Sentences with phrase «through direct observation»

Despite differences found through direct observation of parenting children in different diagnostic groups, they are not as strong as syndrome - group differences found through more commonly used self - report questionnaires assessing domains like parenting stress.

Alternatively, because the AAPI parenting outcomes measure is obtained via self - report and its constructs are related to the activities of the intervention, it is possible that our findings might have been different had we measured parenting through direct observation.

Solution - focused (brief) therapy (SFBT)[1][2] is a goal - directed collaborative approach to psychotherapeutic change that is conducted through direct observation of clients» responses to a series of precisely constructed questions.

G. Practicum Experience: Engage in clinical sex therapy training through direct observation, demonstration, case review, or role - playing.

Since the advent of this type of research, generally conducted through direct observation and by questionnaires and interviews with parents and children, classification has been based on evaluations along two broad dimensions of parenting styles: control / demandingness (claims parents make on a child relating to maturity, supervision and discipline) and responsiveness (actions that foster individuality, self - regulation and self - assertion by being attuned and supportive).

The accreditation process has two steps: obtaining a passing score on a written exam and displaying competence in parent consultation skills as scored by an accredited Triple P trainer through direct observation or DVD submission.

Interestingly, the primary basis by which the trial judge determined Lau had suffered mental distress was through direct observation of «the slow, quiet, and almost monotone manner in which [Lau] testified.»

With 25 years of data acquired through direct observation in the record, it appears the IPCC's scenarios have no statistical relevance to reality.

Jimmy Miracle explores the glory of the mundane through sensation based experiences and active listening to the commonplace, drawing and painting in his immediate surroundings through direct observation and contact with everyday people, places and events.

She has studied animals most of her life through direct observation and maintaining a personal library about pets.

Teachers need to understand through direct observation of their work the extent to which their classroom environments are equitable, set high expectations, address student needs, and manage learning.

They agreed that one way to improve was through direct observation of instruction and by providing tools for, and support to, principals» classroom observation.

Teachers can assess student proficiency in a particular skill through direct observation of a performance or by examination of an end product that required use of the skill.

We believe that educators should be evaluated by school administrators through direct observation.

The approach most commonly in use is to evaluate effectiveness through direct observation of teachers in the act of teaching.

Bjornlie, for instance, collected specific data on the number of bison in one research area and on their distribution, movement and activity through direct observation in the field.

Losses and waste were quantified (either through direct observation or interviews with farmers, retailers, consumers, and others) and extrapolated across the value chain.

Montessori's own work focused around research through direct observations of young children.

Contrary to Victor's statements, the result of the application of physics to the greenhouse gas theory has been confirmed through direct observations.

Parenting practices were assessed pre-intervention and post-intervention through direct observations and parental self - reports.

Six months after program completion, child problem behaviors as reported both by parents and through direct observations were significantly more apparent in the control group than in the treatment group.

Not exact matches

That includes both direct findings and adjacent / tangential observations and conclusions — anything anywhere in the company's files and archives through a KH dashboard that virtually anyone in the company can quickly learn to use.

Any woman gunning for a job today has learned — through conditioning, direct experience, observation or a combination of the three — that behaviour that resembles bragging doesn't pay off.

Unless you have definitive proof either through observation or direct calculation, neither theory can be proven with absolute certainty with science.

An atonement theology directed towards the assuaging of guilt before God is a powerful gospel — in contexts where God is immediately and almightily real; or where (as we may note more skeptically) a religion is still powerful enough to hold up before its host culture the image of a holy and righteous deity before whom none is worthy except through the appropriate cultic observations.

A final personal observation is that unlike Fabregas, Özil rarely plays a direct through ball down the center.

They are born domestic anarchists who need to develop a social set of resolution skills, partly through observation of those around them; partly due to direct teaching and intervention by parents and carers; and partly through experience.

Through interviews, content analysis, and direct observation of the leading netroots organizations, the book offers fresh insights into 21st century political organizing.

