Sentences with phrase «rigorous study»

The recommendations in this guide reflect not only our expertise and experience but the findings of rigorous studies of interventions to promote reading achievement.

As it turns out, a slew of more rigorous studies have found no scientific basis for such claims.

To be prepared for rigorous study in school, and for the working world after formal education is completed, students must be able to use language effectively.

«I think physicians will welcome a large, rigorous study on this topic and factor this information into their decision - making process,» he said.

In other words, yet another scientifically rigorous study found prayer to be useless.

We reviewed them, especially 69 scientifically rigorous studies showing the effectiveness of quite a wide range of character education initiatives, and drew conclusions from them about effective practice.

In partnership with school districts and other organizations, researchers have an opportunity to conduct rigorous studies to inform local system improvement and, potentially, other efforts to support principal development.

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

The two highest - intensity interventions have received the most rigorous study using controlled designs.

Teaching facts requires knowledge, which is acquired through rigorous study and research.

To earn this designation, professionals must undergo rigorous study and examination and have considerable experience.

The above mentioned independent organizations have provided rigorous studies and tests to provide consumers with accurate and scientifically - backed information on the nutrition products they consume.

Scientific belief comes only after a long rigorous study of a situation.

The new paper «is the most rigorous study yet,» he says.

He agrees with the goal of using fewer antibiotics, but he thinks rigorous studies need to be performed for each and every kind of infection before doctors change their recommendations.

International comparisons should look at information from all countries and adjust for factors that affect student performance, even though such rigorous studies typically face their own challenges, including collecting the requisite data.

Five previous rigorous studies of this program and other small school initiatives have demonstrated significant benefits for students.

Students may pursue rigorous studies in K - 12 education, higher education, and psychology and counseling.

This view on historic temperatures, particularly in the Medieval Warm Period, has been reversed by a number of more rigorous studies.

But few rigorous studies have looked at the long - term costs and yields of organic farming.

Yet they are rigorous studies of very high quality.

Here's a look back at important lessons from our work and other rigorous studies.

A five - year scientifically rigorous study by MDRC, an independent research firm, found that Talent Development reforms produced improvements in the percentage of students who regularly attend middle school, in the math achievement levels students attained by the end of the middle grades and also yielded substantial gains in attendance, academic credits earned, promotion and graduation rates in high schools.

Promising Practices are also techniques that have a positive impact on students, but that also have some research data (from very rigorous to less rigorous study designs) to support their claims of effectiveness.

However, this discussion can not properly take place until methodologically rigorous studies of the Metro Vancouver area are undertaken with the cooperation of the government.

My team at BSRI, and collaborators in the REDS programs (the American Red Cross and globally), have responded to numerous blood safety threats with rigorous studies in multiple countries to verify and quantify rates of infected donations, and consequent risks of transmission to and disease outcomes in recipients.

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.

There's no set formula, but the most recent rigorous study into the issue, the 2008 WorldatWork survey, found 80 percent commission and 20 percent salary was the most popular formula.

However, Soviet scientists figured out how to make phages more effective — advances in molecular biology techniques allowed biologists to identify better matches between phages and their intended prey — although their less rigorous studies in Russian journals were ignored by cold warriors in the West.

If you know of such an instance, it's only a «happy coincidence,» says Donn Young, who recently conducted the first rigorous study of death postponement in a large population.

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

HFA can change the lives of children and parents, according to multiple rigorous studies reporting:

This level of certification demands rigorous study of more advanced asanas and human anatomy, including addressing common physical limitations, pranayama (breath work), and yoga philosophy.

Mr. Kikoler and Dr. David Silver, then a senior researcher at UCLA CRESST, presented AES's 5 year rigorous study at the U.S. Department of Education's Parental Options and Information Project Directors Conference in Washington DC in 2008.

(So far the most rigorous studies available on U.S. programs have focused on Spanish - English programs, the most common form of bilingual education.)

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a varied and flexible elective program that provides rigorous study while responding to the changing needs of students.

The brief also recommends support for further rigorous studies of community schools in order to develop a better understanding of the conditions under which the various elements of the community schools strategy are most effective.

Our own study (the largest rigorous study of KIPP) estimated that over three years KIPP middle schools have an average cumulative impact of 0.21 standard deviations in reading and 0.36 standard deviations in math, roughly equivalent to an additional eight to 11 months of learning.

Most of the Jesus «miracles» are noted in John's gospel which after very rigorous studying has been judged to be historically nil.

Logic is all well and good but it can easily lead to false and contradictory conclusions... without rigorous study and proof it is just an interesting possibility.

She says the study shows researchers knew a lot less about beetle breathing than they'd thought, and it should challenge them to do more rigorous studies like this one.