Sentences with phrase «study focused on learning»

The current study focused on learning outcomes that relate to attention and executive functions, problem solving, language and literacy acquisition for school readiness.

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You're still playing just as hard, you're doing all the things, but playoffs means if you have one team to focus on, that means you can study all your regular - season matchups against them, you can learn all the information you need to learn to prepare yourself for this playoff series.

There's no shortage of tips and tricks out there to help you learn faster and recall more, but nearly all them focus on how to study — try spacing out study sessions a particular way, for instance, or test yourself rather than reread.

Leblanc, Richard, «Good Teaching: The Top Ten Requirements,» The Teaching Professor (June - July 1998), 1,7 and reprinted in: Insight: Advanced Learning Through Faculty Study, newsletter of the Teaching Excellence Centre, Rutgers University, Camden Campus (Fall 1998), 1, 2; The Point, newsletter of United Faculty of PBCC, (November 1998), 6; Briarcliffe College Faculty Newsletter, Briarcliffe College, Bethpage, NY (January - February 1999), 2; and Focus on Teaching, Newsletter of Buffalo State University of New York (Spring 1999), 2.

The central «positive» moral about how best to negotiate between these two models is this: Focus on the nature of the basic movement of theological study as a theological question, not as a question about the psychology of learning, nor even as a question about the logical relations among various subjects studied in theological education.

Each year, in conjunction with The James Beard Foundation, a scholarship is awarded to an individual in the wine industry to travel, learn and study — all focused on Rhone varieties in America.

In grade 3, children learn the practical study of issues in daily living with a focus on food, farming and gardening.

The studies behind these theories, however, have focused on imitation in the area of learning solutions to physical problems.

Studies on subliminal learning have poured cold water on the idea that knowledge can drift into the brain without any conscious effort, so it pays to focus intently on the details of the problem until all the facts are safely stored.

Although her studies had not focused on that area, McCoy calls the experience «invaluable» for learning project management and reinforcing her commitment to improving health conditions around the world.

Previous research has tested how well radiation - exposed rats do with basic learning tasks and mazes, but this new Johns Hopkins study focused on tests that closely mimic the self - tests of fitness for duty currently used by astronauts on the International Space Station prior to mission - critical events such as space walks.

Barbara Means of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International and colleagues (I am a co-principal investigator on this study) are conducting a longitudinal study comparing outcomes of ISHSs with those of non-STEM — focused high schools in three states.

Previous studies focusing on spatial - reward associative learning in foraging animals have assumed that foraging efficiency increases as the forager learns the locations of greater rewards.

The study, which focused on bears that had learned to eat human food or food waste, found that the proportion of human foods in their diets decreased by about 63 percent after the new strategies were implemented.

Studies on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) have typically focused on learning more about who use these types of practices and why.

This new study focuses on understanding the propagation properties of the electromagnetic wave associated with light to learn how best to stop it.

To learn more, a team of researchers from the University of Chicago designed a study to focus on just that.

The main focus of the study was on the interaction between the teacher and students in various technology supported learning environments.

We will be starting with some focused studies in metastatic breast cancer and expanding over time based on what we learn from you.

Given the very high survival rate for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, many research studies now focus on learning how to eliminate potential late effects (e.g., secondary cancers) while maintaining excellent outcomes.

Experimental studies of animal learning have typically focused on the learning mechanism rather than on social issues, such as who learns from whom.

Learn about a study focused on healthy diets for pregnant women, see a campaign aimed at raising awareness for colon cancer, and find overviews of some of our regional and national research centers.

«Several of the residents attended the conference with the goal of wanting to learn more about what area of study they want to focus on.»

From an initial list of 224 citations, 16 studies met the inclusion criteria, and most of these focused on learning and memory deficits.

In this episode Rhonda talks about how heat stress from using the sauna makes the body more resilient to the stresses of aging, possible reasons why one study associated sauna use with up to a 40 % lower all - cause mortality as well as a 50 % lower cardiovascular disease related mortality, how it enhances athletic endurance, staves off muscle atrophy, improves regrowth of muscle after disuse, and some of the profound effects on the brain, including the growth of new brain cells, improvement in focus, learning, and memory, and even potentially ameliorating depression and anxiety.

However, rather than learn our hard (and expensive) lessons and try to focus on treating IR, medical professionals instead chose to ignore the studies.

