Sentences with phrase «traditional explanations for»

The similarities of these two schools eliminate many of the traditional explanations for differences in student achievement and we are left with banal descriptions of «good teaching» in one or «ineffective leadership» in the other.

And you talk right upfront about how traditional explanations for what drives intellectual ability in animals have included the requirements of social relationships or the requirements of the challenging environment, but you think you've hit upon something that doesn't get a lot of discussion as a key to animal intelligence.

«We were surprised because these are the traditional explanations for why married women are more conservative and Republican,» said Kretschmer.

So in this post, I will look at two traditional explanations for how God knows what it is like to lose a son, and I will also explain why I reject both explanations (which might also be why atheists and other people reject these explanations as well).

He noted the traditional explanation for politicians» policy caution — minority parliaments — made no sense when stacked against Lester Pearson's achievements in the»60s.

The traditional explanation for such a change is that it must provide an advantage in either survival or sexual selection.

Not exact matches

,» an essay I wrote in 2011 for the literary website The Millions, where I offered as a possible explanation for the shortage of contemporary writers of faith the postconciliar fadeout of the traditional Latin Mass..

The standard explanations in the legal community emphasize the fierce competition for business among law firms that began when clients started to shop around for the best deal, rather than maintaining their traditional ties with a single firm.

Thus the traditional conception of deity, which we have received from our past, puts its main stress on divine absoluteness or aseity; on divine causative agency as the explanation of everything that occurs whether by direct divine willing or by indirect divine permission with respect to evil done in the world; on divine self - containedness and hence lack of necessary relationship with anything else; on divine impassability, which makes any suffering impossible for God; and on divine moral perfection, with the giving of laws in accordance with which everything should be ordered.

I have not rejected the traditional, evangelical, dispensational explanations for any one of the seven doctrines stated above.

Another sociological explanation of the phenomenon is that the traditional functions of the clergy are not adjusted to the needs of the modern world and that the responsibility for the prevailing uncertainty must be placed on the Church as a cultural laggard which has not kept up with the times.

Seen most broadly, any efficient causal explanation restricts itself to that which is traditional, for it explains the present in terms of the past.

Our inheritance of Reformation iconoclasm is usually put forward as the traditional reason for our discomfort; and in the mainline churches our commitment to social justice and our resulting decisions about stewardship are cited as contemporary explanation and justification.

Unfortunately for those Christians who want to hold to traditional teaching, these explanations, however true they may be, are only partial.

They're also loaded with heart - healthy phytosterols and eye - sight - protecting carotenoids, as well as Goji's unique polysaccharides, which are being studied as an explanation for Goji's longstanding traditional health use.

In the modern era many university scientists worry more about their research grant (s) and their lab space assignment than they do about how to get a difficult experiment to finally work, or whether alternative explanations for their recent results make more sense than a traditional interpretation.

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

Although in its traditional form, it has always failed to explain some of the fairly fundamental behaviors of muscle contractions, including the history dependence of force production, many researchers believe that it still provides the best explanation for the mechanism by which sarcomeres shorten in order to create tensile force within a muscle fiber.

Honor is one explanation for what these guys do, honor in a very traditional, very inflexible sense.

My lingering problem is the amount of fluttering butterflies that the film creates, it paints a picture that any wedding you wish to have is possible, which is untrue, but I don't believe the film was about creating a realistic explanation, but more show the journey the parents make, but again, the journey only seems to consist of daddy, as esteemed actress Diane Keaton, who plays other Nina, plays a largely unimportant role, perhaps a traditional scenario calls for a father and his daughter, but the mother is as equally important.

... One possible explanation for this inconsistency is that teachers continue to respond in the traditional way to bullying incidents despite a growing awareness — not yet translated into action — that the use of sanctions is often ineffective in stopping the bullying.»

For each phase or mode in the design thinking process, I'll provide an explanation of the phase and then explain how you can incorporate that mode into your Instructional Design process - regardless of whether you use a traditional, linear approach (like ADDIE), an agile or iterative model (like SAM), or an organization - specific process.

One possible alternative explanation for the improvements observed in traditional public schools when a charter school opened nearby is the migration of lower - performing students from the traditional public school to the charter school.

The study's authors speculate on four potential explanations for the large negative effects that their program evaluation found: misalignment of private school curriculum to the Louisiana State Standards; differences between serving scholarship students with achievement gaps and traditional private school students; success of other education developments, especially in New Orleans; and the overall quality of private schools willing to participate in the program.

There is evidence that computer - based tutoring can yield results similar to one - on - one tutoring in certain subjects, such as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, 27 or when certain principles of the cognitive science of learning — such as self - explanation — are embedded in the program or software.28 While these programs can not replace the need for human interaction and relationships, they may be effective for some students and allow for greater targeting of resources toward students who most need traditional one - on - one tutoring.

It's as good an explanation as I've seen — for indie or traditional publishing — of why novels or short chapter books don't succeed.

With what I know now of the publishing industry (thanks to the great blogs mentioned above, as well as the fantastic explanations offered by The Passive Voice and Rusch on the minefield of rights» grabs that are traditional publishing contracts), I would be cautious if I were ever approached for a trad deal.

Rick and I have both dealt with all the negative aspects of the traditional journey — the endless submissions and the stack of form rejection letters with no explanation for why the manuscript was rejected and the expense (and waste) of printing out hundreds of pages for dozens of agents and publishing houses, only to be turned away over and over.

Our new school approach is all about thinking differently, We've replaced the traditional ambiguous approach with an unique «geekiness», and focus on clear and engaging explanations, fun, safe surf sessions and analytical feedback, as well as video coaching and useful surf theory classes to help create the ultimate learn to surf environment for even the most accomplished surfers.

In her catalogue essay, Poddar provided partial explanation for suggestive pictorial elements in Gaitonde's abstractions by citing a specialist in South Asian art, critic Richard Bartholomew, who maintained that traditional Indian miniatures were not purely figurative, but were composed of literary and abstract elements.4 Gaitonde then might have been alluding to our necessity to «see» something in the picture, even when there is nothing objective or graphic there because, intuitively, we attempt to make sense out of unfamiliar patterns trying to connect them with what we already know.

One of the best traditional explanations is found in the case of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales v. Attorney - General and Others where Russell, Sachs and Buckley L.JJ.

The 21st Century Job Search reveals the job search strategies that work best in today's tough job market and takes an honest look at the futility of traditional job search methods, online job searches and working with human resource departments, and offers refreshing solutions and simple explanations for why they work.

Options that were suggested in the consultations to minimise the effects of the problems listed above include: clear explanations and educational material so traditional owners can understand the native title process; providing opportunities for traditional owners to get to know one another outside of meetings - this may just include starting a meeting a day later while families arrive and spend time with one another; and developing the skills and knowledge of NTRB staff by supporting staff training and development and; promoting staff retention and career development.

Two relatively recent studies have found that men and women still adhere to quite traditional dating scripts, meaning that most people are in agreement that the man should pay for a date.2, 3 Research has shown that people often experience anger when relationship norms and expectations are violated, regardless of whether the individual expresses their expectations or not.4 El Cheapo's deviation from the norm of buying me dinner offers one explanation as to why I was tempted to throw the last of my drink in his face.