Sentences with phrase «of good study habits»

Like others with similar findings, Bowen and colleagues speculate that, beyond measuring content mastery, grades «reveal qualities of motivation and perseverance — as well as the presence of good study habits and time management skills» and «often reflect the ability to accept criticism and benefit from it and the capacity to take a reasonably good piece of one's work and reject it as not good enough» (p. 124).

What that demographic tends to seek for its children's education — besides the universal desiderata of «a solid core curriculum... an emphasis on... STEM education, and the development in students of good study habits, strong critical thinking skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills» — is schools that «offer vocational classes or job - related programs.»

Its major finding was that most parents actually want pretty much the same things from their schools: a solid core curriculum in reading and math, an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, and the development in students of good study habits, strong critical thinking skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Not exact matches

The study sampled both parents of high school students intending to go to college, as well as the students themselves, to determine overall outlook on college expenses, money - saving habits, and life after college in today's workforce.

Bill Gates is the father of this trend with his long - standing and well publicized habit of taking two «Think Weeks» for deep study and reflection each year.

According to Nataly Kogan, author of Happier Now: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Everyday Moments, «There are more than 11,000 different studies that have shown that if there is one habit that we can all adopt to improve our physical and emotional well - being, it's the practice of gratitude.»

-LSB-...] I learned from my five - year Rich Habits Study of people at both ends of the income spectrum, good habits are like snowflakes on the mountainside.

A new study in Pediatrics found that pizza was the 2nd highest source of calories for ages 2 - 18.1 These numbers were for 2003 - 2010 but I don't think our pizza eating habit changed much for the better since then.

«Lot of film study and good practice habits.

If what we think may be the lifelong benefits for babies of being BLW'd (better eating habits, less risk of obesity etc.) are to be proven — or even disproven — by research, then studies need to define clearly and unambiguously what «true» BLW is.

Good nutrition may not be the first thought that pops into people's minds when they think of gentle parenting, but studies have shown that many behavior issues and sleep problems have their root in unhealthy eating habits, nutrient - poor diets, and food additives (dyes, preservatives, etc.).

There are many reasons for teens to underperform at school, including a lack of motivation to do well, problems at home or with peers, poor work habits or study skills, emotional and behavior problems, learning disabilities (such as dyslexia), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mental retardation or below average intelligence and other medical problems, including anxiety and depression.

Since the 2012 - 13 school year (SY), districts nationwide have raised the nutritional quality of their offerings across these venues to better support children's health, readiness to learn, and lifelong eating habits.1 Multiple studies show significant progress toward these goals: Kids are selecting more nutritious meals and eating more fruits and vegetables.2 (See Figure 1.)

The study questioned women about their breastfeeding habits as well as the number of children they had in their childbearing years.

A study comparing the sleep habits of good sleepers and poor sleepers noted the people with worse - quality sleep spent more time on their backs than the good sleepers (Sleep positions in the young adult and their relationship with the subjective quality of sleep.

Then there are the foreign students — all those young Chinese and Koreans studying at Central St Martin's University of the Arts in King's Cross, the European students on Erasmus exchange programmes around the country (doubly bad no doubt in Mr Farage's eyes since it's an EU scheme, that also sends Britons to the Continent, where they might too pick up the habit of speaking these foreign languages), the students from the Indian sub-continent studying engineering and computer science, students from around the globe trying to acquire or improve their grasp of the English language that can be their passport to a good job wherever in the globe they come from.

In a University of California, Riverside meta - analysis of 20 published studies, conscientious people were more likely to live longer, which makes sense: If you're good at keeping promises and showing up on time, you'll probably be good at sticking to healthy diet and lifestyle habits.

A well - intentioned government regulation designed to offer healthier options in school vending machines has failed to instill better snacking habits in a sample of schools in Appalachian Virginia, according to a study by Virginia Tech researchers.

Traditional first - line checks of such heart disease risk factors as cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking habits aren't nearly good enough to identify cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy, young firefighters, according to results of a small Johns Hopkins study.

Television watching, for example, turns out to be a better predictor of bad eating habits than does parental weight, race and income, and a child's gender and ethnicity — together — according to a study by Harrison and her team.

«I'm hoping that there will be funding for a large - scale longitudinal study of gun violence, one that includes good measures of media habits as well as various family, community, and biological factors.»

But these bad habits might actually good for something: Kids who sucked their thumbs or chewed their nails had lower rates of allergic reactions in lab tests, a new study finds.

Future studies should take prior - drinking habits and other health conditions into account, the review concludes, so that researchers can better determine the true effects of alcohol on heart disease and other health risks.

«College is a critical time for people to create good or not good eating habits,» says the lead researcher of the Eating Behaviors study, Sherrie Delinsky, PhD, a psychologist and eating disorders expert at McLean Hospital, in Belmont, Mass..

