Sentences with phrase «rigorous study while»

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APF Canada Disclaimer: Given the controversial nature of this topic, APF Canada has attempted to provide a transparent, fact - based backgrounder that, while referencing the main studies published to date on the issue of foreign - ownership in Vancouver real estate, does not delve into a rigorous academic critique of these studies.

We find these results highly promising, however we have not fully vetted the results and note that the strongest programs we have considered are backed by multiple studies, while there has only been one rigorous study of the Living Goods program.

Douglas Berg, a microbiologist at Washington University in St. Louis, while impressed by the new study, cautions, «Critical tests and rigorous proofs are difficult to obtain in their field of «microbial anthropology,» and some scientists will think that the authors rather overstated their case.»

A new study out today in Neurology, provides the first evidence that rigorous visual training restores rudimentary sight in patients who went partially blind after suffering a stroke, while patients who did not train continued to get progressively worse.

Through the use of props and other innovative methods, the students also study various adjustment and alignment techniques to extract maximum benefit of each asana, while the alignment techniques are also extremely crucial preventative measures undertaken to avoid injuries during rigorous yoga practice.

Older studies went as far as estimating 1.5 g per lb (3 g / kg) of body weight are necessary to increase muscle mass, while the International Society of Sports Nutrition in its 2007 stand advises those that undergo «rigorous» resistance training to aim for 0.8 g per lb (1.5 g / kg) of body weight.

In the Indiana study, the most rigorous program estimates come from an individual fixed - effects analysis, where the achievement gains of students while in the voucher program are compared to their achievement gains when not in the program.

Commenting on the figures, Rudolf Eliott Lockhart, chief executive of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, said: «While it is fantastic to see increasing numbers of students opting to take the full course GCSE in Religious Studies, a reflection of the attraction of an academically rigorous subject that helps prepare students to understand an increasingly diverse modern world, we should not ignore the troubling news that declining entries for the short course mean that more than 100,000 fewer young people have studied the subject at GCSE level this year than in 2010.

While one case study by Sarah Fairbanks and colleagues in 2007 suggests that office referrals decreased following implementation of RTI, and teachers rated student misbehavior to be less intense and less frequent, few rigorous evaluations of RTI have been conducted.

The challenge is expanding the students» excitement about native studies to all subjects while fighting the perception that the curriculum is less rigorous than in other public schools.

While urban students overall do better in charter schools than in traditional public schools — a conclusion found by rigorous studies that account for any potential differences in the students going in — the gap varies tremendously from place to place.

While the clearinghouse has reviewed more than 10,000 studies in its nearly 15 - year history, many do not end up meeting its rigorous quality standards.

What follows is a tightly designed course of study that allows undergraduates to complete a rigorous major in mathematics or one of the sciences while embarking on a set of clinical experiences with middle or high school students.

A national study released earlier this year (the most rigorous to date) finds that, while Head Start modestly boosts reading and math skills during the time children are in the program, those gains disappear by first grade.

One study found that California, Indiana and Massachusetts had the most rigorous standards in the country, while rating the average state standards at C - minus.

While some of Arizona's college - prep charters focusing on attracting high - achieving students with a rigorous curriculum have gotten significant attention in the media, two independent studies using student - level data have found the charter sector as a whole for similar demographic students underperforms relative to the public district schools.

Nazareth prepares students well for careers and / or continued study through rigorous academic programs, global and cross-cultural experiences, and hands - on career experience while in college.

She has been raising service dogs since her undergraduate studies at University of Kentucky and continues while a veterinary medicine student in spite of a rigorous academic program.

Del Mar at Schwartz: While studying the recent pictures by Bay Area painter Lori del Mar at Andrea Schwartz — which deserve and repay careful study — I recalled a body of work by the rigorous San Francisco abstractionist John Meyer (1943 - 2002).

While we're at it on the subject of bad research, Bill, why don't you speak with your brother about clinical research funded by the pharmaceuticals and devices manufacturers and ask him about how even ``... very rigorous double blind studies [which you describe as having] any credibility» can be jerked around to provide data for studies that are fundamentally deceptive by way of suggestio falsi, suppressio veri.

The value of the course would go up as high - flying students could continue their studies at a rigorous level, while late developers could have a chance to demonstrate their ability even if they had not read law at Oxford or London.

While there are several theoretical models describing positive, strength - based processes in therapy, there is a scarcity of rigorous scientific studies about how to use positive therapeutic processes in psychological treatment.

As this study shows, when the «dose» is large enough, parent training seems more effective than when data from all participants are used in an intent to treat analysis; (c) the present study provided a more rigorous test than most prior studies by only admitting children to treatment who met DSM - IV criteria for ODD; and, perhaps most importantly, (d) this study was designed as an effectiveness trial, while most prior studies were efficacy - oriented.