Sentences with phrase «of kids tested»

The elimination of all dairy products was found to cure constipation in up to 100 % of kids tested, leading to a resolution of rectal inflammation and complications such as anal fissures.

But what we see in many of the kids we test or tutor is motivational patterns that are at the extremes of one, an obsessive drive to succeed and two, seeing little point in working hard.

Not exact matches

By 2007, he had observed kids teaching themselves to e-mail and play games so often that he wanted to test the capability of what appeared to be a self - organizing learning system.

Scientists and educators have long noted that kids who have a positive attitude towards math do better in the subject, but is that just because acing tests naturally makes you enjoy something, or does the arrow of causation point the other way?

You might have heard of a famous experiment using marshmallows to test kids» willpower.

Lower average test scores might not be a problem if you can find out that kids are rapidly improving over time, making that cute house in the cheaper part of town not only good for your wallet, but good for your child's education too.

You might have heard of the self - control test that Angela has given kids she's studied.

Test pictures of kids.

And then we test them in front of kids and bring in groups of teachers on every single 40 - minute class we prepare.

To come to their findings the research team asked 78 kids aged nine to eleven to list as many uses as they could think of for common household items like a tin can or newspaper (a standard test of creativity in psychological research).

During testing, I created an account for my kids on the Nexus 9 and Nexus 6 with access only to Netflix, PBS Kids, and handful of gakids on the Nexus 9 and Nexus 6 with access only to Netflix, PBS Kids, and handful of gaKids, and handful of games.

So we set up a project with a bunch of sociology and psychology students, and a test lab where these PhD students could watch kids playing games, and this company would change which games they released based on what our PhD students were seeing.

I had been competitively tracked from middle school to high school to college, and by going straight to law school I knew I would be competing at the same kinds of tests I'd been taking ever since I was a kid, but I could tell everyone that I was now doing it for the sake of becoming a professional adult.

One example that I read about, Stanford University, a teacher in artificial intelligence offered a class, a couple of hundred kids in the class, he offered it online to 30,000 people, or 20,000 people, and if I remember correctly when he gave the test there were 400 people, or something like that, that did better than the number one kid at Stanford.

Former New York City Board of Education chancellor Rudy Crew, worried that the Internet age was passing by too many kids in his urban districts, provided the B - schoolers with three beta - test schools and agreed to join the duo's previously nonexistent board of advisers.

It found that children of American homeowners scored no better on math and reading tests than renters» kids, nor did they have lower high - school dropout rates.

Sarah and Matt also discuss a new white paper on the effects of redshirting in kindergarten (delaying a kid's start by a year), which suggest that being old for one's grade may result in higher test scores, increased college attendance, and reduced likelihood of incarceration for juvenile crime.

Fest said she's heard that many parents are spending hundreds to thousands of dollars on private tutoring for their kids to take the test this year, when the curriculum is fresh in their minds.

Sometimes your carburetor goes bust or your kid decides to test the water resistance of your laptop.

The hypothesis could be tested by examining epigenetic marks in parents of kids with gay versus straight offspring, Rice said.

But the fact that they have to do so — and that getting in requires that kids run an unspeakable gantlet of tests, teams, and internships — only shows how little class in the proper sense is worth these days.

He called you by your last name (a practice I use to this day), he had a way of instilling fear into kids who would goof - off and cause distractions in other classes (a practice I was very much unable to duplicate during my one - year stint as an 8th - grade English teacher), and you had to run the gauntlet of sentence - diagramming grammar, which advanced to a pretty complex level, before the more «cool - teacher» aspects of Mr. Pacilio were unveiled — and even then, the tests on those rock songs were no joke!

You might not be aware, but the educational system teaches kids to think for themselves, ask questions, scrutinize the validity of an explanation or an authority figure, and use inductive and deductive reasoning as a part of a process to ask questions, analyze and test a hypothesis.

Maybe we need to rethink the voucher system so that we can send our tax dollars to schools whose administrators prove their worthiness through test results of the kids.

I kid, but man, this was a dinner to pass the test of all dinners.

When I was a kid I went to the kind of elementary school where there was no homework, no tests, no report cards, no grades (are you still with me?)

A good friend of mine told me about a snack that her kids loved and I thought I just had to go home and test it out on my kids.

Extras: There's a section of fun videos such as taste tests, back to school meal ideas (perfect if you have kids) and there's even a discussion section where Candice and James talk about a range of topics.

I got the idea of using sauerkraut in a cheese dip from Kid Tested Firefighter Approved (it's a cashew cheese!)

These vegan brownies took at least thirty rounds of serious test - kitchen madness (not kidding!).

The real test / I served them up to the kids without telling them they were made of Cream cheese and Eggs, (they never would have ate them) They were «ummming» and went back for seconds!

Follow the link for short review of the Vita Coco Kids flavoured coconut water in March edition of Tried & Tested.

And, as always, my kids are always the real test of any recipe's success or failure... and they ALL loved these waffles!

I'm thrilled it's part of our home collection and can't wait to put some of these recipes to the test with my own kids.»

Carla Lalli Music talks about the Feast of the Seven Fishes — both the rather complicated menu her family has been making every year since she was a kid, and the pared down version we developed here in the BA test kitchen.

Our kids have always been fan's of Amy's pizza from the freezer section (their favorite even has broccoli on it), so this was a perfect way to test out a similar style pizza and see how they would react.

Nevertheless, breakfast is the most important part of the day, and kids who eat breakfast generally test higher and have better daily attendance / class participation.

As a mom of 2 who typically frown at eating anything green I was excited to check out Dreena Burton's Plant - Powered Families with over 100 kid - tested, whole foods vegan recipes.

the true test of the scouting ability of the service, rather than a regurgitation of who the best programs in the country are looking at, is to find a kid who is pretty highly ranked but does not have other obvious signals such as major programs recruiting him or elite camp type invites.

The author, Iowa State psychology professor Brad Bushman, says that slam - bang programming like Karate Kid III, clips of which he screened for 200 test subjects, makes viewers so angry that they have trouble paying attention to ads.

It has certainly given our kids and reserves a chance to gain valuable experience in front of big crowds, and a massive 50,000 welcome in the Stadion Rajko Mitić made it a real test of nerves.

While the drug tests were the most difficult part of Williams's rocky road to the NBA, his resume should begin with a warning: Kids, don't try this at home.

Some of these tests were the standardized tests that the states or districts re-use each year, and the teachers were worried about kids cheating — sharing questions and answers with next year's students.

Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed, talks about shifting the focus from IQ and test scores to traits of perseverance, curiosity, and grit for long term success in kids.

As long as I ace my tests and get into one of the schools that rich kids go to, I'll be happy.

Both of my kids have found the vomit pile first, and they have both taste tested said vomit... ONCE.

As Dr. Robert Cantu explains in his 2012 book, Concussions and Our Kids, [15] it «takes more than one type of test to compile a comprehensive baseline,» because neurocognitive tests measure the thinking and reasoning parts of the brain (medial temporal lobe and front lobe), but concussions «also may cause trauma to the calcarine cortex, which is in the back of the brain and controls vision, and the cerebellum, at the top of the neck, where balance and coordination are measured.

When I first read the title of the article, Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids» bodies, I had a feeling I knew where it was going, but the results were pretty alarming nonetheless.

When I explain that teaching kids to overvalue external measures of success short - circuits their development as self - regulating individuals — the true foundation of a productive life — a shocking number of parents respond that you can't undo bad grades and low test scores, but you can always catch up on the emotional stuff later — a tragic misapprehension.

They strive for equity and not out of control competition and end up with kids who do much better on international testing.