Sentences with phrase «set of social studies»

When the Oakland, Calif., school board voted last spring to reject a set of social studies textbooks sanctioned by the state of California, most members probably knew they were taking a «road less traveled.»

Not exact matches

Spending 15 minutes alone could help you tone down the intensity of emotions like anger and nervousness, according to a new set of studies published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Studying the humanities offers students «mental empowerment» so that they can go forward in life armed with «a sense of social responsibility» and «intellectual and practical skills that span all areas of study, such as communication, analytical and problem - solving skills, and a demonstrated ability to apply knowledge and skills in real - world settings.»

When according to critical study, that text is set in the Exile as an affirmation to Israelites and a polemic against Babylonian imperialism and Babylonian gods, the social function of that equilibrium emerges.

Two and a half years later, the same social science journal that published the original study publishes a «re-analysis» of the very same data set (that's right, no new data collection, just reinterpretation of the admittedly valid stuff).

In my own work I have studied the memories of David to show how those memories have been variously cast and how they have been articulated to accommodate various social settings and social possibilities.

In the theological society's new study, Scripture is treated as pluralistic, setting forth no unified code, with many of its dictates referring to social situations that no longer obtain.

«I have had to set priorities and budget my time between water polo, school, and a social life,» he said of balancing studies and sports with enjoying his senior year of high school.

For example, if a child sets a goal of getting an A in social studies, one of the reasons might be to make mom happy, but it shouldn't be the only reason.

Reading with good comprehension sets kids up for success in all of their other subjects, like social studies, math, and science.

No study has shown, however, that the goals for separateness and independence (or happiness, for that matter) are obtained in the individual by, among other things, separate sleeping arrangements for parents and children, nor do any studies demonstrate negative consequences for children or parents who choose to cosleep for ideological or emotional purposes, except when cosleeping is part of a larger psychologically disordered set of family relationships or when cosleeping occurs under dangerous social or physical circumstances.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

Today the study of social psychology explores in much greater depth how cultural influences, social status and other factors contribute to a person's mind - set and behaviors.

In the second study, published earlier this month in Social Neuroscience, the researchers set out to determine whether the same portions of the prefrontal cortex might be blocking the altruistic mirroring impulse.

You're best - known for studying social networks — sets of people and the relationships among them.

A long - term study of life history and government records reveals a disproportionately large set of social costs devoted to a relatively small sector of the population.

In a second study, the procedure was nearly identical, but participants were asked a different set of questions concerning the social dynamics.

«The set - up we developed allows us investigate aspects of human social interaction that are difficult or even impossible to study in a canonical laboratory setting.»

But Wertheim did not set out to argue a case or to complain — her initial intention was to fill a perceived gap by writing, as a physicist, a popular «history of physics» that took into account social studies of science.

In this set of studies, lead researcher Oliver Sheldon, a specialist in organizational behavior at Rutgers University, and co-author Ayelet Fishbach, a social psychologist at the University of Chicago, set out to understand the factors that influence self - control in ethical decision - making.

In a new study published in the current issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, researchers in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University and Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin in Germany measured the effects of situations on human behavior in real - time and outside of a laboratory setting in one of the largest studies to employ experience sampling methods.

This novel possibility comes from a set of studies published May 22 in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, which demonstrate that anticipating temptation decreases the likelihood of a person engaging in poor behavior.

Lonely individuals who are shy or have low social support may turn to Facebook to compensate for their lack of social skills and / or social networks in face - to - face settings,» according to the study» findings.

Many social scientists who study the influence of technology argue that app - enabled mobile devices are set to become a huge influence on our daily behaviours.

In their new Journal of Experimental Social Psychology study, the researchers conducted a series of experiments that included male and female university undergraduates as well as a set of subjects recruited using Amazon's «Mechanical Turk,» a tool in which individuals are compensated for completing small tasks and is frequently used in running behavioral science studies.

Previous studies have shown family history of suicide to be a risk factor for suicide attempt, so risk assessments in hospitals, prisons and social care settings are designed to take this into account.

Contacts: Shilo Rea / Carnegie Mellon University / 412-268-6094 / [email protected] Cristina Mestre / University of Pittsburgh / 412-586-9776 / [email protected] PITTSBURGH — Most teenagers who drink alcohol do so with their friends in social settings, but a new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh reveals that a significant number of adolescents consume alcohol while they are alone.

