Sentences with phrase «particular study area»

The schools would still be public, governed by a special board in some cases, and tend to focus on a particular study area or learning method.

Not exact matches

President Michel Temer's defiant decision to open the areas of Amapá and Pará, which is believed to be a significant resource of gold, copper, iron ore and other minerals, has angered environmentalists in particular, who say the area is abounding in biodiversity and is home to myriad species that have yet to be studied.

Nowadays philosophy mainly sees its task as one of assisting other disciplines to think clearly and meaningfully about their particular areas of study.

There are recent studies that say people who read a substantial amount are more able to empathize with others, and also that the brain is engaged in several different areas by particular words, such as areas related to the senses of taste, touch, or smell especially.

And while letting your child make a decision about whether or not they want to be tickled may not have been the point of that particular study, it's still an example of an area where we should let our little ones voice their own opinions and maybe even more importantly, learn that only they are in control of their own bodies.

If any particular lump feels much firmer than the other areas of your breast, visit your doctor for a clinical breast exam, and discuss whether imaging studies or a needle biopsy should be done to rule out breast cancer.

Such calls emphasise the importance of approaching the study of particular areas from the people directly implicated in such studies, rather than an academic sitting comfortably in a Western university, at a distance from the «area» in question.

Suffixes aside, while identification with a particular area may have offered an aura of specialism in political geography, a disdain for area studies and «area studies specialists» is emerging.

The temptation to identify as a specialist of a particular area is difficult for political geographers to resist; yet area studies has been vociferously criticised, particularly for its Western - centric perspective on viewing the wider world.

In particular, the study, published Jan. 6 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, revealed differences in the white matter of patients» brains and in the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disorder.

While a clinician may find it difficult to parse whether a patient's stilted conversational manner is rooted in a lack of emotional connection or problems forming words, a brain scan in Belger's study made it clear, for example, that particular symptoms were more closely associated with disruption in the brain's emotional processing areas, whereas other symptoms were more closely associated with regions responsible for language and motor control.

Previous studies have shown that, in areas like Conde, where parasitic worms are endemic, individuals who produce the most worm - specific antibodies — in particular, an antibody called IgE, which triggers inflammation — tend to be the most resistant to worm infection.

Psilocybin seems to influence these particular brain areas,» says Katrin Preller, first author of the study.

«And it's particularly important given that, in 2009, the National Academy of Sciences called for more scientific rigor in forensic science — singling out fingerprints in particular as an area that merited additional study.

The map enables scientists to study dark matter's role in influencing whether particular areas of the early cosmos lit up with stars and galaxies or remained relatively empty.

«Most of the studies in this area have focused on the heart and the coronary arteries; no one has really looked at other parts of the vascular system, in particular the carotid arteries,» says Jonathan D. Newman, MD, MPH a cardiologist at NYU Langone Medical Center in the Department of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology and the study's lead author.

Brain imaging studies also linked those changing attributions of meaning to particular brain areas.

«We analysed the satellite data to determine how far the ice in that particular area has travelled,» says AWI biologist and co-author of the study, Hauke Flores.

In order for early intervention of addiction to be possible, the study has deemed it essential to identify the biomarkers which may make a person more vulnerable to drug addiction, due to these particular areas of the brain affecting decision making and impulsivity.

You need to choose an institute and study section that share not only your area of research but also your particular goals.

In particular, brain areas involved in processing emotions and sensations such as pain were calmed, says Tillisch, coauthor of the study, published in 2013 in Gastroenterology.

The Augusta area in particular was studied because of earlier research indicating higher than normal exposures.

This study is the first to provide evidence that Great Hammerheads return to particular areas after migrations, rather than the perhaps more common perception of these sharks as «ocean wanderers.»

By defining the sharks» use of particular areas, this study gives marine management and conservation officials the ability to limit the sharks» interaction with their greatest threat — humans.

In the Sandy Hook study, queries can be matched with particular states or smaller geographic areas to see whether searches from politically conservative, or «red,» states differ from searches from «blue» states.

Satuation of the environment with pesticides, including the drinking water, in this particular area of northeastern Brazil needs to be studied as a cause of microcephaly as well:

Although non-invasive methods to explore brain function in humans such as functional imaging and EEG / MEG have been informative regarding the potential role of a given brain area in a particular cognitive function, they lack the necessary temporal and spatial resolution to study brain microcircuits.

MATISSE will contribute to several fundamental research areas in astronomy, focusing in particular on the inner regions of discs around young stars where planets are forming, the study of stars at different stages of their lives, and the surroundings of supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies.

A new study coming from Uppsala University, Sweden, demonstrates that a particular brain area that leads to a person's desire for food is far more stimulated in response to images of food after a night without sleep than after a good night sleep.

While the exploration of human sexuality is always an area of great interest, this study in particular speaks volumes about the progress we've made in gender equality and reminds us how much there is still to learn about the nature of female pleasure.

However, it is also noted that observations of greater hypertrophy in type II muscle fibers could potentially be more a function of the type of strength training programs that are conventionally used to study increases in muscle cross-sectional area than of the responsiveness of this particular muscle fiber type (Ogborn & Schoenfeld, 2014).

Rather, we found that the particular charter schools in the Boston area (especially those that were part of the lottery study) seem to be having large impacts on student achievement.

So, whilst they're teaching students a topic and developing certain skills, the students will have the rubric and know what skills are involved in this particular area of study.»

Female peer mentors in particular can be very effective in changing girls» perceptions of science and thus raising their aspirations concerning future studies in STEM areas (McDonald, 2011).

Students practice teamwork and graph interpretation skills as they study a graph showing 100 years of hurricane data, and then predict what types of hurricanes are most likely to hit a particular area in the future.

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).

Charters have flourished in particular in the Bay Area, the five - county region we focus on in our study: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara.

While functional neuroimaging studies illustrate the areas of the brain active when completing particular tasks, it is not always true that different brain functioning results in different behaviour.

Many GCSE Business Studies exam board specifications require students to select and justify a suitable marketing mix for a particular type of business (e.g. a small start up one in the local area).

Additionally, all students must undertake advanced study in their particular subject area.

[ix] We build on the work of other researchers [x] in examining the likelihood of taking additional courses in a subject area as a measure of teaching excellence — the more likely a student is to continue studying in a particular discipline, the better the teacher is thought to have been.

The study looks at individual areas around the UK and has discovered that Britain's UNESCO City of Literature, Norwich, is a particular literacy black spot, in addition to Brighton.

Achievement tests, in contrast, measure specific knowledge and skills in particular content areas such as science, math, English, and social studies.

Among her presentations include in - depth courses in study methods and essay writing, as she has a particular interest in helping others to reach their full potential in those areas.

Students demonstrate competency through a system of rigorous assessments, proving they have mastered the knowledge and skills required for a particular competency or area of study.

After summarizing the evidence in each of these areas, the authors review evidence on the cost effectiveness of PK - 3 programs and practices with particular attention to findings from relevant longitudinal studies.

Doctoral students may specialize in either Language Education, Literacy Education, or American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf Studies; and within those specializations, they may choose a particular area of interest (i.e., TESOL, Bilingual Education, Modern Foreign Language).

Magnet school / center (also referred to as specialty school / center)-- A public school that focuses on a particular area of study, such as performing arts or science and technology but also offers regular school subjects.

Since its establishment, NAEd has undertaken research studies that address pressing issues in education and that typically include both NAEd members and other scholars with an expertise in a particular area of inquiry.

I doubt those working on the standards wanted to open that particular can of maggot - infested worms until after they had successfully completed the less conflicted areas of study.