Sentences with phrase «positive effects of program»

These findings replicate earlier reported positive effects of the program for language minority students (Snow, Lawrence, & White, 2009).

We find robust positive effects of each program on third - grade test scores in both reading and math.

The study also found that positive effects of the program are not sustained into elementary school.

[viii] Focusing specifically on one urban school district because of the richness of available data, the study finds positive effects of the program, similar to those for the broader state.

[13] Consistent with the potential mechanisms outlined above, Scott - Clayton and Minaya (2016) find that the positive effects of the program are concentrated among those students who likely would have worked in a different job had they not had access to FWS.

In fact, failure to take adequate rest between sets will negate the positive effects of this program.

And the positive effects of this program are obvious in the feedback received from past and present participants.

This is a 1st step on the way to vindicating the positive effects of programs like the Blue Gym and Green Gym, as well as innovative interventions by practitioners which include outdoor exercising as part of holistic treatments for those experiencing depression and similar mental conditions.

When a positive effect of a program is not statistically significant, there is a decent chance that it really is 0 or even negative.

We found little evidence that the Choice program increased the test scores of participating students, though our final analysis revealed a positive effect of the program on reading scores when combined with high stakes testing.

At the same time, these evaluations also detected large positive effects of the programs on high school graduation.

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Jon Levs, author of All in: How Our Work - First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses — And How We Can Fix It Together, studied the effect of paid leave in California and New Jersey, which have paid family leave programs, and found that the majority of businesses reported that their state's paid leave programs had either no effect or a positive effect on their business.

He also discussed the large - scale asset purchases of the Fed's quantitative easing program, casting doubt on much of the literature of the day — which tended to find positive, but limited effects of such purchases on reducing bond yields.

It may be that part of what produces positive results in health - based interventions like the Nurse - Family Partnership, or read - with - your - kids programs, or even the Jamaican experiment, is that they involve home visitors urging parents to play and read and talk more with their infants — to engage in more serve - and - return moments, in other words — and those up - close parental interactions may have the effect of promoting secure attachment, even if attachment was not the intended target of the intervention.

But the educational value of pre-K for children who aren't poor is still in dispute; studies have found little or no positive effect (or even a negative effect) of universal pre-K programs on the skills of well - off children.

However, although these intervention programs do show positive effects on both infant and mother / family, the beneficial effect was only short termed (peaking at 6 weeks of age).

The effect of these kinds of supports on home visitors has not been well studied, but some research on similar interventions indicates implementation of evidence - based practices with fidelity monitoring and supportive consultation predicts lower rates of staff turnover, as well as lower levels of staff emotional exhaustion relative to services as usual.29, 30,31 Moreover, a supportive organizational climate has been associated with more positive attitudes toward adoption of evidence - based programs.32

A series of randomized control trials of a nurse home visitation program show a range of positive effects on maternal health, including decreases in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study of another program that works with a particularly high - risk population found that participant mothers showed significantly lower depressive symptoms than those in the control group and were less likely to report feeling stressed a year after participation.

Furthermore, larger positive effects of home visiting programs are usually found when nurses and / or other professionals deliver services to families instead of paraprofessionals.

Parent support programs can have important positive effects on both parenting behaviours and the social and emotional development of young children.

Participatory help - giving practices that actively involve parents in deciding what knowledge is important to them, and how they want to acquire the information they need, have the greatest positive effect on parents» sense of competence and confidence.22, 5 Available research evidence also indicated that the social and emotional development of young children is influenced by the ways in which program staff provided parenting support.24, 32

Meta - analyses of studies evaluating these programs show positive effects on the competence, efficacy and psychological health of the parents, as well as on the behaviour of the children.49, 50 A recent implementation study of a strategy for parenting and family support showed that families in the treatment group had far fewer cases of substantiated child maltreatment, abuse injuries and out - of - home placements.51

A survey found that 91 percent of employers said that the program had either a positive effect or no noticeable effect on their profits.»

«We'd like to replicate the program on a larger scale and are working on ways to extend the positive effect of the intervention.

«We know these programs have an immediate positive effect so this study wanted to assess whether the skills stuck with students over time, making social - emotional learning programs a worthwhile investment of time and financial resources in schools.»

Giving serious consideration to physician views might help policymakers design programs to have as positive an effect as possible on the quality of health care.»

Molecular basis of scouting behaviors in honey bees Zhengzheng Liang, Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA Dissociating epigenetic mechanisms of memory in the hippocampus and perirhinal cortex of rats Krista Mitchnick, Department of Psychology, Collaborative Neuroscience Program, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada Determining the heritability of locomotor sensitization to ethanol and its relationship to ethanol's positive motivational effects in mice David Linsenbardt, Indiana Alcohol Research Center and Department of Psychology, Indiana University — Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Rufy1 or Hnrnph1 is a likely quantitative trait gene for methamphetamine sensitivity Camron Bryant, Laboratory of Addiction Genetics, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Massechusetts, USA

Put people instead on a plant - based diet and a modest exercise program — mostly just walking - based, and within three weeks they can drop their bad cholesterol 20 %, and their insulin levels 30 %, despite the 75 - 80 % carbohydrate diet, whereas the paleo diets appeared to negate the positive effects of exercise.

