Sentences with phrase «today than in previous generations»

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According to Cornell professor Alan Hedge, one problem is that many offices set their thermostats to compensate for the heat produced by their computers, but today's more efficient machines produce far less heat than those in previous generations.

Life today is lived at a faster pace than in any previous generation, and the rise of smartphone technology seems to have heightened our need for speed.

Meyer says today's college students have greater expectations for fresh food than previous generations, to the point at which they will pass up wrapped sandwiches in a cold case, even if the sandwiches were made less than an hour beforehand.

In many schools, kindergarten students have nightly assignments, and most students today spend dramatically more time doing homework than previous generations.

Every and any child growing up in or near a city in today's world will inevitably be exposed to higher amounts of pollutants and external toxicity, than any previous generation.

With several years of postdoctoral study under their belts, today's new science faculty members are, in purely scientific terms, better trained than any previous generation of newly independent scientists.

Young teachers today say that they are less motivated than previous generations by a career in which their work responsibilities do not change over the course of their employment.16 Moreover, young teachers want to receive frequent feedback on their teaching, and they want to be rewarded for proving their ability to help students learn.17 Career pathways can provide young teachers with the feedback and mentorship that they report are lacking.18 Additional pathways can provide opportunities for these teachers to grow and excel, which is critical in order to increase student achievement and retain great teachers.

Furthermore, it is a well - known fact that learners today are far more motivated and focused in their learning than the previous generations.

By using high - strength, military - grade, aluminum alloy for the body and high - strength steel in the frame, we've made today's Ford F - 150 stronger and more efficient than previous generations.

If you consider the rapid changes in our society over the last few decades, it's easy to see that today's parents face much greater challenges than previous generations of parents.