Sentences with phrase «rather than performance»

The same recommendation, of course, could have applied to any organisations» use of standardized tests, which were then designed to predict academic performance rather than performance on the job.

Before performances it allowed me to focus clearly on my music rather than the performance environment I was in, and this greatly improved my progress upon my Double bass, and within situations at school I had previously had to miss.

Career experts recommend beginning a functional resume with an objective statement rather than a performance summary since this again helps de-focusing the chronological work history.

These may adversely impact the performance of the device, but Asus feels that customers are more concerned about the price rather than the performance in this segment.

Among recent phones we've tested, only the $ 360 Cat S40 posted a lower score (1,019), though that's a phone built for durability rather than performance.

The Byton is intended to be practical rather than a performance leader.

On one hand, that might not be a significant problem for PCs like the NovaGo and the HP Elite x2, which have been marketed as an always - connected, all - day computer rather than a performance powerhouse.

Nvidia Max - Q Design - Nvidia has teamed with laptop manufacturers to create Max - Q, a new design specification which focuses on efficiency rather than performance.

The OS might still become that, if others follow Motorola's example, but current trends show that people are interesting in only matching the price of the Moto E, rather than its performance.

Sony dedicated a few brief sentences on the Snapdragon 845 in their launch of the Xperia XZ2, but focused primarily on Gigabit LTE rather than the performance capabilities of the new CPU and GPU.

Logitech has clearly put most of its focus into the G433's looks rather than performance.

So performance is tied to the financial markets rather than the performance of the mutual life insurance company directly.

Other studies by Leah M. Christensen explored how law students become mastery - oriented learners by focusing on learning in law school as something valuable and meaningful in itself by fostering a love of learning, rather than performance - oriented students who learn for the sake of meeting an identified goal or need.

The associate pay hike is creating pressure for law firms that raised salaries for competitive, rather than performance, reasons, Rusanow writes in the Am Law Daily.

The music course at Cambridge is very theoretical, focusing on essays and analysis rather than performance and composing — you didn't actually have to do any playing as part of the degree course.

It is a pity that all we see are little vignettes in the murky roundels shot through the front - loader's lens, rather than the performance itself.

Whether it has what it takes to rescue the failing legacy of its sibling Wii U, it would rest on luck rather than performance.

The reason we recommend Bluehost rather than Performance Foundry is simply because of the price.

[11] Dogs bred for show rather than performance tended to develop more exaggerated and extreme features to meet breed standards.

They were bred for companionship rather than performance.

Although capable of learning, this breed was designed for companionship rather than performance.

Second, when a hedge fund charges excessive management fees, which are based on size of assets under management, rather than performance fees which are based on how much money they make for you, a hedge fund manager tends to focus more on growing AUM rather than generating the highest possible risk adjusted returns.

A substantial portion of the company's value is driven by operating businesses rather than the performance of the securities portfolio.

At 2.2 GHz and 2.3 GHz for the Phenom 9500 and 9600, respectively, AMD's new chips will need to rely on price, rather than performance, to entice buyers to choose those chips, or systems based on them, over Intel's 2.4 GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600.

This would make marketing and promotion the true factor involved, rather than actual sales, just as marketing and promotion is the true factor involved in the Oscar race, rather than performance / quality.

Both Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX and Google's Nexus 7 closed the gap on 10 - inch tablets, providing Retina Display graphics and fast quad - core processors and making the major difference size rather than performance.

Plus, this engine is built for efficiency rather than performance.

When it came to powering the Talisman, it seems as though Renault went the way of efficiency rather than performance, with a variety of small - displacement gas and diesel powerplants and a low, 0.27 drag coefficient.

However, the «turbocharged» attribute hints towards fuel efficiency rather than performance.

While most hybrid drivers would prefer to emphasize efficiency rather than performance, an Audi customer may not be concerned about paying his gasoline bill.

Described as a «style rather than performance» statement for the new Civic line - up, the RS will be one from the top in the local model offering.

The suspension has been modified to deliver a softer ride, rather than the performance feel of past versions.

In keeping with the R - Class's luxury - transportation mission, traction control is all - weather rather than performance based, and we noticed no lack of traction on wet roads.

Dynamic mode makes the ride harsher without a perceptible improvement in actual vehicle dynamics — a typical move for modern sport and luxury coupes, based on customer focus - grouping rather than performance.

NEW YORK — As different states seek their own methods for evaluating a profession whose job security has long been determined by experience rather than performance, New York State is moving to develop tougher criteria for teachers that would give state standardized test scores more weight.

«Aggregated data won't show grade & school - site specific issues,» he continues, «which can cause Districts to focus strictly on average daily attendance (ADA) rates rather than performance predictors, such as absences and lost learning time.»

Public schools are asked to be competitive and act more like private entities, but there is little comparison to the flexibility of the private sector in forcing public schools to furlough teachers based on seniority rather than performance or other important educational considerations.

There has been ongoing litigation about the disproportionate impact of teacher layoffs on the state's most impoverished schools, some of which face losing most of their teachers if layoffs are based on seniority rather than performance.

It explores the concept that schools need to have a learning, rather than a performance, orientation with reflection at its heart.

Moreover, collectively bargained contracts placed a premium on characteristics such as seniority and credentials rather than performance, further depressing the opportunities for the high - aptitude teacher.

For today's public school teachers, unlike most professionals, time in the saddle rather than performance determines where they work, how much they are paid, and whether they can be fired.

Coupled with a compensation scale that rewards seniority rather than performance, certification may well make the profession more attractive to graduates seeking a less demanding line of work.

Will's boss, Steven Jacobs, is ably played by David Oyelowo, however his character's moods and motivations are frustratingly irregular, a flaw which is down to the screenplay rather than his performance.

Liam Neeson will never find a weighty challenge in taking on Bryan Mills, his performance coming across as stale, probably because he still more wrapped up in nailing down the American accent, rather than the performance.

Do you think that U.S. education policy should work on improving the science - math performance of the children at the bottom, overwhelmingly from low - income families and racial and ethnic minorities, rather than the performance of all children?

Based on the belief that learning must be personally meaningful rather than performance - driven, the Waldorf curriculum harmonizes with children's developmental phases and needs.

Having studied the Index over the last few months, and in particular over the recent January transfer window, it seems far easier to predict a player to win media buzz rather than performance buzz,

For the most outstanding actor in a drama series, Jon Hamm's status as the clear cut favorite can likely be attributed to more to Mad Men's seven season run rather than his performance specifically in the final season.

I'm sorry but I've heard Merson's opinions of Arsenal for more than 10 years and he comes across to me to be what I consider to be an unintelligent flip - flop reactionary pundit who will within a game judge a team based merely on the score line — rather than the performance in front of him.

The way I see some of the ratings are based on the player's reputation rather than his performance in yesterday's game.