Sentences with phrase «paper focuses on test»

The peer - reviewed paper focuses on test scores at public middle schools near a state boundary.

Not exact matches

In their August 2016 draft paper entitled «Seasonality in Government Bond Returns and Factor Premia», Adam Zaremba and Tomasz Schabek investigate seasonal patterns in government bond returns across countries, focusing on regression tests of January and sell - in - May (May - October versus November - April) effects.

Instead of focusing on the final performance results of a test or paper (in other words, the grades), talk about the learning and revision process and improvement over time.

It turns out that focusing on your worries by writing about them before a test can boost your scores, according to a different paper published in January in Science.

This means that less teachers will be required to mark test papers and will have more time to spend focusing on planning the next lesson.

This paper focuses on the middle - school years, where students enrolled in the two adjacent grades containing the largest proportion of 13 - year - old students (7th - and 8th - graders in most countries) were tested.

Together, we created a series of recommendations outlined in a new policy paper, «None of the Above: A New Approach to Testing and Assessment,» focused on four key areas for schools, districts, and state policymakers.

The Coalition focused its policy papers on four areas: education funding campaign lessons, school finance reform, using measures beyond testing to evaluate schools, and reducing chronic absenteeism.

Never mind the ridiculous context of the problem — a paper route sustained in 2016 by delivering 8 papers per hour — focus instead on the partially filled in table placed by the test authors.

The paper contributes to the literature by focusing on middle school teachers and by extending the analysis to student outcomes beyond test scores.

The shift to the Common Core State Standards and consortium - based assessments (e.g., PARCC and Smarter Balanced) has increased the focus on comparability and, importantly, on the threats to comparability including, but not limited to: different modes of test administration (computer vs. paper), different types of devices (e.g., tablets, desktop computers), and different administration vendors.

In addition to focusing on test drills, the model sets «clear and precise expectations for student behavior, dictating how students dress, enter a classroom, walk up the stairs, show attention in class, organize a binder, and pass in papers» (Golann, 2015, p. 3).

Essentially, while postgrad papers require students to make a significant contribution to the knowledge within a certain area of study, undergrad papers are more focused on testing students» comprehension of a specific topic.

This paper focuses on participatory methods for technology development and diffusion in urban agriculture, including use of multiple sources of knowledge in the identification and screening of promising technologies, the development, participatory testing and adaptation of the most promising technologies under local urban farming conditions, use of adult education techniques in technology evaluation, participatory diffusion of the results of the technology development and adaptation process; public - private partnerships in technology development and diffusion in urban agriculture.

Further, owing to the emphasis on forecasting, this community does not operate in the same way that atmospheric science researchers (outside the forecasting community) operate in terms of hypothesis testing etc., which is why I focused the article in terms of laying out the scientific method, fallacies, etc. (note all of the fallacies came from the hurricane forecasting community via the media; I included specific citations in the 2nd version of the paper, but this was also nixed).

Methods and analysis This paper presents the protocol for a 3 - arm multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test the efficacy and cost - effectiveness of the combined internet - based self - help intervention Take Care of You (TCOY) to reduce alcohol misuse and depression symptoms in comparison with a waiting list control group and a comparable intervention focusing on problematic alcohol use only.

ECD programmes can take many forms, including promotion of good health and nutrition, support for safe and stimulating environments, protection from risks such as violence or abandonment, parenting support and early learning experiences, media, preschools and community groups.4 Poverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive language.