Sentences with phrase «say about the effectiveness»

But something has to be said about the effectiveness of VR's immersion.

«Because you can not put a community school in place for one year — knowing what the research says about effectiveness — and start something you can't finish.»

Technology Training Programs That Work Find out what members of the Education World Tech Team say about the effectiveness of technology training programs at their schools.

In this video, Nick Yoder, AIR senior technical assistance consultant, explains how SEL can help students and what research says about its effectiveness.

It's about using student - level survey data, or what students themselves have to say about the effectiveness of their teachers, to supplement (or perhaps trump) value - added and other test - based data when evaluating teacher effectiveness.

What is a portfolio management district and what does the research say about the effectiveness of this type of model?

Not exact matches

When the Jack Morton survey measured the effectiveness of experiential marketing across 14 product and service categories, in 11 out of 14, consumers said they preferred to learn about new products and services by experiencing them for themselves or hearing about them from someone they knew.

«Antidepressants are routinely used worldwide yet there remains considerable debate about their effectiveness and tolerability,» said John Ioannidis of Stanford University, one of the researchers, in a statement.

«Although jade eggs are slightly different than traditional kegels, goop is up front about the fact that there are no scientific studies proving or disproving the effectiveness of a jade egg,» a rep said in a statement.

He was adamant about its effectiveness and said that every million - dollar website he had created was started using the formula.

The chairman of the Commons media committee, Damian Collins, said he had «grave doubts» about the effectiveness of its content moderation systems.

But rankings alone don't really say much about the effectiveness of an SEO campaign.

To me, the alleged compliment, «aging gracefully,» sounds so woefully outdated that I cringe every time I hear it — it's like saying, «forget about your dreams, your purpose here on Earth is now positively correlated to your night cream's effectiveness.

Say what you will about Ryan Anderson's lack of defense — and it will probably limit his effectiveness in the postseason — but his elite shooting range is a key component of their offense.

If home - schooling is good for our children, it is for us to say (Telegraph, UK, 19-10-09) General article about how government regulation tends to decrease effectiveness in many areas.

Despite uncertainty about effectiveness, it can at least be said that Labour are using a strategy rooted in an understanding of the voters that can be justified with the survey evidence.

Following a three - year study that involved about 3,000 teachers, analysts said the most accurate measure of a teacher's effectiveness was a combination of classroom observations by at least two evaluators, along with student scores counting for between 33 percent and 50 percent of the overall evaluation.

Mainly, said Jasmin, she is concerned about the effectiveness of a future countywide system and prefers to keep the system that Spring Valley has now, which she says is working.

Ms Harman says, but is slapped down by Sir Christopher who backs up doubts about the effectiveness of regulatory body.

He said: «given the deficit of infrastructure and expertise in many countries in our sub-regions and the regularity with which elections are conducted, concerns have been raised about cost, choice and effectiveness of technology.

We have a lot to learn about improving therapeutic effectiveness, Chan says: «Immunotherapy isn't magic.

Because not all the trials of the drug have been published, she says, there are «serious doubts» about the drug's effectiveness.

The team's findings and other research show that our ancestors were thinking about effectiveness and efficiency, Wood said, which may have influenced which animals they targeted.

«We would be very happy to provide USAID with information about our cost - effectiveness,» he says.

«The most remarkable thing about this study is that now we have something to use that doesn't lose its effectiveness when you stop using it,» Weinstock said.

«We synthesized a new compound, demonstrated its effectiveness with biological data, and learned more about its interactions with proteins through X-ray crystallography and computational analysis,» says UConn associate professor of chemistry José Gascón, a specialist in quantum and molecular mechanics.

«While the evidence of the effectiveness of brain training remains controversial, our results suggest that the public is interested in learning more about the actual science behind the claims made by the app developers, «says Dr. John Torous, a clinical psychiatrist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, lead author of the study.

Far more parents, King says, refuse out of safety concerns and suspicions about effectiveness.