The new study reinforces the idea that habits that are good for the body are also good for the brain, says Merrill — and that they seem to have an impact on abnormal protein buildup «for years, if not decades, prior to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.»

As a health author, blogger, and Nutritionist, I observe people's eating habits all the time... and I still constantly see well - intentioned, but misinformed people choosing egg whites instead of whole eggs, even though studies show that the «fatty» yolks contain almost all of the anti-aging benefits, heart - health benefits, and 90 % of the valuable antioxidants and vitamins / minerals in an egg, whereas the whites contain very little nutrition at all.

24 Hour Fitness and the University of Pennsylvania's Behavior Change for Good Initiative (BCFG) announced a «game - changing» science - based partnership and research study to explore what really motivates gym - goers with the goal of creating lasting habits.

She practiced medicine in Hawaii for a decade, where she studied ethnobotany, as well as the culinary habits of her healthiest patients.

There are confounding variables though that are hard to decipher in mixed group research or surveys of people's drinking habits... for one, it's rarely studied as to whether hard liquor drinkers would actually fare as well as somebody that ONLY drank wine or beer, each of which have their own unique antioxidants that are usually missing in hard alcohol.

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In her best - selling book, 8 Steps to a Pain - Free Back, Esther Gokhale studied the movement habits of native peoples around the world and developed a series of exercises to relearn healthy human posture.

Here are five facts about online dating: Online dating has lost much of its stigma, and a majority of Americans now say online dating is a good way to meet people.When we first studied online dating habits in 2005, most Americans had little exposure to online dating or to the people who used it, and they tended to view it as a subpar way of meeting people.Creating online dating profiles helps consumers carefully consider potential matches.

Zoosk has also come out with a study about the habits and preferences of online daters, so we can get a better picture of what singles are looking for.

Woodley's quite good in this too, but the film doesn't ask as much of her as I would like; she mostly becomes a case study for Sutter's effect on people that are close to him, as she is both charmed by his charisma but led into a habit of regular drinking.

Your learners probably think revision is the last stage of a study programme before exams — this resource will challenge that notion by encouraging them to build in small scale revision activities every week from the start of an academic year and embed good revision habits as part of a continuous study plan.

Online learning is particularly apt for this task as it allows learners to study at their own pace, and from wherever they happen to be, 2 features that fit very well with the demanding schedules and the «road warrior» work habits of executives dealing with global supply chains.

Almost half of university students (47 %) predict they would achieve better grades if their lecturers were able to track their study habits and progress throughout the academic year, according to new research.

With this book, you and your staff will learn: approaches to help poor readers develop good reading habits; ways to increase student interest in reading for pleasure; how to effectively incorporate reading into subject areas such as social studies, science, and math; examples of what works according to school personnel in regard to reading instruction; and how to motivate students to become engaged readers.

Research conducted by Marcus Crede suggests that grit is barely distinct from other personality traits and that standardized test scores, attendance, and study habits are much better predictors of long - term success than grit.

Promotes good study habits and student independence for the purpose of improving the quality of student outcomes.

To determine the effectiveness of the resources and approach to developing preservice teachers» knowledge of students and content as well as their habits of mind in using the resources, the study included quantitative and qualitative data.

Studies of students who attend high - quality programs for a significant period of time show improvements in academic performance and social competence, including better grades, improved homework completion, higher scores on achievement tests, lower levels of grade retention, improved behavior in school, increased competence and sense of self as a learner, better work habits, fewer absences from school, better emotional adjustment and relationships with parents, and a greater sense of belonging in the community.

Learning good study habits and self - discipline also... the overall ranking of preferences was fairly consistent across income brackets».

Students recognized the importance of motivation, good study habits, a balance between school and work, involvement in school life, being organized, and simply putting forth the effort to succeed.

For this infographic, the company studied the DNA of a successful book as well as the reading habits of men and women, and found that women are 50 % more likely to finish a book than men.

Studies have demonstrated over and over the importance of introducing children to literacy as early as possible, as well as the benefits of establishing a daily reading habit.

But there's a long way to go yet to provide real help to the majority of grads, a new study shows.A survey by OppLoans of 500 college graduates revealed that most consumers struggle to maintain good financial habits after graduation.

The habit of learning every day through chart studies, back testing price patterns, interacting with experienced traders, and reading great trading material is one of the very best habits a new trader can develop.

This presentation explains why all investors should study Warren Buffett: What unique gifts of birth, well - developed character traits and habits have enabled him to become one of the world's most successful investor and most admired chief executive?

Obviously more studies are needed specifically on dogs so that there is a better understanding of which probiotics might be more appropriate for which condition, habits, and dietary concerns.