This was done through a combination of direct observation and recording evidence such as footprints and feces, as well as in - depth interviews with landowners and residents, who were quizzed about species presence through photographs, animal noises and local knowledge.

Direct «observation» of the bond making, through a chemical reaction, has been longstanding dream for chemists.

For the first time, scientists have obtained direct, quantifiable observations of cloud seeding for increased snowfall — from the growth of ice crystals, through the processes that occur in clouds, to the eventual snowfall.

Direct observations of the fault were scarce, so Eric Dunham, an assistant professor of geophysics in the School of Earth Sciences, and Jeremy Kozdon, a postdoctoral researcher working with Dunham, began using the cluster of supercomputers at Stanford's Center for Computational Earth and Environmental Science (CEES) to simulate how the tremors moved through the crust and ocean.

Measurements of surface chemical composition, either by direct sampling (as has been done on Earth, the moon, and Mars) or through spectroscopic observations, can be used to estimate elemental abundances and the degree of chemical differentiation that occurred as the planets condensed from the solar nebula.

«To date, the investigations have remained mostly theoretical since it is almost impossible to settle this paradox through direct astrophysical black hole observations,» the researchers wrote in the study.

In the end, by searching through existing data the researchers were able to confirm seven direct detections of the same event, one indirect detection and two possible but unconfirmed observations.

Through the use of ORNL's aberration - corrected scanning transmission electron microscope and electron energy loss spectroscopy, ORNL researchers were able to provide the first direct observation of the often proposed ORR active site, FeN4, at an atomic level.

Robert Hendren, executive director of the MIND Institute at the University of California at Davis, praised Pepperberg and Sherman's research as innovative, saying it offers children the chance to learn through both observation and direct interaction.

Even if we may not be receiving direct instruction, through observation we gain the ability to expand our personal and professional knowledge.

In addition, through direct measurements of teaching practices through classroom observations, the CNA study also found that applicants for Board certification had higher ratings of instructional quality compared to non-applicants.

Their purpose is to provide direct instructional support to assigned teachers through classroom observation and feedback, data collection, model teaching, and coaching with the goal of teacher performance improvement.

The direct instruction (DI) model proved to be eminently trainable to teachers under experimental conditions, effective in promoting student engagement in classroom tasks as demonstrated through classroom observations, and statistically significantly related to growth in pupil achievement as measured on standardized tests (Myer, 1988).

Designed as an instrument for assessing students specifically for Applied Behavioral Analysis and discrete trial training, it is an observational instrument that can be completed through interview, indirect observation, or direct observation.

Hence, I believe that market - specific nuances should be acquired through direct trading experience and observation.

It's necessary to obtain a complete behavioral history through detailed information gathering and direct observation of the animal in his own environment, before a diagnosis and recommendations can be made.

The PADI Whale Shark Distinctive Specialty Certification and Manta Ray Distinctive Specialty Certification at Georgia Aquarium offer the unique opportunity for guests to learn more about whale sharks or manta rays through academic lecture and direct observation.

Drawing Marathon with Dawn Clements — September 2 - 6 This course explores processes for creating highly personal «first - person» drawings from direct observation from life, with a strong emphasis on point - of - view and creative mark - making through various media.

Since then, she has continued to base her paintings on pastels made from direct observation, while frequently enlivening compositions through heightened color, repetition of certain elements, and manipulation of light, scale, and perspective.

In paintings that have become increasingly ambitious and emotionally complex, Thiebaud takes on the iconic Western landscape, not by direct observation, but through the prism of imagination, casting himself as a teller of tall tales.

Details such as the cracks in the ceiling plaster, the trees visible through the window and the Picasso reproductions torn from a calendar are specific memories rooted in direct observation.

While these paintings and pastels are made from direct observation, she frequently enlivens compositions through heightened color, repetition of certain elements, and manipulation of light, scale, and perspective.