«Despite their rising popularity, little is known about how these monitors differ from one another, what options they provide in their applications and how these options may impact their effectiveness,» said Elizabeth Lyons, senior author and assistant professor at UTMB's Institute for Translational Sciences.

Most of the parties involved say that process has been collaborative — but disagreements about the impact on the Asian carp, cost - sharing and questions about the effectiveness of proposed technologies have caused delays and call into question just how well the various groups are working together.

«There has been a great deal of debate about the effectiveness of bevacizumab in treating patients with glioblastoma,» says lead author Derek Johnson, M.D., a neuro - oncologist at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center.

We frequently hear about the health benefits of gratitude and positive thinking, so this step might feel a little different at first but experts say it's essential to the technique's effectiveness.

Colloidal silver is generally considered safe to use, but it is important to be informed about what studies say with respect to its safety and effectiveness, and whether excessive use may harm us or the environment.

In this article, I will tell you what professional bodybuilders are saying about TestoGen and its effectiveness.

All of which is to say that I now have strong preconceptions about the case and the way it's been depicted onscreen, as well as the potential effectiveness of any dramatization of the material.

Close to three - fourths of the public say their local schools are doing well at attending to the needs of more - talented students, but that percentage plummets to just 45 percent when asked about the effectiveness of local schools at meeting the needs of the less - talented (Fig. 3).

While this does not say much about the effectiveness of reducing class sizes in various environments, it does demonstrate that it is possible to have a high - achieving school system with relatively large classes.

In other words, since we have little understanding of how spending relates to student outcomes, the authors can not say much about either the effectiveness or productivity of this spending.

Because the effectiveness of a program as sophisticated and multidimensional as Singapore Math can not be thoroughly evaluated in just two years of testing, the story of its failure in Montgomery County says more about school politics and finances than about math programs.

«One way to be able to do that was to, yes, commit more funding to it and buy more babies but we felt a little uncomfortable about it considering there hadn't been any long - term research into the effectiveness of the programme,» Brinkman says.

«New thinking about assessment is focusing on understanding where students are in their learning in order to identify appropriate starting points for action, and evaluate the effectiveness of such action» says Professor

«This ambiguous initiative is all about effectiveness and has very little to do with establishing a strong professional standard as a starting point for all educators,» said Joe Bishop, the executive director of Opportunity Action and a member of the Coalition for Teaching Quality.

Since it may take a couple of years for states and districts to follow the department's urging and set up systems that will allow them to measure teacher effectiveness based on growth in student achievement, she said, states should be required to show that they are making good on the language about equitable distribution of teachers that's already in the No Child Left Behind Act.

After watching this video, read more about the why transition matters, the effectiveness of WEB as the structure you need to support your incoming 6th graders and what educators are saying about WEB and the success it has created in their schools.

«We have learned a lot over the last four years about how to do this effectively and well, and the changes we've made are reflective of that,» said Scott Thompson, deputy chief of teacher effectiveness in the D.C. Public Schools, which launched a new evaluation system in 2009.

«Districts and unions also need to work together to provide parents with more and better information about teacher effectiveness — if not individual ratings, then at least school - level statistics, as teachers are the most powerful school - based factor in student academic success or failure,» he said.

David Reynolds, professor of educational effectiveness at the University of Southampton and a Welsh government adviser, said: «Frankly what I think is the pity here is that David Evans is neglecting the money, the support, the clear statements about what Welsh children are able to achieve in English and mathematics.»

Say what you want about a Madison School District proposal to subject teacher applicants to a new computer - based assessment of their probable effectiveness.

The National Research Council, the research arm of the National Academies, said in its report Friday that it is premature to draw sweeping conclusions about the effectiveness of school reform under the Public Education Reform Amendment Act (PERAA).

«There remains a high degree of uncertainty about the effectiveness of Mats, and there is not yet the evidence to prove that large - scale expansion would significantly improve the school landscape,» says the report.