Sentences with phrase «showed time spent in school»

Gibb had previously said parents shouldn't be able to take their children on holiday during term time because «abundant academic evidence» showed time spent in school was «one of the single strongest determinants of academic success».

There is abundant academic evidence which shows time spent in school is one of the single strongest determinants of academic success.

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At a young age, Gates showed an avid interest in computers, spending as much time as possible in his middle school's computer lab.

Gates showed an interest in computer programming at a very young age, spending all of his free time creating programs on the teletype terminal computer his school had donated.

Pediatricians have long cautioned that kids under two should spend no time in front of screen at all, while research shows that among older kids lots of screen time is correlated with worse school performance.

And a study from Columbia business school showed that creative directors of fashion companies produced more creative innovations after having spent a significant amount of time working in cultures very different from their own.The time diversifying their experiences expanded their point of view and forced them to problem - solve in different ways.

Such programs - with at least 16 under way in Illinois and others planned - provide children with creative and fun ways to spend their time, while giving schools a means to deal with students who show up early each day or stay long after classes are over.

A study of parents by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that about half of the children whose parents were surveyed spend time in homes that have firearms.

It is tempting to equate low levels of life satisfaction in East Asia or elsewhere to long study hours, but the data show no relationship between the time students spend studying, whether in or outside of school, and their satisfaction with life.

It is tempting to equate low levels of life satisfaction in East Asia or elsewhere to long study hours, but the data show actually no relationship between the time students spend studying, whether in or outside of school, and their satisfaction with life.

We wouldn't necessarily expect CTE students to show as much academic progress as their peers in traditional high schools because they are spending less of their time on academics!

Previous research examining the affect of allocating time during the school day to physical education programs showed similar results, demonstrating that [some] decreased time spent in academic programs did not adversely affect the academic performance of the students.

As the education sector is gathering at the Bett Show on Wednesday to explore the latest trends in educational technology, a new report released on Monday by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has found that school spending on ICT is set to rise for the first time in three years.

«When I became Director of Teaching and Learning here, we spent a great deal of time analysing our long - term results for our system and noted that there were a group of schools who, for various reasons — it could be that they are regional schools, had a lot of new staff and transient populations, they could be a school that are in low socio - economic areas or they could be schools with new principals — but consistently over five or six years, the Year 9 - 12 results in literacy were not showing that students were making enough progress with the amount of time they spent in a school,» Doyle shares.

I spent three years following an elementary / middle school in Newark and was consistently struck by the herculean effort exerted by the principal and his staff, and the extensive time required just to show incremental progress.

As stated by Educators 4 Excellence, teachers» careers advance through an outdated system that rewards time spent in classrooms and graduate school classes that «have shown no correlation with teacher effectiveness.»

Tech experts want a «proper national strategy» to help schools buy the right IT equipment, as research shows a drop in schools» spending on technology for the first time in a decade.

Currently, school districts in the United States spend $ 18 billion annually on professional development for teachers, 52 and the 50 largest school districts spend $ 18,000 per teacher per year.53 New research questions whether these funds are being spent effectively, as many forms of professional development have been shown to have little to no effect on teacher practice or student learning.54 Redistributing some of the funding currently used for one - off workshops and other less effective professional development activities to more school - based collaborative learning time could make it possible to provide teachers with increased time to collaborate and plan.

A separate study of the integration program in North Carolina's Charlotte - Mecklenburg county schools showed that at - risk students who were able to attend their school of choice were less likely to commit a violent crime or spend time in jail.

Studies have shown that in a student's years between kindergarten and their senior year, he or she will spend the equivalent of one school year's time with a substitute teacher.

For instance, a study of 681 elementary schools in California showed that schools which spent more time spent on character education tended to have higher academic scores by a small but significant margin.

National data shows only 20 percent of foster children — kids who have spent any amount of time in out - of - home care — who have graduated high school, go on to attend college.

Most research, say education experts, shows that simply having students spend more time in school means little.

The two are shown to have been close companions since childhood in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and in the comic «Warios Weihnachtsmärchen», published in the German Club Nintendo magazine, it is revealed that they spent their graduation ball in school together.

Candid Magazine sat down with Fabienne to discuss how the time that she spent at the Juilliard School has helped to develop her work, resulting in the series of paintings now on display in her impressive first London solo show, Rhythms and Reflections, at Waddington Custot.

Other subjects of the show include dealers such as Leo Castelli and friends of the New York school painters who spent time living and working in Long Island's East End.

Whatever the case, the title moves these yet unrealized paintings to the foreground of the show where they serve to highlight the invisible labor and other unseen conditions that contribute to the artwork: time spent in the artist's studio both past and present, the work of countless studio assistants, years of schooling and looking at art and ideas scrapped or not yet conceived.

Here, in less than five minutes, another designer who has spent some time in law school, Alan Siegal, shows how he simplified IRS notices and credit card statements.

In 2007, Professor Curcio gave her first - year Civil Procedure class five single - issue essay questions over the course of the semester.134 After students turned each assignment in, the professor provided an annotated model answer.135 In addition, the professor spent some class time discussing the models and providing time for self - and peer - edits.136 The students in Professor Curcio's class and in another Civil Procedure class then took the same final exam.137 Professor Curcio and the other professor graded all the exams from both classes.138 The results showed that students who practiced and received feedback performed better than those students who had not had the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.139 Most of the benefit, however, accrued to students who had above - the - median LSAT scores.140 For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.1In 2007, Professor Curcio gave her first - year Civil Procedure class five single - issue essay questions over the course of the semester.134 After students turned each assignment in, the professor provided an annotated model answer.135 In addition, the professor spent some class time discussing the models and providing time for self - and peer - edits.136 The students in Professor Curcio's class and in another Civil Procedure class then took the same final exam.137 Professor Curcio and the other professor graded all the exams from both classes.138 The results showed that students who practiced and received feedback performed better than those students who had not had the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.139 Most of the benefit, however, accrued to students who had above - the - median LSAT scores.140 For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.1in, the professor provided an annotated model answer.135 In addition, the professor spent some class time discussing the models and providing time for self - and peer - edits.136 The students in Professor Curcio's class and in another Civil Procedure class then took the same final exam.137 Professor Curcio and the other professor graded all the exams from both classes.138 The results showed that students who practiced and received feedback performed better than those students who had not had the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.139 Most of the benefit, however, accrued to students who had above - the - median LSAT scores.140 For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.1In addition, the professor spent some class time discussing the models and providing time for self - and peer - edits.136 The students in Professor Curcio's class and in another Civil Procedure class then took the same final exam.137 Professor Curcio and the other professor graded all the exams from both classes.138 The results showed that students who practiced and received feedback performed better than those students who had not had the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.139 Most of the benefit, however, accrued to students who had above - the - median LSAT scores.140 For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.1in Professor Curcio's class and in another Civil Procedure class then took the same final exam.137 Professor Curcio and the other professor graded all the exams from both classes.138 The results showed that students who practiced and received feedback performed better than those students who had not had the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.139 Most of the benefit, however, accrued to students who had above - the - median LSAT scores.140 For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.1in another Civil Procedure class then took the same final exam.137 Professor Curcio and the other professor graded all the exams from both classes.138 The results showed that students who practiced and received feedback performed better than those students who had not had the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.139 Most of the benefit, however, accrued to students who had above - the - median LSAT scores.140 For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.1In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.142

Ask the teachers at preschool to also spend just two minutes before and after school trying to connect with your son and asking him to talk about himself, what he enjoys etc... the more the teachers can show positive interest in him — while at the same time setting clear limits the better.