Sentences with phrase «science learning institutions»

Sometimes, these informal science learning institutions host an Atlas workshop.

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Both of us were working in specialized fields and wanted to gain a better understanding of the many ways science intersects with Washington policymaking and learn more about how the Federal government, and the complex set of institutions through which it operates, actually works.

As I admired the gilded allegorical ceiling panels representing science and excellence, I couldn't help thinking, corny as it may sound, that the building's namesake — whose innovative experiments included, along with the Declaration of Independence, an improved plow, a portable copying machine, an encryption device, and an outstanding institution of learning (the University of Virginia), and who sent Lewis and Clark on one of history's most daring research expeditions — would have approved of this educational effort, too.

Drawn to the meeting's focus on science policy, attendees are learning how to bolster the scientific integrity policies of their respective institutions, to clearly outline the real life impacts of their research and to challenge public policy shifts that blunt scientific communication and hamper international talent exchanges.

In my case, funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Precollege Science Education Program Initiative for Biomedical Research Institutions and the Science Education Partnership Award from the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health enable the Genetic Science Learning Center to provide postdoctoral training for research scientists transitioning into science education cScience Education Program Initiative for Biomedical Research Institutions and the Science Education Partnership Award from the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health enable the Genetic Science Learning Center to provide postdoctoral training for research scientists transitioning into science education cScience Education Partnership Award from the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health enable the Genetic Science Learning Center to provide postdoctoral training for research scientists transitioning into science education cScience Learning Center to provide postdoctoral training for research scientists transitioning into science education cscience education careers.

The idea of the program, which originated with Claudia Koch - Brandt (Mainz) and Joachim Herz and Nancy Street (UT Southwestern), is to give life science graduate students from both institutions the opportunity to work in a foreign laboratory, learn new methods and technical skills, and experience another country with, possibly, a different philosophy of science.

With the subject matter rotating each year among astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience, reporters accepted in the competitive program are provided a unique opportunity to learn in - depth about the science and issues in these fields from researchers based at the university and other institutions, including the Kavli Institutes.

We call upon governments to improve the governance of science by empowering women and young scientists, stimulating policy debates, exchanging knowledge of best practices and lessons learned, and by strengthening local institutions.

Applicants are expected to have a minimum 3.0 GPA in the following areas: prerequisite science courses, cumulative science and humanities prerequisites, and cumulative GPA for all institutions for higher learning attended.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

In the midst of this early literacy crisis, faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) are launching Reach Every Reader, a five - year initiative that will combine both institutions» expertise in cognitive science, reading, learning technologies, and evaluation to help all children thrive and succeed as readers — across schools, homes, and commLearning Initiative (MITili) are launching Reach Every Reader, a five - year initiative that will combine both institutions» expertise in cognitive science, reading, learning technologies, and evaluation to help all children thrive and succeed as readers — across schools, homes, and commlearning technologies, and evaluation to help all children thrive and succeed as readers — across schools, homes, and communities.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a total of $ 6 million to seven institutions for research and development into alternative forms of assessing student learning in mathematics and sScience Foundation has awarded a total of $ 6 million to seven institutions for research and development into alternative forms of assessing student learning in mathematics and sciencescience.

Passport to Success reduces summer learning loss by encouraging students and families to participate in summer learning activities at local museums, science centers, libraries and cultural institutions.

Recognizing that candidates receive much of their content preparation elsewhere in the institution, teacher educators engaged arts and sciences faculty in discipline - based professional learning communities around the standards.

In partnership with the United Way, a dozen public school districts and higher learning institutions, local museums, local medical partners, and under the leadership and guidance of the YMCA of the USA, the YMCA of Greater Rochester continues to implement innovative programming that strengthens their communities, help children to be active and make healthy food choices, develop passions for arts and sciences, and strives to close the achievement gap.

Museum education / museum studies degrees are designed for students who wish to pursue a career in art, history and / or science within informal learning environments such as museums, historical institutions and libraries.

Specific provisions included scholarships and loans to students in higher education, with loans to students preparing to be teachers and to those who showed promise in the curricular areas of mathematics, science, engineering, and modern foreign languages; grants to states for programs in mathematics, science, and modern foreign languages in public schools; the establishment of centres to expand and improve the teaching of languages; help to graduate students, including fellowships for doctoral students to prepare them to be professors at institutions of higher learning; assistance for the improvement of guidance, counseling, and testing programs; provisions for research and experimentation in the use of television, radio, motion pictures, and related media for educational purposes; and the improvement of statistical services at the state level.

Speakers will include representatives from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, California STEM Learning Network, and higher education institutions.

Cooper built a completely free, merit - based learning institution that encouraged free thinking and produced some of our nation's greatest minds in the arts and sciences.

Cooper Union, in full Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, private institution of higher learning in New York, New York, U.S..

Bennington College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Bennington, Vt., U.S. Bennington is a liberal arts college comprising disciplines of literature and languages, social sciences, visual arts, music, dance, drama, and natural sciences and mathematics.

But 73 percent of museum visitors said that they would like to learn more about climate change and that they trusted informal science institutions more than any other source to provide that information.

If there's one thing all of these scientific institutions need to learn and see on their screen savers is that climate science is only a contributor to a much broader effort, and that they need to understand their limits.

Thus, using EdGCM students can obtain a complete and meaningful research experience in which they learn about various climate change issues (global warming, past climates, etc.) while simultaneously learning about computer modeling techniques, Numerous universities, schools and research institutions are employing EdGCM as a means of lowering the barriers to participation in climate change and climate modeling science.

Deeply committed to create an environment where students learn and grow at the same time, I plan to utilize my knowledge and background of teaching computer science in providing the right guidance to the students of your institutions.