Sentences with phrase «provided rigorous studies»

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The PhD program at the Rotman School of Management provides a rigorous environment for academic research and study.

Whitehead in this respect as in others provides a rigorous ontological grounding at the microcosmic level for the macrocosmic phenomena studied by biologists.

A few longitudinal prospective studies provide rigorous insight but often at the expense of simplification of concepts (variables) in a limited number of countries.

Critics say the state Education Department's failure to provide study materials in a timely manner for new, more rigorous certification tests doomed many new teaching candidates.

However, few rigorous studies have evaluated whether higher protein intake among older adults provides meaningful benefit.

TIDE, currently taking place worldwide, was designed to provide rigorous evidence about the drug's safety, and the designers of the study had plans to enroll up to 15,000 more diabetes patients.

But a new study by sociologists at BYU, Cornell and LSU provides a rigorous new estimate.

Thorold Theunissen, a postdoctoral fellow in Jaenisch's lab and co-first author of the study, says «Our work provides a rigorous set of criteria for comparing naïve human stem cells to their counterparts in the early human embryo.

«When we provide convenient and rigorous medical care to African - American men by coming to them — in this case having pharmacists deliver that care in barbershops — blood pressure can be controlled and lives can be saved,» said Ronald G. Victor, MD, associate director of the Smidt Heart Institute and the study's lead author.

A new study out today in Neurology, provides the first evidence that rigorous visual training restores rudimentary sight in patients who went partially blind after suffering a stroke, while patients who did not train continued to get progressively worse.

She noted too that with its rigorous «active control» design, it provides a good paradigm for the future study of interventions such as meditation, to which patients can not be blinded.

Objective: This review sought to identify rigorous, clinically relevant research studies that provide high - quality evidence that therapeutic fasting regimens are clinically beneficial to humans.

These lotteries provide the basis for an unusually large and rigorous study, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, of the effects of SSCs on students» academic achievement.

This program provides candidates with a rigorous and in - depth approach to the study of language and literacy development with particular attention to the teaching and learning implications of varied cultural, linguistic, and economic contexts.

Combined with rigorous evaluations like MET, these studies of the effects of actual implementation on teaching and learning can provide the evidence we really need.

Despite the unpopularity of Common Core in some circles, the simple truth is that the standards are more rigorous, raise expectations and student achievement, and provide a clearer set of standards than the North Carolina Standard Course of Study that was in place prior to their adoption.

Rigorous studies — like one based on a program in Michigan called the Perry Preschool Project and another on a program in North Carolina called the Abecedarian Project — have bolstered claims that preschool can provide benefits that continue to high school, college and even lead to better physical and financial health in adulthood.

The Global Studies Program (GSP) at Edgewood High School provides a rigorous course of study for academically able and motivated students starting in the 9th grade, and serves as a preparatory program for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) in grades 11 and 12... More Details

The arts, as rigorous academic subjects, each with their own sequential comprehensive curricula, convey knowledge not learned through studying other academic disciplines and provide stimulating vehicles for children to communicate their ideas.

From the Executive Summary: «The Massachusetts Executive Office of Education commissioned this study to provide timely, rigorous evidence on the extent to which MCAS and PARCC test scores can accurately assess whether students will succeed in college (recognizing that this was not the original aim...

Commissioned by the Massachusetts» Executive Office of Education, this study was designed by Mathematica to provide timely, rigorous evidence on how accurately two tests (MCAS and PARCC) assess college readiness.

The report calls for more fully articulated parent involvement programs, systematic data collection, and rigorous study designs to provide evidence of what works to engage parents of adolescents in their children's education.

These LEAs are making equity and access a priority and aim to prepare each student to master the content and skills required for college - and career - readiness, provide each student the opportunity to pursue a rigorous course of study, and accelerate and deepen students» learning through attention to their individual needs.

To receive this rating, models must provide considerable evidence indicating positive outcomes based on rigorous research, primarily randomized controlled trials (RCTs, also referred to as experiments) or solid quasi-experimental studies.

There are even private schools that are solely focused on the arts, providing one of the most rigorous and influential artistic experiences for students aspiring to study art in college and pursue a creative career path.

«This important new study will provide the most rigorous evaluation to date of principal professional development's impact on principals, teachers, students and schools.»

From the basic high school essay and term paper help, we provide essay writing services that involve virtually every type of assignment a student may encounter — research paper assistance, book, article, essay, and movie reviews, analyses, coursework (written responses, review questions, homework, etc.), and, of course, the more rigorous graduate school tasks of research summaries and projects, case studies, literature reviews, theses and dissertations.

Our experts are involved extensively in providing new and better information with a rigorous study and in - depth analysis of the subject.

For students unable to commit 18 - 24 months of their lives to full - time schooling this program provides a platform to engage in rigorous study with a diverse range of contemporary cultural voices.

If Piero Manzoni chose as favorite materials as kaolin and cotton for its famous «Achromes,» Castellani and Agostino Bonalumi embarked on a rigorous course of study and analysis of the possibilities provided dall» estroflessione of the canvas through the use of nails, ribs and shapes of wood and metal inserted behind the canvas.

