Sentences with phrase «particular skill at»

I haven't the willingness to do it, nor particular skill at it.

He had a particular skill at capturing the soft dampness of the Irish climate as can be seen in his watercolour of Slievemore, Achill Island.

You choose from a range of operatives, each with a particular skill at their disposal, and infiltrate blueprint maps that have been shaded and coloured in, stuffed with the traps that one would expect to find, and patrolled by marauding guards and their dogs.

I have never understood the insistence of casting famous actors in animation, unless they have a particular skill at vocal performances.

Children, adolescents, and young adults demonstrate clear spurts in optimal performance for particular skills at the ages of 3 1/2 -4 1/2, 6 - 7, 10 - 12, 14 - 16, 19 - 21, and 24 - 26 years.

She is particular skilled at multi-tasking and keeping on top of many different items at once.

Not exact matches

At the program we're aiming to go beyond the «mom and apple pie» aspects of ethical leadership, to look not just at the values and skills of ethical leaders, but also at the particular institutional mechanisms that ethical leaders use to shape institutional culture and to put their vision into practice throughout business organizationAt the program we're aiming to go beyond the «mom and apple pie» aspects of ethical leadership, to look not just at the values and skills of ethical leaders, but also at the particular institutional mechanisms that ethical leaders use to shape institutional culture and to put their vision into practice throughout business organizationat the values and skills of ethical leaders, but also at the particular institutional mechanisms that ethical leaders use to shape institutional culture and to put their vision into practice throughout business organizationat the particular institutional mechanisms that ethical leaders use to shape institutional culture and to put their vision into practice throughout business organizations.

«If the banks need a particular type of skill, they have lots of money to throw at it,» Kholodenko says.

While some deliberately targeted, researched and made inroads into particular markets, firms more often did so via acquisitions or serendipitous routes ranging from a meeting at a trade show to an employee's personal contacts and language skills, or a chance sale over the Internet.

I think it would be hard to make a bet that someone is not going to be an entrepreneur based on their skills and proclivities or at a particular point in their life.

He should perform these functions if he has a special interest in and skill at the particular field.

On one hand, if all you want is some kind of recognition for how awesome you are at your particular skill or level of intelligence, then the only option is to be undeniably good at what you do.

Noting the success in particular of samples from BrewDog and Pirate Life, it was pointed out that although these two brewers are based in very different climes — Scotland and Western Australia respectively — there is a connection: Pirate Life's founding brewers Jack Cameron and Jared Proudfoot met while improving their brewing skills during apprenticeships at BrewDog.

I was pretty annoyed at Gibbons and Coleman getting roster spots over Quenneville and Blandisi (my feeling being if you can put out 4 skilled lines you should do so) but it's clear they had specific roles in mind for those two players (and Coleman in particular has been a pleasant surprise).

It is his particular skill, too, to come through with long - range baskets precisely at those times when Tech is being tightly defended in close.

I look at their particular skills, and their personality, and their drive and desire, and how much salary they want, how open to new ideas they are, and so on.

Instead of the child learning problem - solving skills from the parent to manage the particular issue at hand, those problem - solving skills get supplanted with the parent's power thrusts toward the kids.

By encouraging those who still advocate corporal punishment to see the facts behind reasons parents today think corporal punishment works and breaking down those reasons to see why those reasons don't stand up to facts and examination, we can protect the most vulnerable members of society: children, who should be taught how to behave correctly on their own and develop the skills to regulate their own behavior so that they don't need to be constantly disciplined and who should not be physically hurt so that they obey at that particular moment, without learning how to regulate themselves in the future.

In particular, such stressors compromise the higher order thinking skills that allow students to sort out complex and seemingly contradictory information such as when the letter C is pronounced like K (what psychologists call «executive functioning»), and their ability to keep a lot of information in their heads at once, a skill known as «working memory» that's crucial to success in school, college, and work.

The main reason end of the year standardized tests are given is to measure how well students have learned the skills that are expected to be taught at a particular grade level.

Parent support programs aim to support and strengthen existing parenting abilities and promote the development of new competencies so that parents have the knowledge and skills needed to carry out child - rearing responsibilities and provide their children with experiences and opportunities that promote child learning and development.14 Parenting support programs typically include the following features: universal access for families, early support to families, and family involvement at all levels of program operation15 Parenting programs often encompass a variety of parenting activities, including, but not limited to, parent and child play groups, parent information classes and support groups, parenting materials, and individualized parent supports provided in response to particular child - rearing concerns or specific parenting questions.

