Sentences with phrase «on academic research produced»

Much of the work for this project is based on academic research produced in South America concerning industrial working practices in Scandinavia in the 1970s.

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... Without the defined academic productivity and rank requirements of the TTT type (e.g., «publish or perish»), clinician — educator faculty who face ever - increasing clinical demands may put less emphasis on producing measurable academic products, such as publications in peer - reviewed journals or grant - funded research.»

The limiting factor on young scientists» abilities to start academic research careers is thus the number of available faculty positions, which over recent decades has fallen farther and farther behind the number of scientists the system is producing.

In this way, we seek to avoid the two - sided performer - user pitfall that we have observed in earlier and related federal agency endeavors to promote research / knowledge utilization: on the one hand, requiring or inducing academic grantees to torque or overstate their research findings in order to connect to immediate policy issues; on the other hand, creating unrealistic or premature expectations on the part of users that early stage fundamental research will be directly relevant to their immediate needs, leading them to be disappointed or disenchanted when well conceived and implemented academic studies fail to produce such information.

On the research applications front, Dr. Chia Tet Fatt, a young scientist from the Natural Sciences Academic Group at the National Institute of Education, revealed Singapore's very first genetically modified organism (GMO)-- a transgenic resveratrol producing red lettuce for the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular diseases — which was developed by introducing the stilbene synthase gene into a red plant and diverting the precursors into resveratrol synthesis.

Although some research finds that such benefits exist, the available data have not permitted researchers to confirm the causal effects of desegregation on nonacademic benefits for the same reasons that it is difficult to produce convincing findings on academic benefits: the nonrandom sorting of students among school environments and the real possibility that forced busing may produce effects very different from those of living in a racially or socioeconomically mixed community.

The instruction also maintains a sustained focus on producing oral and written language, such as generating extended research projects or essays, and engaging in academic discussion.

Research into the effects of video games on the academic performance of children has produced conflicting findings, with experts disagreeing over the potential benefits.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

The Conversation, an independent academic and research source, produced a study in June 2017 which gives new insight on the role of play in the learning process.

Research shows that supporting students» social and emotional development can produce an 11 percentile point gain on academic scores.

Peer - reviewed research on Act 10's effects on student outcomes has yet to be published, but several academics have produced working papers examining the law's impact on Wisconsin students.

In a summary of the studies on extended time in «School Reform Proposals: The Research Evidence», noted researcher Gene Glass found that increases in the time allocated for schooling would be expensive and would not produce appreciable gains in academic achievement — especially as compared to smaller classes.

This is the company, elsevier, with spectacular profit rates, whch gets its material (papers, books) which have mostly been produced at public expense (university salaries, public research grants), do very little actual editorial work (one usually has to supply papers charts etc «print ready»), get academic reviewers to review the books and papers free of charge (well, paid for by universities or they do it in free time), depend on journal editors whose time is paid for by (generally publicly funded) universities, then sells the journals to the same universities, sometimes for subscription prices in the thousands of dollars.

All of our professional writers possess either Masters or PhD degree in a certain area of academic knowledge and are capable of producing a flawless thesis paper on any topic, because Paper Writing Service has access to modern libraries, research databases and specialized journals to ensure high quality and in - depth research.

Dimensional offers investment solutions built on the idea that combining specific factors, borne out by years of rigorous academic research, may produce better outcomes for investors over the long term.

Similar to Tate Papers and other successful journals produced by museums, Stedelijk Studies offers a focal point for academic reports on research activities at the Stedelijk Museum.

As the Rubin Museum engages a growing number of local and global visitors and produces new research on its collections, Jorrit's impressive record of both academic and cross-cultural exhibitions and his youthful and inquisitive style will both serve our mission and increase its impact.»

And it's not just journalists and the free press that Ward has his sights on — he also wants to prevent academics producing research that might slow the progress of the climate agenda, and to prevent academic journals from publishing that research.

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries produced a report on eBooks in academic libraries in 2008 that identified a range of issue that should be considered by libraries when signing up for eBooks.

The law school has world - class teaching and produces outstanding research that has a significant impact on an academic, social and legal scale in Scotland and around the world.

EPrints is already the world's leading software for producing open access institutional repositories, which ensure that academic research is accessible and available on the World Wide Web.

High school students and parents of color began to document the increasing use of a get - tough approach to discipline in schools and coined the phrase «school - to - prison pipeline» to describe the cycle of harsh discipline and justice system involvement that they saw.8 These activists were soon joined by a small group of academics and civil rights advocates, who produced and disseminated research on the racially discriminatory impact of zero - tolerance school disciplinary policies on children.9