Sentences with phrase «scientifically rigorous studies»

The evidence - based programs on the PROSPER menu also have served numerous people and have been evaluated in multiple scientifically rigorous studies.

EducationNews covered scientifically rigorous studies of NISL's Executive Development Program for School Leaders, which found that students in schools in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania led by NISL - trained principals showed significant gains in math and reading.

The new report, Effective Teacher Professional Development, reviewed 35 scientifically rigorous studies conducted over the past 30 years which showed significant gains in student achievement resulting from teacher development programs.

In a move that's causing ripples of controversy among researchers, a group of scholars last week announced the formation of a federally backed professional society that will focus solely on advancing scientifically rigorous studies in education.

Researchers reviewed 40 scientifically rigorous studies that looked at whether taking vitamin D in supplement form would bring health benefits.

This lack of scientifically rigorous studies on teaching and monitoring integrity was a common refrain at the meeting and in the report.

This evaluation was a scientifically rigorous study featuring 24 middle schools in the greater Boston area.

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Nevertheless, the initial study was viewed by AAAS as a useful step toward development of a more scientifically rigorous and representative international survey that would enable generalization beyond the sample completing the questionnaire.

People have actually been studying questions like this for decades (and even back to Charles Darwin), but not always in a scientifically rigorous manner.

But by 2004, after researchers had completed two major parts of the Women's Health Initiative — which together formed a massive study of 27,347 women that compared treatment with a placebo in a scientifically rigorous way — doctors realized hormone therapy does more harm than good in most women over the long term.

The No Child Left Behind Act famously endorses the use of «scientifically based research,» the federal Institute of Education Sciences has elevated the profile of rigorous scholarship, and presidential candidates tout studies on teacher quality, testing, and school choice.

The study, which the authors and other experts described as the first scientifically rigorous review of merit pay in the United States, measured the effect of financial incentives on teachers in Nashville public schools and found that better pay alone was not enough to inspire gains.

The curriculum is a scientifically based, academically rigorous, practically oriented course of study.

Yes, individual studies by individual scientists or research teams can be rigorous and scientifically valid.

Of course, some could say that as long as it works, it doesn't matter if it's a placebo effect, but that doesn't mean the studies are scientifically rigorous.

Through this process, CoL members learn from one another and together create scientifically and culturally rigorous studies.