Of particular interest are successful initiatives both for skills and technology that are operating at scale, or could be scaled up.

In particular, «pharma and biotech executives bring experience in managing multidisciplinary projects and individuals with different skill sets,» says Jared Kaleck, senior director for discovery at search firm Klein Hersh International.

To make yourself more marketable, it helps to have a particular skill, says David Gibbons, head of conservation science at the RSPB.

Before you even get the chance to wow employers with your skills at the job interview stage, you should consider specialising in a particular area, if you haven't already.

Success in the job search requires postdocs to have three kinds of knowledge, many speakers emphasized: a general orientation to the fields suitable to their interests and abilities, specific information about particular job openings, and the «soft skills» (including networking, writing resumes, and interviewing) needed to locate, apply for, and land jobs... and also to do well at them, once hired.

To get a clearer picture of what effect posture has, researchers would have to test each child's math skills without having them pay particular attention to posture and then test them again after asking them to focus on sitting up, says Marjorie Woollacott, a neuroscientist studying motor control at the University of Oregon, who was not involved in the research.

Redesignated and redesigned as a «sparrow,» Dominika learns a very particular set of skills under the cold tutelage of Matron (Charlotte Rampling, «45 Years»), before undertaking a mission in Eastern Europe involving CIA agent Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton, «It Comes at Night»).

Well, at least until he unleashes his particular set of skills... this time in an airplane lavatory!

Cattell noted that one «has the «fluid» quality of being directable at almost any problem,» while the other «is invested in particular areas of crystallized skills which can be upset individually without affecting others.»

Continua of learning have been developed for each, to describe the relevant knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions at particular points of schooling.

«That's why so many dyslexia advocates in particular have been calling for this type of skills check to be put in place at an early level for many, many years because they know that you can get much, much earlier identi cation, intervention, and therefore assistance to help ensure that the early years of a child's education are successful which then enables them to be successful for the rest of their schooling.»

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).

Lots of problem Solving questions as well as some more direct questions aimed at particular skills.

In particular, EdSurge with the Charter School Growth Fund is hosting «DIY Learning: The New School,» which promises to allow people to remake school completely and celebrate how «educators, students and entrepreneurs are using technology to put students at the center of learning — and help them construct personalized learning experiences that stimulate engagement, critical thinking skills and creativity.»

«Sometimes I'll group students together because I know that this particular kid is good at drawing one thing out of another, or that one of them might have strong spatial skills, and another might have strong symbolic skills, and if we could have them working together, they can try to bridge that,» explains Shannon Hammond, a University Park ninth, eleventh, and twelfth - grade teacher.

The project conducted a performance assessment designed to measure students» skills in constructing a presentation aimed at a particular audience.

A teacher can look at data from a criterion - referenced test and see, for example, that most of the class did not get a particular reading skill.

We can identify patterns of skill deficit and strength, using data to paint a clearer picture of students in particular classes, cohorts, or the school at large.

The teachers at King are narrowly focused on arming their students with the skills they need to meet the particular challenges of higher education.

Most of the current research is at the granular, curricular level, focusing on the particular cognitive skills and there exists little by the way of international comparative case studies that looks at the processes by which a balance of cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal skills are developed in students.

Of particular importance are educational interventions, conducted at considerable scale, that have been shown in rigorous evaluations to improve instruction and develop the skills of low - income children.

As the pace of modern life accelerates, workforce skills and knowledge deteriorate, putting Millennials at a particular disadvantage.

In particular, these organizations wanted to ensure that «proficient» meant the same thing in Mississippi as Massachusetts, and sought to reduce the huge proportion of people arriving at college or workplaces without the skills to succeed.

Knowing the way you deal with issues can help you develop this particular skill so that it reduces the effect that stress has on you at work.

A standards - based progress report lists the most important skills students should learn in each subject at a particular grade level.

Career and technical education teachers are employed at middle and high schools and career colleges and help students develop the skills and techniques that may enable them to enter particular career - oriented occupations, such as those in automotive repair, carpentry, culinary arts, information technology or healthcare.

Programs at this school are selected to address the literacy learning needs of all children, paying particular attention to those with the least developed skills.

Secondary schools will be expected to provide pupils with at least one meaningful interaction with businesses every year, with a particular focus on employers from Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) industries to help deliver the high - skilled workers we need in these industries.

«They are so determined to make sure that every kid has the kind of reading skills kids need at a particular grade level.