To identify methodological categories, the outcome of each paper was classified according to a set of binary variables: 1 - outcome measured on biological material; 2 - outcome measured on human material; 3 - outcome exclusively behavioural (measures of behaviours and interactions between individuals, which in studies on people included surveys, interviews and social and economic data); 4 - outcome exclusively non-behavioural (physical, chemical and other measurable parameters including weight, height, death, presence / absence, number of individuals, etc...).

The study found that hyenas follow a complex set of rules when making social decisions.

We think that social stress explains these effects because a great deal of research has linked lower rank to increased social stress in captive female macaques (and for primates in some other settings as well), and in fact we were able to measure stress hormone dysregulation in our study subjects indicative of chronic stress.

Based on observations of a group of three young female Somali wild asses at the Saint Louis Zoo, the study provides new insight into the species» social behavior in a captive setting — a relatively good proxy environment for the early phases of wild animal domestication.

Setting the fact that the bias from big pharma (which we know include / control / owns dairy industry etc.) is real and even documented and not just potential, how can you compare the «potential» bias of somebody who has very high economic interest in having a specific result coming out of the study with that of somebody who is simply following a related social, scientific, religious, pratical etc. pattern?

What this study shows is that, while social media may be allowing individuals to expand their set of choices of a partner, it does not necessarily result in a higher incidence of STDs.

The perfect opening line of Grahame - Smith's audacious 2011 novel sets up what's to come; an on - the - nose mash - up of Austen's classic study of 19th century social mores and the bloody mayhem of a zombie apocalypse.

Not only is the game great fun and easy to integrate into the curriculum, it also reinforces standards set by the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS), the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and the International Society for Technology Education (ISTE).

Even the best of social studies materials can set students on the wrong track.

As researchers long focused on social studies and informational reading and writing education in the early elementary grades, we were frustrated by this pattern of neglect, and troubled that it is even worse in high - poverty school settings.

This study set out to explore the ways that livelihood programs operate to improve the social and economic situation of Burmese refugees residing along the Thai - Burma border.

We tested a total of roughly 3,000 students in each setting in English and mathematics; in state languages in India and Kenya; religious and moral education in Ghana; and social studies in Nigeria.

Inventing an ideology Jonathan Burack argues that a «global education ideology» has «captivated» social studies experts in recent years, resulting in a curriculum that is «deeply suspicious» of both American institutions and our role in the world («The Sun Sets on the West,» Feature, Spring 2004).

For example, past Specialized Studies candidates have included physicians interested in understanding the education of medical students, a career military officer interested in translating classroom practices into training, social entrepreneurs leading innovative educational ventures in the U.S. and abroad, teachers and administrators interested in implementing cutting edge reform in unique settings, as well as so many others who have benefited from designing their own courses of study.

If teachers» response to uncertainty is to close their doors and teach what they know, most of what they now know is Louisiana's set of Tier 1 curricula, which has grown to encompass materials for early childhood, social studies, and science programs, along with math and ELA interim and benchmark assessment systems.

: This is a fantastic set of Kwanzaa posters to spruce up your Social Studies Center or your bulletin board plus you get some more stuff.

As you prepare your proposals, please consider the following areas of relevance for social studies in PK - 12 and higher education settings:

Let's hear another perspective,»» says Assistant Professor Hunter Gelhbach, an educational psychologist who studies how improved educational settings can enhance social interactions of teachers and students.

One of the best learning experiences I remember is when, in 6th grade, we learned about ancient Egypt in social studies, read Agatha Christie's «Death Comes As the End» (which is set in ancient Egypt) in Language Arts, and did art projects with hieroglyphics in art class.

In my social studies classroom, I have implemented games with social themes, including Ayiti: The Cost of Life, a role - playing game set in Haiti, and the poverty simulation games Heifer Village and 3rd World Farmer.

The integration of Michigan's content expectations along with the C3 Framework and where appropriate, literacy standards from the CCSS assess comprehensive skill sets in social studies thinking.

This curriculum encourages learners to synthesize their knowledge of Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Technology and Engineering through participation in a collaborative «real world problem solving» setting.

shown a set of informational social studies texts and asked to describe this type of text, one student restated the text titles