Our curriculum provides a spirited, rigorous course of study in drawing, painting and sculpture, and offers teen summer programs, resident and guest artist lectures and workshops, a certificate program competitive with a MFA, studio space in the Atelier for working artists and students, and a community home for artistic events in and around Dupont Circle.

While we're at it on the subject of bad research, Bill, why don't you speak with your brother about clinical research funded by the pharmaceuticals and devices manufacturers and ask him about how even ``... very rigorous double blind studies [which you describe as having] any credibility» can be jerked around to provide data for studies that are fundamentally deceptive by way of suggestio falsi, suppressio veri.

«Rigorous processes» may help avoid a hockey - stick fiasco, but there are still two very basic problems: a) the proxy data themselves are often dicey, especially when the time scale is large, and b) the interpretation of the data is based on an «argument from ignorance» (i.e. «we can only explain this if we assume...»), where unknown factors are simply ignored and it is falsely assumed that we have the knowledge of all factors that could possibly have been involved; if these studies are used to provide evidence for a preconceived hypothesis, I think they are next to worthless.

WASHINGTON, DC — A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences today provides some of the first rigorous peer - reviewed evidence that giving indigenous communities formal legal title to their land protects tropical forests.

In light of the comments by Craig Loehle and Willis Eschenbach, we decided to update our original draft to include sections, • Discussing the different reconstruction methods used by the 19 proxy - based estimates, and their relative advantages / disadvantages • Providing a more detailed discussion of the lack of consistency between individual proxies, and the importance of carrying out rigorous «sensitivity studies», including a discussion of Willis Eschenbach's cluster analysis.

NRFC relies on multiple avenues to share information including: the fatherhood.gov website, media campaigns, social media, virtual trainings, outreach and presentations at events, written products to advance the fields of responsible fatherhood research and practice, and a National Call Center for fathers and responsible fatherhood practitioners.10 In addition, the ACF's Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is implementing several research and evaluation projects, including the Building Bridges and Bonds (B3), the Parents and Children Together (PaCT) Responsible Fatherhood Evaluation, the Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation and Cross-Site (FaMLE Cross-Site) project, and the Ex-Prisoner Reentry Strategies Study, all of which partner with Responsible Fatherhood programs.11 OPRE also awards grants to fund research on Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood, and provides information on the curricula used by Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood grantees through its Strengthening Families Curriculum Guide.12 To promote rigorous evaluation, strengthen the field of fatherhood research, and share information on effective fatherhood research and evaluation practices, OPRE funded the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN).13 FRPN provides grants to study responsible fatherhood programs, develops and shares measurement instruments for use in fatherhood program evaluations, and provides training and technical assistance to practitioners and researchers through webinars, written documents, and its Researcher and Practitioner ForStudy, all of which partner with Responsible Fatherhood programs.11 OPRE also awards grants to fund research on Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood, and provides information on the curricula used by Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood grantees through its Strengthening Families Curriculum Guide.12 To promote rigorous evaluation, strengthen the field of fatherhood research, and share information on effective fatherhood research and evaluation practices, OPRE funded the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN).13 FRPN provides grants to study responsible fatherhood programs, develops and shares measurement instruments for use in fatherhood program evaluations, and provides training and technical assistance to practitioners and researchers through webinars, written documents, and its Researcher and Practitioner Forstudy responsible fatherhood programs, develops and shares measurement instruments for use in fatherhood program evaluations, and provides training and technical assistance to practitioners and researchers through webinars, written documents, and its Researcher and Practitioner Forum.14

As this study shows, when the «dose» is large enough, parent training seems more effective than when data from all participants are used in an intent to treat analysis; (c) the present study provided a more rigorous test than most prior studies by only admitting children to treatment who met DSM - IV criteria for ODD; and, perhaps most importantly, (d) this study was designed as an effectiveness trial, while most prior studies were efficacy - oriented.

Parents» self - reports provide a powerful measure of child maltreatment; several rigorous studies show reductions in harsh parenting, neglect, physical abuse, and psychological abuse measured from one to seven years and increased use of non-violent discipline.

The objective of our study was to evaluate the real - world effectiveness of ROE in preventing violence (reducing aggression and increasing pro-social behaviour) in children and youth at the individual level, immediately after program completion and up to three years afterwards, in two successive samples determined via cluster random assignment, in order to provide rigorous evidence to inform provincial government decision - making regarding the future expansion of ROE in Manitoba, including questions related to relative effectiveness by student gender and grade level.

A few longitudinal prospective studies provide rigorous insight but often at the expense of simplification of concepts (variables) in a limited number of countries.

Instead, well - validated measures of positive phenomena should become routinely incorporated into a broader array of health psychology studies to provide a rigorous test of their role in human health and adaptation to disease.

This webinar will provide an overview of effective preschool social - emotional learning (SEL) programs and practices that have emerged in high - quality, rigorous research studies.