The deleterious effects of a Paleolithic diet appear to undermine the positive effects of a Crossfit - based high - intensity circuit training exercise program.

These positive effects on blood sugar can last for several hours after completion of exercise, and I have always noted that when a patient finally engages in a regular program of exercise that she has much less tiredness, develops better sleep patterns, can handle stress better, is more optimistic and less chance of depression and will burn fat at an increased rate.

Research that ties soy to positive effects on cholesterol levels is incredibly immature, said Ronald M. Krauss, MD, head of the Molecular Medical Research Program and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

After all, as with any number of heralded pilots that have disappointed at scale, it's possible that the benefits of the boutique Perry program were due to an enthusiastic staff, high - touch attention from experts hoping to see positive results, community buy - in, the Hawthorne effect, or any number of tough - to - scale factors.

As well, the positive benefits of the Kitchen Garden Program in the school environment also has a flow - on effect in the home, Janene adds.

A growing body of research suggests that college remediation programs — meant to bolster the skills of students deemed underprepared for the rigors of postsecondary study — seem to make very little positive difference to students, and may even have a negative effect on overall success in college.

Despite these differences, the bulk of the available, high - quality evidence on school voucher programs suggests that they do yield positive achievement effects for participating students.

First, they suggest that, in the absence of higher - quality alternatives, participation in a low - intensity preschool program may have some limited positive long - term effects.

The research included in this volume suggests that vouchers and faith - based programs had slightly positive effects relative to the traditional education systems in several nations (for instance, Chile, Columbia, and Sierra Leone), but the volume also includes some evidence that serves to counter an overly - optimistic view of PPPs.

Finally, earlier evaluations of these programs found neutral to positive effects on test scores.

A Little Rock, Arkansas, performance - pay program lasted only three years and was not renewed by the local school board, despite evidence of positive effects on student achievement in math, reading, and language.

Studies of all these programs have shown that each had a positive effect.

In «New Kids on the Block,» (research), Sanbonmatsu, Kling, Duncan, and Brooks - Gunn report the findings of their MTO study and offer several possible explanations for the program's lack of overall positive effects on academic achievement.

Two experimental studies of the Charlotte privately - funded scholarship program, here and here, reported clear positive effects on student test scores but were limited to just a single year after random assignment.

Of the program - and policy - based alternatives to exclusionary discipline, Steinberg and Lacoe report the most evidence for, and positive effects from, the Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program, a strategy that aims to change a school culture by setting clear behavioral expectations, laying out a continuum of consequences for infractions, and reinforcing positive behavioOf the program - and policy - based alternatives to exclusionary discipline, Steinberg and Lacoe report the most evidence for, and positive effects from, the Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program, a strategy that aims to change a school culture by setting clear behavioral expectations, laying out a continuum of consequences for infractions, and reinforcing positive bpositive effects from, the Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program, a strategy that aims to change a school culture by setting clear behavioral expectations, laying out a continuum of consequences for infractions, and reinforcing positive bPositive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program, a strategy that aims to change a school culture by setting clear behavioral expectations, laying out a continuum of consequences for infractions, and reinforcing positive behavioof consequences for infractions, and reinforcing positive bpositive behavior.

Recent studies have explored the benefits of blogging in supporting adolescent writers with learning difficulties (Jones, 2012), and the positive effect of an internet pen - pal program involving students in New England and Australia (Charron, 2007).

But beyond offering a safe haven, research and evaluation studies have demonstrated that the programs can have a positive effect on a range of prevention outcomes, such as avoidance of drug and alcohol use, decreases in delinquency and violent behavior, increased knowledge of safe sex, avoidance of sexual activity, and reduction in juvenile crime.

To eliminate the effects of any chance differences in performance caused by other observable characteristics, our analysis takes into account students» age, gender, race, and eligibility for the free lunch program; whether they had been assigned to a small class; and whether they were assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004).

Summaries of the effects of multiple programs generally show positive effects, as does a meta - analysis of gold - standard experimental research on school choice by Shakeel, Anderson, and Wolf (2016).

Overall, the study's findings suggest that, in the absence of higher - quality alternatives, participation in a low intensity preschool program may have some limited positive long term effects.

While it is difficult to disentangle the reasons for this strengthening over time of the program's estimated effects, these findings nonetheless suggest that our first - year results may understate the positive effect of the FTC program on public school performance

The approach of Picus and Odden to policies is simple: if a program shows a large positive effect in one study, it should immediately be implemented across the state.