Sentences with phrase «rigorous studies linking»

In the end there are only a handful of rigorous studies linking Chernobyl to disease, Chumak explains.

Not exact matches

Although much of the new work has strengthened suspected links between BPA and human - health problems, one rigorous study has come back with negative results.

At least two rigorous studies failed to find any link between the two, including a landmark 2003 study investigating the higher - than - average breast cancer risk among women living on Long Island.

In the past, a number of studies similar to White's that have found an apparent link between supplements and reduced cancer risk haven't been confirmed by more rigorous studies, says Jay Brooks, MD, an oncologist at Ochsner Health System, in Baton Rouge, La..

Of the more than 1,300 studies identified as potentially addressing the effect of teacher professional development on student achievement in three key content areas, nine meet What Works Clearinghouse evidence standards, attesting to the paucity of rigorous studies that directly examine this link.

Of six recent rigorous studies (linked below), two showed mixed impacts on student outcomes (meaning reading scores improved, but not math scores, or vice versa)-- and the rest of the studies did not show that this practice had any impact on student scores.

The Learning Policy Institute conducted a review of 35 methodologically rigorous studies that have demonstrated a positive link among teacher professional development, teaching practices, and student outcomes.

This work is at the center of a suite of SRI Education projects related to Linked Learning in California, including the California Community Linked Learning Evaluation and a rigorous study of Linked Learning San Bernardino funded through the U.S. Department of Education's Investment in Innovation (i3) fund.

Bosetti's prior research also includes The Evaluation of the California Linked Learning District Initiative, a multiyear study of a major systemic effort to transform high schools through programs of study that integrate rigorous academic instruction with a demanding technical curriculum and work - based learning.

Programs such as Linked Learning, which according to its website, «integrates rigorous academics that meet college - ready standards with sequenced, high - quality career - technical education, work - based learning, and supports to help students stay on track,» have seen positive outcomes for students.51 A seven - year longitudinal study comparing students who participated in Linked Learning to those who did not showed that the program completers were less likely to drop out and more likely to graduate from high school.

The work carried out in the following pages is comprehensive and rigorous, and even those who may not agree with the analysis presented would, perhaps, benefit from a deep study of the underlying assumptions that are linked with specific energy scenarios for the future.