Sentences with phrase «social background»

Too many commentators today fail, in my opinion, to grasp the historical and social background of this region.

This report examines whether the gap in cognitive ability between children from different social backgrounds changes between ages 3 and 5 and which factors influence improvement in cognitive ability.

«When comparing indigenous children with the same social background in both types of schools, those attending regular schools do consistently better,» he says.

Second, to what extent does an artist's identity, presentation or social background influence a reading of their work?

It also develops a measure of family adversity (from various social background characteristics), and examines associations between child health and the adversity measure.

In 99 % of cases, these adults are women who are raising or have raised their children alone and come from a disadvantaged social background.

This doesn't mean both must make the same amount of money or be from similar social backgrounds.

Most of the time, I try to have a male and a female and varying cultural / social backgrounds based on the products popularity among demographics.

Any such measures would overwhelmingly help good state grammar, faith and other schools in rich areas and not those pupils from genuinely worse social backgrounds.

Our team takes care of your comfort, tries to make communication easier and what is more, we want to bring together people with the equal social background and goal together.

Of particular interest is the fact that only a few social background characteristics need to be taken into account in order to eliminate the black - white gap.

A direct measure of family social background would be better than one that mixes in such factors as books in the home and the quality of peers at school.

They'll hang out with each other and never take advantage of, or show curiosity in, any person from a different social background.

For example, Some wealthy guys prefer a millionaire woman with similar social background, while some favorite the young and beauty.

«But students who use computers very frequently at school do a lot worse in most learning outcomes, even after accounting for social background and student demographics.»

Ministers are looking at requiring public bodies to recognise and tackle inequalities stemming from social background in the same way as they must already do for race, gender and disability.

They star as girls from different social backgrounds who develop an intense relationship and Blunt's seductive compulsive liar marked her out as one to watch.

Students in the US generally come from more advantaged social backgrounds than in the average OECD country.

Skilled at interacting with people from different social backgrounds with a keen ability to work well under high duress.

Dr Christiana Tsaousi, a lecturer in marketing and consumption at the University of Leicester's School of Management, believes underwear choices are hugely affected by personal taste influenced by social background, professional status and upbringing, and why every woman's underwear needs are individual.

Nonschool factors such as a child's social background seem to make a difference on the TIMSS tests at all levels.

While social background checks may scare high - skilled workers applying for competitive jobs at elite companies, he says «causal job seekers... they're just looking for every opportunity they can get.»

«The Welsh Liberal Democrat policy sets out a new liberal vision for higher education that builds on the core principles that access to higher education should be determined by academic ability and not social background.

«Report shows extent to which social background matters for academic success.»

We compared children from the same social backgrounds who achieved similar tested abilities at ages five and 10, and discovered that those who frequently read books at age 10 and more than once a week when they were 16 had higher test results than those who read less.

The study finds that the effect of a child's social background on their attainment levels is not declining in Britain or Sweden, despite the introduction of policies over the years to promote a greater equality of educational opportunity.

One discerning study of modern uncertainties about historical practice, by Joyce Appleby, Margaret Jacob and Lynn Hunt, even began by pointing out that their own participation in the historical profession, as women from nonelite social backgrounds, could not have happened without the intermingled social and intellectual changes of recent decades (Telling the Truth About History).

I wasn't responsible: I've got learned helplessness, XYY chromosomes, a rotten social background.

Paul insists on his Roman citizenship in this Roman colony, and the range and differing social backgrounds of his converts back up one of his key evangelising principles, flowing from his knowledge of the Son of God as the «first born of many brothers» (Rom 8:29 - 31) as well as «of creation» (Col. 1:15): that in Christ there is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female (Gal 3:28).

The grace of gratitude, however, ought to extend itself to the whole social background of our lives, for the obvious reason that we all have two kinds of possessions: some we worked for, won for ourselves by our own creative skill; others were given us to start with.

2 Nephi 5:21 and Mormon priesthood instruction manual prohibiting marrying out of you race, economic or social background tells me all I need to know.

For 116 (6.3 %) women, information was confined to what had been received from their midwife and the birth notification form; these women were excluded only from the subanalyses relating social background to outcome.

The over-representation of some kinds of social experiences (that of being a 50 year old white male from a privileged social background) is a problem in an institution whose members are elected to represent the People as a whole.

«What's more, the introduction of free schools has led to increased segregation where pupils from the same social background increasingly concentrate in certain attractive free schools.

With a stellar international cast that includes Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Ben Foster, Jamel Debbouze and Moritz Bleibtreu, 360 is a moving and exciting dramatic thriller that dazzlingly weaves together the stories of an array of people from disparate social backgrounds through their intersecting relationships.

AUGUST 3 360 Starring: Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins and Rachel Weisz Directed by: Fernando Meirelles A look at what happens when partners from different social backgrounds engage in physical relationships.

For a debut feature, Obvious Child is remarkably full of rich supporting characters, and Robespierre has a talent for building a believable social background for her style of comedy.

How far are MP's social backgrounds typical of those of the UK population?

EXT: How do you think social background affects peoples opinions?

New report finds social background has a negative impact on educational choices made by children at the age of 16

«Any kind of one - off test is likely to favour social background over true academic potential,» he said.

Second, «there is no clear way to divide test takers from different countries into social class groups that reflect comparable social background characteristics relevant to academic performance.»

The Partnership Fund gives pupils from very different social backgrounds access to a range of shared experiences in sport, music, performing arts, leadership and enterprise.

So spending what extra there is on these pupils may well pay off, if the OECD is right that the combination of both resources spent and social background does make a difference.

And the advantage for girls» schools remains even when other factors are taken into account, such as social background or a selective intake.

The lamps may be purchased for a donation that will fund legal and psychological services for the displaced, and is meant to encourage teamwork and dialogue between people from divergent social backgrounds — though it's hard to imagine the refugees will benefit as much as their interlocutors.

This Research Findings examines whether the gap in cognitive ability between children from different social backgrounds changes between ages 3 and 5 and which factors influence improvement in cognitive ability.