «moderate amount» or a «great deal» of understanding about climate change, where polar change has been a major area of interest.

Germany?s medical students spend night after night with their books in order to acquire the huge amount of factual knowledge needed to pass their state exams.

Executing requires the application of factual knowledge and refers to the ability to carry out learned procedures such as solving a long division problem.

Another limitation of schools is that they concern themselves almost exclusively with the development of cognitive skills, or the passing along of factual knowledge and — at best — critical - thinking abilities.

But if you're born elsewhere and wish to be naturalized, we do insist on a minimal baseline of factual knowledge before we confer upon you the title of citizen.

Also, our findings are based on student performance on the TIMSS math and science exams, which are designed to measure mastery of factual knowledge of the curricula that schools expect students to learn.

To develop competence in an area of inquiry, students must (a) have a deep foundation of factual knowledge, (b) understand facts and ideas in the context of a conceptual framework, and © organize knowledge in ways that facilitate retrieval and application.

Cooper listed positive effects of homework done right: better retention of factual knowledge, increased understanding and better critical thinking, among them.

But using online learning games for homework tasks lets students gain the necessary level of factual knowledge and learn procedures that need to be memorised.