Sentences with phrase «students spend much»

Similarly, our students spend much of their research time in a glass cockpit.

The students spend much of their time playing games or reading while she surfs the internet, as one of many examples of the educational malpractice taking place.

Students spend much of their time working independently and in small groups, conferencing with teachers to monitor progress and for interventions as needed.

Although students spend much of their personal time online, educators should not assume that this experience translates into proficiency in an education environment.

Writing professor and researcher Grabill discusses a Michigan State University study which suggests that, although students spend much of their day with cell phone in hand, their «writing lives» are blossoming.

Students spend much of their day in classrooms that almost never feel warm and homelike.

Writing professor and researcher Jeff Grabill discusses a Michigan State University study which suggests that, although students spend much of their day with cell phone in hand, their «writing lives» are blossoming.

By varying the format and types of numbers involved (Q5 - 12), students spent much longer thinking about the concepts involved in multiplying fractions and less time executing a simple algorithmic process without thinking.

Not exact matches

I'll definitely be weighing between whether extra money would be better spent going towards savings for down payment or paying down existing debt (don't have much, just some student loans with a rate comparable to current mortgage rates).

Reviewing desired expenses, such as dining out, entertainment, clothing, or travel, and minimizing how much is spent in each category also helps uncover the extra dollars that can be used toward paying down the principal balance on student debt.

Despite the cost of monthly student loan payments, many are spending just as much as their less - indebted counterparts, choosing instead to cut back on savings in favor of other expenses.

During Raymond's academic years, Camden's schools spent about one - half as much per student as did schools in Princeton, New Jersey.

Inner - city Catholic schools (the Church in America's most effective social welfare program) demonstrate that time and again: They spend less than the government schools, and their students learn much more — and not just in quantifiable, standardized - testing terms.

Students had to show proficiency in Latin and Greek for admission and spent much of their time reciting classical authors.

(She is now a normal well - adjusted college student with no lasting ill - effects from so much time spent in Menard's during her developmental years — although she has an amazing knowledge of home improvement terms!)

When I was a student I didn't want to spend much time cooking, so the food was usually prepared well ahead of time, and then reheat, or simple dishes were all the time favorite, like boiled potatoes served with homemade pickles or macaroni a la flot, or famous salad vinegret was cooked pretty often.

However, as a graduate student with limited funds, I just can't justify spending so much on their ice creams.

I used to live in England and spent much of my student money to watch Arsenal.

And perhaps what students need more than anything for these positive academic habits to flourish is to spend as much time as possible in environments where they feel a sense of belonging, independence, and growth — or, to use some of the language of Deci and Ryan, where they experience relatedness, autonomy, and competence.

It means, like most real PhD students, that I get distracted and spend way too much time on twitter and YouTube.

Students and parents spend too much time seeking out private scholarships, and not enough focusing on where the bulk of aid money actually originates.

They are full of student discussions and group activities large and small; teachers guide the conversation, but they spend much less time lecturing than most public school teachers do.

i see how it might work for a small district like Arlington Vermont, but districts like BUSD (ann cooper, also scratch cooking) are spending 2 - 4x as much per meal / student as most large districts are.

But in recent years officials have become concerned that students who spend too much time perfecting their transcripts may be missing out on some of the important but intangible social and emotional aspects of the high school experience.

Deciding factors may include how much time your child spends in the teacher's class, how directly the teacher works with your child, how much of a darn the teacher gives about special students, how pushy the case manager is, and whatever else is preoccupying the teacher that day.

Universities already have to spend far too much time bringing students up to speed to do their degrees without forcing them to take pupils who don't have the grades.

He left the Commons in 2010 and has since spent much time in the United States, becoming a keen student of the U.S political system.

The Citizens Budget Commission has created an interactive map to enable taxpayers to see how much is spent per student and compare spending among public school districts.

After years of complaints from teachers, parents and students alike, the Obama administration announced new guidelines toward standardized tests, saying kids spend too much time taking «unnecessary» exams in schools.

Members of the group say students spend too much time on tests and they aren't a good way to evaluate teachers.

The mayor repeatedly declined to say how much the city currently spends per year on tuition for students who are approved for reimbursement for private school education, but according to the city's Independent Budget Office, the city is estimated to have paid out more than $ 200 million in reimbursements this year.

He also claims that New York's education budget is too high, without noting that because of the wide disparities of income in the state, children in wealthy districts benefit from much higher spending and students in poorer districts have to make do with far fewer resources.

«After watching teachers unions spend $ 60 million over five years to protect their interests, we are proud to serve as the much - needed voice of students in Albany.»

Because children spend much of their time in school, educational institutions can have a significant impact on diet through the foods and drinks they make available to students.

O'Brien also notes that students are facing increasing competition so they're spending much more time working on their grades and resumes, instead of socializing.

But when Shenghui Wang, an economics doctoral student at Cornell University, interviewed farmers in China, she found the ones growing Bt cotton spending as much on pesticides as those who hadn't made the change.

Other leading scientists leave the details of basic research to graduate students or postdocs, but Melton spends as much time as possible working at a private lab bench adjacent to his office.

EMs never have much money to spare — it's all been spent on students and postdocs that she felt sorry for and agreed to keep on when they couldn't find a job anywhere else.

Our team of more than two dozen students and research scientists at Virginia Tech has spent much of the past year analyzing and publicizing unsafe drinking water in Flint, Michigan.

Its resolution on the «Introduction of new study structures and degrees» was the council's reaction to a controversial debate: German students spend too much time at university and so are handicapped when trying to break into the international job market.

The ensuing 2 - hour discussion on Michael's Ph.D. left a deep impression on him scientifically and because of the generosity shown by Brenner in spending so much time with an unknown graduate student on a Saturday afternoon.

A few of us went home to spend the much - needed Christmas break with our families, but most students stayed to enjoy their spare time in Tokyo.

A significant proportion of researchers in China spend too much time on building connections and not enough time attending seminars, discussing science, doing research, or training students (instead, using them as laborers in their laboratories).

In predicting dropout, for instance, two crucial indicators proved to be how long before a deadline a student begins working on a problem set and how much time the student spends on the course website relative to his or her classmates.

The time spent in these postures is much like time spent in meditation, and I often talk students through the postures as if they were trying to meditate.

Sonya spends much time outside of class continuing her education to always provide her students with new information and support.

Many of my yoga students appreciate chest openers and shoulder releases to relieve the tension of spending so much time hunched over.

If you choose complicated and / or unfamiliar asanas, you will have to spend too much time and attention focusing on alignment, which will distract you and your students from the breath.

I spent the next four years continuing to work in the massive student theatre scene at NU while performing, so by the time I made my choice to switch, it was much more of a slight perspective shift than a total 360.

... Many students who have spent too much time in car seats and not enough time on swings, merry - go - rounds, and seesaws... experience poor school readiness.