Sentences with phrase «reasoning skills programs»

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EDUCATION • TV Programs for Children Research on how kids learn provides a guide to picking the right educational TV shows for children of different ages, which can lay the groundwork for good reasoning skills and inspire inquisitive minds.

One program focused on improving reaction speed, another on reasoning skills and the third on memory.

One group trained on a program that emphasized reasoning and problem - solving skills, and another group trained on a program that emphasized different skills, including short - term memory and attention.

And the reason also with the hands - on approach is, many of the skills that they learn during our programs in the high school time, they can do summer jobs while in campus.

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).

Washington — The Education Department's new biennial report on bilingual education indicates that students with limited proficiency in English remain an underserved population and that many of the teachers who are trained to help them are, for some reason, not in programs utilizing those skills.

Research suggests that service programs are effective in building interpersonal and communication skills, problem - solving abilities, complex thought processes, collaborative skills, ethical reasoning, and social and political understanding.

This is another reason why companies looking for candidates for these who have entrepreneurial experience; freelancers and agency owners have extensive networks already developed of people with 3D animation, programming, video and voice - over skills.

These academic programs, some for use in - school, some after - school, and some in place of school subjects, are often life - savers for our gifted children - something they can really dig into, and learn the thinking and reasoning skills so valuable later in their school careers and lives...

Though her study did not examine the reasons for the better long - term outcomes for students in bilingual programs, Umansky said other research suggests that students acquire transferable language skills and a better understanding of subjects like math and history by studying in their native language first.

Students in the program performed better in six categories of literacy and critical thinking skills — including thorough description, hypothesizing and reasoning — than did students who were not in the program.

Science Sela PCS's science program will: 1) develop students» science literacy and provide meaningful and engaging learning experiences to enhance students» intellectual curiosity and build students» proficiency in science; 2) teach students how to manipulate scientific tools as they expand their science vocabulary; and 3) strengthen students» logical reasoning and critical thinking skills, as well as their abilities to apply scientific methodology and inquiry to make connections between books, and between texts and their own experiences.

«I have used other programs to learn how to write learning objectives, but until I got yours, I never really understood the underlying reasons and none of the others even comes close to yours in terms of teaching the skills.

For this reason, we believe that afterschool programs should abide by the CASEL framework: structured and operated according to the SAFE model, with emphasis on at least one component of the CASEL competency clusters of self - awareness, self - management, social awareness, responsible decision - making, or relationship skills.

The Evernham Family - Racing for a Reason Foundation will sell the supercar during the auction to benefit the Autism Society of North Carolina's IGNITE program, which offers activities, skills training and educational workshops that address the social, financial, educational and employment needs of young adults with high - functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome.

Dog shows are another way to interact with your dog, they are a competitive sport, a proving ground of knowledge and skill, a way to show off your breeding program, a new circle of friends you'd never meet any other way, and probably a hundred other reasons that suit each person involved.

It's actually pretty difficult to find someone with the appropriate technical skills for build engineering so instead we focus on core skills, such as problem - solving, analytical thinking and logical reasoning — any type of programming or scripting experience really.

«Minecraft extends kids» spatial reasoning skills, construction skills and understanding of planning,» said Eric Klopfer, a professor and the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Scheller Teacher Education Program.

For this reason, the Provincial Nominee Program is very important to lower skill TFWs.

And then there is the controversial argument that skills among drivers will less money may be lacking due to a lack of an acceptable driver's education program, a lack of real world driving skills, or for other reasons, making these motorists more prone to poor decisions behind the wheel.

Drivers can enroll in a driver improvement program in New Hampshire for various reasons: to reduce demerit points from driving records, restore driving privileges, satisfy a requirement due to a DWI citation, get lower car insurance premiums or improve defensive driving skills.

A major reason is that the Wolf Driving School has been offering a comprehensive CDL training and truck driver training program to both prospective drivers and former drivers who are hoping to brush up on their skills and renew their licenses in order to reenter the industry.

The US keeps imposing new sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program but they're not changing Kim Jong Un's behavior — and for a surprising reason: Pyongyang's skill at using cryptocurrencies.

Whereas human recruiters often look for reasons to reject a candidate, such as spelling errors or lack of relevant skills, ATSs operate by matching keywords in the resume to the keywords they are programmed to accept for the particular position.

This program will help me attain clinical reasoning and teamwork skills which are two of the most important aspects of nursing work.

PROFILE * Action - oriented professional with over 15 years of Customer Service / Sales Experience * Results driven individual with a can - do attitude * Team player with proven communication and problem - solving abilities * High performance standards, interpersonal approach and leadership skills CORE STRENGTHS * Critical thinking, reasoning and problem solving * Proficiency in MS Office, Oracle and SAP Computer programs * Organ...

The program director position represents an intersection of all these skills, and I'm excited about the opportunity to develop them further.These are a few of the reasons I believe I would be an asset to the team at City Uplift.

The program consists of 10 weeks (30 sessions) of intervention training, and is divided into three components — social skills training, anger - control training, and training in moral reasoning.

The program's three - part approach includes training in Prosocial Skills, Anger Control, and Moral Reasoning.

Computer - based training programs targeting attention focusing and control has proven to enhance efficiency of the brain attention system in young children as well as reasoning capacities.14 It has also been shown that classroom curricula that emphasize regulation and executive functions skills, such as Tools of the Mind, 17 improves children's cognitive control.18 But home environment is also important.

The program used mindfulness - based, cognitive interventions to build skills for responding to risky situations and improving executive function (including reasoning and problem solving).