Sentences with phrase «study writing students»

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«We might assume that students who scored high on this scale might earn a higher income because they are more willing to be more demanding during critical junctures such as when negotiating salaries or raises,» the researchers wrote in the published study.

His 2010 study found that students using goal - setting practices involving writing saw a significant improvement in academic performance.

«Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face - to - face — just by putting on goggles in your home,» Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post announcing his company's purchase of Oculus.

In a study published in The European Journal of Social Psychology, students who wrote out self - advice using «you» not only completed more problems but said they would be happier to work on more in the future compared with students who used «I.» The researchers speculated this is because second - person self - talk may trigger memories of receiving support and encouragement from parents and teachers in childhood.

I have jumped up from my desk when a co-worker said there was a Dratini outside,» the UNH masters student studying computer science writes in a direct message on Twitter.

In the study, college students were asked to write down how they'd answer a question about their biggest weakness in a job interview.

Writing — this study, published in the Journal of Research in Personality, examined a group of 90 undergraduate students who were split into two groups.

«Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face - to - face — just by putting on goggles in your home,» he wrote.

Although marked out as an exceptional student by his professors at the Gregorian University, he was denied the opportunity to pursue further studies, so he does not write in the academic style and precise terminology of the professional theologian.

Members of this group write study books for the student movement and speak about secular, worldly and non-religious theology.

French historian Fernand Braudel once wrote to a French student, who was about to leave Paris for one year's studies in London: «Living in London for one year does not automatically imply that you will know England very well.

Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical School in 1850 but forced out by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American girls to be educated — such figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.

There are many recent novels in English, written by Indians, which reveal new dimensions of Indian religious life and illuminate the historical, philosophical, and religious studies of Hinduism: R. K. Narayan is one contemporary novelist whose works have excited students to further study of Hinduism and Indian culture.

If it is possible, as I have argued, for a Christian student to write something on Islam that Muslims can acknowledge, and therefore possible also in principle (although it has not yet been done) for a Muslim to do the same on Christianity, then presumably a joint study of the two faiths and of the relationships between them could be produced by a Christian and a Muslim working in collaboration.

Graduate students are now taught how to write grants, often in their first year of study.

As I'm going to be a paper - writing grad student for Halloween, these cookies are a real treat for my study sessions.

Dr. Pope's org Challenge Success notes,» [S] everal studies have shown that when students have some choice over assignments, such as which topics to write about or which problems to do, they are more likely to be engaged in the work and complete it... If homework is going to be assigned, it should be developmentally appropriate, meaningful, and engaging for the students.»

The challenges of living in the 1700's come to life for students as they card and spin wool; study an old map and diary; write with quills; dress in period clothing and decide where to build their homestead.

It drew on new research by Caitlin Daniel, a doctoral student at Harvard, who last week wrote her own New York Times op - ed on her study's findings, «A Hidden Cost to Giving Kids Their Vegetables.»

O'Reilly — who is credited with running a strong campaign for Republican comptroller candidate Harry Wilson and for helping elect Rob Astorino county executive in Democratic - heavy Westchester — writes on his blog today that New Yorkers United For Marriage should be studied by PR students.

The 88 Rockland County students at the conference simulated the state government legislative process including the study of public issues, debate of public policy, writing of legislation and a mock law - making experience in state legislative chambers.

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In 2006, Emory University professor Alan Abramowitz and Ph.D. students Brad Alexander and Matthew Gunning wrote,» [Some] studies have concluded that redistricting has a neutral or positive effect on competition.

Spurred by Trump's announcement in September that he planned to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, members of the chamber wrote a letter to the Florida congressional delegation urging them to «quickly find a legislative solution before the program expires»... «Without a legislative solution, 800,000 DACA recipients will lose their ability to work and legally study, and it will leave many Florida employers, workers and students without certainty,» the chamber's CEO Mark Wilson wrote in the letter... «The Florida Chamber supports an earned pathway to citizenship for immigrants that pass criminal background checks as well as supports policies that reduce illegal immigration and improve on border security.»

Second suspect Tanko Baba, a former student of Ghana - Libya Senior High School, ran out of luck when he was arrested for writing for Alhassan Abdul Karim, a student of Institute of Business Studies - Tamale.

