Sentences with phrase «small changes in behavior»

Reinforcing small changes in behavior.

It's not just an investment in equipment, but an understanding that we can all make small changes in our behavior that, when combined, can make a big difference.

With Kickboard, teachers can closely monitor student responses to interventions and determine even small changes in behavior.

Sometimes, a small change in your behavior is the best place to start when trying to change your friend's.

The first indication that your cat is unwell may be a small change in its behavior that may only be appreciable by you.

Cats are so good at hiding pain and illness, that even the smallest changes in their behavior can be a sign of a serious problem.

Even the smallest changes in behavior can indicate that your cat is facing a significant health problem and may need medication.

Not exact matches

Couples should be encouraged to «shape» new desired behavior patterns in each other by affirming even very small steps toward those goals — e.g., «I really appreciate your hanging up your clothes, dear» (ignoring other messy behavior that hasn't changed).

A relatively small change in caregiver behavior made a big difference in the lives of the children and in the emotional climate of the orphanage.

Remember, as we change, we help our kids change — and even small shifts in behavior are important.

Often, just a few small changes can make a big difference in helping your child change his behavior.

The prizes, including stickers and erasers, were very small and inexpensive, yet they successfully motivated big changes in kids» lunchtime behavior.

With a ratio of one counselor for every two children, small group sizes and individualized reward system, counselors are able to provide consistent and frequent feedback for targeted behaviors in order to facilitate real behavior change.

Small example: in the case of the project I've been finishing over the past couple of weeks (to go public shortly), a weird rendering issue that only appeared in Firefox forced me to change the way I was planning to handle the appearance and behavior of the sidebar navigation elements, a fairly major piece of the initial design.

«It's useful in modeling concepts in neuroscience to have a system that will yield a diverse range of behaviors for small changes of a control parameter, as this may help offer some insights about how the same neural tissue displays different responses,» Alonso said, whose research was funded by a fellowship from the Leon Levy Foundation.

Once you identify the meaningful functional changes that have taken place between us and chimps, you realize that pretty big differences in anatomy and behavior can result from a small degree of genetic divergence.

A small percentage of people diagnosed with a mysterious neurological condition may only experience psychiatric changes — such as delusional thinking, hallucinations, and aggressive behavior — according to a new study by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Rychert and her adviser, Karen Fischer, suggest that small amounts of water or pockets of melted rock in the uppermost asthenosphere account for the change in seismic behavior and the abrupt shift between the two layers.

Many are probably simply the consequence of 6 million years of genetic drift, with little effect on body or behavior, whereas other small changes — perhaps in regulatory, noncoding sequences — may have dramatic consequences.

Independent marine debris researcher Seba Sheavly, who coordinated the study, hopes that news of these findings might spur small but important changes in consumer behavior.

«This is an example of how a really small change can transform how a person interacts with food in a way that doesn't entail dieting,» said Wansink, who is author of Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, an upcoming book about how design choices influence eating behavior.

The study fits within a constellation of other work by Wansink and others offering insights about how health behaviors can be manipulated by small changes, such as putting the most healthful foods first in a display or using a smaller dinner plate.

To a small but growing number of physicists, however, the shape - shifting and behavior changes in cancer cells evoke not an errant genetic program but a phase transition.

«Small changes in these proteins, as much as the mutation of a single residue, can greatly alter behavior, so it gives you a way to go directly from biochemical reactivity to behavior, which is quite amazing.»

It is a must for new teachers and veteran teachers will be amazed on how with just some small tweaking in language or attitude can make lasting changes in student behavior.

I so clearly recall staring into the dreamy, foggy, wide - open eyes of my daughter when she was first born, and knowing that the memory will remain crystal clear in my mind for years to come - evoking a small tear at just the thought.Evoking emotions makes memories, and memories cement knowledge gain and behavior change.

Also, considering the changes in user behavior attributed to the usage of mobile devices for learning, we divided the content into smaller, bite - sized nuggets and worked towards making the interactions and layouts work seamlessly on all devices.

Sometimes small changes in how school districts approach policy — including how behaviors are labeled, which interventions schools are offered, and how teachers are trained to use them — can help break down the school - to - prison pipeline and put disadvantaged students on a better academic trajectory.

