Sentences with phrase «relatively little knowledge»

We also have relatively little knowledge about whether the association between parental divorce and child well - being and life chances has changed over time and, if so, why.

Third, we have relatively little knowledge of how and why cancer develops.

Dr Jonsson said: «Scientists previously had relatively little knowledge about the workings of the acoustic trachea and what happens to a sound signal when inside this part of the ear.

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Unfortunately, however, he seems to feel that he must conscientiously report every fact known about Percy's ancestors and about his relatively uneventful life, including details about pets, picnics, weekend trips, and the like that contribute little to our knowledge of the real Walker Percy.

Our East African knowledge is also quite extensive, but much less is known about the birds of Central and West Africa, where relatively little detailed ornithological research has taken place.

Many probably knew relatively little about yoga; there certainly was no requirement of prior yoga knowledge.

The reasons why are relatively complex, and require a little knowledge of the way our bodies work.

Such thinking is why elementary - and secondary - school reform focuses almost exclusively on resources (per pupil spending), time (class size), knowledge (professional development), or experience (teacher retention) and relatively little on incentives to make educators perform better.

When the aim is to show reading improvements in a short period of time, spending large amounts of time on word - reading skill and its foundations, and relatively little on comprehension, vocabulary, and conceptual and content knowledge, makes sense.

«A math problem [containing that word] then becomes relatively more difficult for English - language learners, so performance on that item has little to do with their math knowledge.»

But when it comes to their lives outside of education, especially their general values and beliefs, we have relatively little empirical knowledge, especially of the American teaching cadre as a whole.

Analysts and journalists pay little attention to these companies, so their prices reflect relatively paltry knowledge about the workings of the underlying companies.