Students learn so much during the teacher training process, it's hard to know what to focus on while you are studying for your final test out.

Minneapolis, MN 55455 About Blog The Learning Abroad Center Blog focuses on the student perspective of studying abroad.

Research studies focusing on whether male teachers help boys learn better have provided contradictory results.

We channeled our frustration into the development of four project - based learning (PBL) units for second grade that focus on social studies and informational reading and writing.

«While schools» focus, quite rightly, is focused on providing quality teaching to hit exam targets, studies show that the physical environment within schools can have a massive impact on its learning outcomes.

Then we focus on success stories in three states: Learn how Maryland has increased the percentage of high school graduates, how Oklahoma has increased the number of appropriately credentialed teachers in its schools, and how Georgia has increased the percentage of high school graduates who move immediately on to postsecondary studies.

One researcher suggested that recent studies saying current middle school programs focus more on developing a nurturing climate than strong academics, and the emphasis on high - stakes tests in eighth grade, may have spurred some principals to drop service - learning programs, according to Kielsmeier.

In the midst of the annual Teaching and Learning Week at the Harvard Graduate School of Education — a series of events dedicated to exploring how to effectively teach and learn through demonstrations of powerful and innovative practices — the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) is bringing attention to its collection of case studies focused on family engagement in schools.

In «Age of Distraction: Why It's Crucial for Students to Learn to Focus,» Katrina Schwartz refers to studies showing that the ability to focus on a task has been linked to future sucFocus,» Katrina Schwartz refers to studies showing that the ability to focus on a task has been linked to future sucfocus on a task has been linked to future success.

Over the seven years of the study, the two greatest sources of stress that have remained consistently high have been quantity of work, and lack of time to focus on teaching and learning.

The study focused on pedagogies for effective teaching and learning, rather than including other uses of technology that might be more administrative or organisational.

Sadler's research, «Psychometric Models of Student Conceptions in Science: Reconciling Qualitative Studies and Distractor - Driven Assessment Instruments,» recently published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, focuses on integrating the newest discoveries on how students» understand and learn scientific concepts into the...

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

In Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instruction.

From a variety of sources, L&D's focus is around 80 - 100 % on formal learning (learning apart from work), see ATD State and Industry Reports and or Towards Maturity benchmark studies.

She returned to HGSE to focus her studies on school policy, learning, and teaching under the guidance of Professor Thomas Hehir, who she says provided a broader understanding of special education.

Many of these career - focused secondary school programs of study involve major projects of many weeks and hands - on learning experiences that combine strong content and skill development related to specific careers.

Earth Inc. — A Service - Learning Lesson Plan An Education World article focuses on the Social Studies Education Consortium, which offers a template for a model service project.

The focus of their study is on the subject matter rather than learning technologies, so chances are their course satisfaction level is going to be affected in a negative way.

«It makes me feel more like a professional, that the school is taking this step to do this, and taking steps to relieve our anxiety, which is something that pulls away from our study and now frees up time so we can really focus on learning.»

Although Ngounou's capstone project focused on her study of teamwork, her residency has included other projects and on - the - job learning.

It wasn't always easy to teach in the way that the teachers in this study believed learning should occur, as current structures in many Australian schools focus on testing and often quite narrow assessment regimes.

Students will learn whole plot but close study focuses on: - Conflict (Act 1 Scene 1, Act 3 Scene 1)- Mercutio (Act 1 Scene 4, Act 2 Scene 4, Act 3 Scene 1)- Stagecraft at the Party (Act 1 Scene 5) Homeworks: - Learn the Prologue by heart (getting them familiar with speaking Shakespeare aloud - plus it's something awesome to know for llearn whole plot but close study focuses on: - Conflict (Act 1 Scene 1, Act 3 Scene 1)- Mercutio (Act 1 Scene 4, Act 2 Scene 4, Act 3 Scene 1)- Stagecraft at the Party (Act 1 Scene 5) Homeworks: - Learn the Prologue by heart (getting them familiar with speaking Shakespeare aloud - plus it's something awesome to know for lLearn the Prologue by heart (getting them familiar with speaking Shakespeare aloud - plus it's something awesome to know for life!)

At the end of last week and again yesterday, I wrote about grim news from a new study regarding what teachers think students are learning when it comes to citizenship, and how distant our focus on education as the «new civil right» is from traditional concerns about preparing students for the rigors of citizenship.