Failure of the Federal Government to pay the allowances of Nigerian students on the Bilateral Education Agreement scholarship in Russia exposes the beneficiaries to frustration, TOLUWANI ENIOLA writes SAMUEL Adewale's dream to study in a good university came true in 2013 when he received a letter of admission from the Don State Technical University, Rostov -LSB-...]

Suspect Zakaria Abdul Rauf, a former student of Tamale Senior High School, was caught writing the examination on behalf of Yusuf Alhassan, a student of the Institute of Business Studies.

The new moniker, inspired by the blue books college students use to take written exams, was supposed to indicate the seriousness with which the study was being undertaken.

When Carol Plautz (formerly Carol Zygar) was nearing the end of her doctoral studies in biology at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, she wrote an article for Science's Next Wave that detailed the ways that graduate students can pay for their education.

A study of MBA students found that they lied more in e-mail then when actually writing.

By then a graduate student studying philosophy at Princeton, Greene wrote a paper called «The Two Moralities.»

My physics studies had been abandoned to chase «scientific experiences,» writing about it for my student newspaper.

«These data show for the first time that obesity is associated with increased DNA damage in breast epithelium of BRCA mutation carriers,» lead study author Priya Bhardwaj, a Ph.D. student at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, N.Y., and colleagues write in their abstract.

«Thus far, two doctoral dissertations, 18 master's theses and four honors theses have resulted from study of Cetamura subjects, and students have assisted with two exhibitions in Italy and the writing of the catalogs,» she said.

«Substance abuse is the topic of high public interest, yet little attention is given to the experiences of college students with disabilities,» wrote the study authors Steven L. West et al. «Given that binge drinking is highly correlated with academic failure, drop - out, and an increased risk for various negative health conditions, such use by students with disabilities may place them at extreme risk for various negative outcomes.»

Reviewer Erin Dolan of the Institute for Discovery Education in Science at the University of Texas, Austin, wrote that «[m] any studies and multiple meta - analyses... have shown that students in online courses realize the same, if not better, outcomes as compared to students in face - to - face courses.

Mena also continues to support Ecuadorian students by regularly forwarding them announcements of summer schools or study abroad opportunities and writing them recommendation letters.

Conversely, the review of student writing showed the young authors adhering more to «conventional writing practices» and a trend toward less play with genre, more mundane narratives and simpler language over the two decades studied.

In his 1967 write - up of his work in the premiere issue of Psychology Today, Milgram shared one particularly riveting anecdote from the first study — that of an envelope that made its way from a wheat farmer in Kansas to the target, a divinity student's wife in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with just two connections.

But new research from the University of Washington Information School and Harvard University, closely studying 20 years of student creative writing and visual artworks, hints that the dynamics of creativity may not break down as simply as that.

But in general, writes Harvard's Freeman, «the job market for young scientists and engineers has worsened... relative to... many other high level occupations, which discourages US students... [but] the rewards are sufficient to attract large immigrant flows, particularly from less developed countries,» in a study published by National Bureau of Economic Research.

An academic integrity - focused approach to addressing plagiarism emphasises the promotion of positive values alongside education of staff and students about good, and bad, practice in writing, studying and assessment design.

Students who participated in the Facebook group scored higher on quizzes, wrote stronger papers and did better on exams than classmates who did not take part, the study reports.

In this study, published recently in the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Laura Bray, assistant professor of education, explored how educators wrote, used and conceptualized the role of IEPs for students with specific learning disabilities within inclusive general education settings.

As a graduate student, Bankston participated in a grant - writing course that included a chance to review grant proposals in a simulated study section.

Koyama won an Oxford Kobe Scholarship, which are given to students from Japan for postgraduate study, and so moved to Oxford to investigate the way the brain processes written Japanese.

The study, published recently in the journal Memory & Cognition, is based on a series of reading - and - recall experiments in which one group of students is told they will be tested on a selection of written material, and another group is led to believe they are preparing to teach the passage to another student.

Women have a higher success rate than men, and a majority were led by students, found scholars who wrote the study for The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a nonprofit group in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that supports economics studies relevant to public policy.

The study provides fresh and generalizable evidence that «there is probably a serious problem with mental health in academia,» writes Frederik Anseel, a professor at King's College London who co-authored a study published last year showing widespread risk of mental health issues among Ph.D. students in Belgium, in an email to Science Careers.

Elizabeth Hufnagel of Pennsylvania State University, who has been studying how students use emotional language in writing about environmental issues, also is interested in how teachers can use the experiences students bring to the classroom.