, is that one of the complicating factors in a crisis is the tendency of policymakers (along with workers, creditors, small businesses, and middle class savers) to change their behavior in response to a crisis by taking steps that protect them from the consequences of the crisis but that also make the crisis worse.

In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it

Successfully paying off debt is, in no small way, tied to a change in behavior.

Most small pets love toys, particularly those that they can chew on, so give this practice a try for a while, and see if it begins to encourage a change in your biting small pet's behavior.

It goes on to show how our own behavior affects our canine friends and how small changes in our voice and posture can have a big influence on our dog's understanding.

Give them a small amount of cabbage with their usual diet, then wait several days to see if there are any changes in their behavior or in the appearance of their fecal pellets.

It does a great job of explaining how, through small modifications in your behavior, you can change the shift from your dog thinking he is leader of the pack, to recognizing you as leader.

Danielle Gunn - Moore, head of the Feline Clinic at the University of Edinburgh's Hospital for Small Animals, explained that the signs of behaviors linked with senility in cats can range from acting disoriented to their social relationships changing.

Don't ignore any changes in your dog's behavior or health no matter how small it seems; even the smallest sign can indicate a problem.

Your veterinarian will rely on your awareness of small changes in your pet's behavior or habits.

Any change in what they see, hear or smell in their environment, no matter how large or small, can result in a change in behavior.

According to the new research in PNAS, some areas where small shifts in individual behavior could strikingly reduce United States emissions include improving home insulation, changing to a more fuel - efficient vehicle, cruising at the most efficient speed (55 miles per hour) and carpooling when possible.

Behavior change research shows that making small changes or trying on new habits like participants do in NWEI's Discussion Courses and EcoChallenge can have a cascading effect on other habits and routines in your life.

Refraction, specifically the real component of refraction n (describes bending of rays, wavelength changes relative to a vacuum, affects blackbody fluxes and intensities — as opposed to the imaginary component, which is related to absorption and emission) is relatively unimportant to shaping radiant fluxes through the atmosphere on Earth (except on the small scale processes where it (along with difraction, reflection) gives rise to scattering, particularly of solar radiation — in that case, the effect on the larger scale can be described by scattering properties, the emergent behavior).

For the first time in a very long time the public is responding to high fuel prices by changing their behavior, buying smaller cars, riding public transit, car pooling etc..

In measurable and immeasurable, small and large, ways students» efforts have mitigated damage to the planet by changing consciousness and behavior.

«Those who work on the ocean day - to - day live with effects of small changes in climate, while observing the subsequent changes in habitat and species behaviors.

It's quite feasible that a very small increase in pCO2 could drive the system past a «tipping point» where the general behavior would change.

Here at NWEI, we focus on individual behavior change and small group learning through our discussion courses and in our EcoChallenge.

The JAS article shows how that behavior changes as one proceeds from the largest scale of motion in the atmosphere (~ 1000 km) to the next smaller scale of motion (~ 100 km).

In the almost sure knowledge that the earth never experienced a runaway greenhouse even with ancient CO2 levels 10 to 20 times greater than today, these anti-science scoundrels insist with a «high level of confidence» that this amplification is real and it's based on nothing more than faster than expected surface temperature rise in the past few decades which can be TOTALLY explained by multi-decadal cyclic behavior in ocean currents, trade winds, and / or solar magnetic activity causing small global average albedo changeIn the almost sure knowledge that the earth never experienced a runaway greenhouse even with ancient CO2 levels 10 to 20 times greater than today, these anti-science scoundrels insist with a «high level of confidence» that this amplification is real and it's based on nothing more than faster than expected surface temperature rise in the past few decades which can be TOTALLY explained by multi-decadal cyclic behavior in ocean currents, trade winds, and / or solar magnetic activity causing small global average albedo changein the past few decades which can be TOTALLY explained by multi-decadal cyclic behavior in ocean currents, trade winds, and / or solar magnetic activity causing small global average albedo changein ocean currents, trade winds, and / or solar magnetic activity causing small global average albedo changes.

Mandelbrot argues that stochastic behavior often arises in systems where large numbers of input variables affect the output and where small perturbations in some of the input variables can lead to large changes in the output.