Throughout the process, the team
uses academic theories of best practice and current student data to assess and adjust its work.
Not exact matches
Dr. Richard Stephens, a senior lecturer at Keele University, has conducted a number of
academic investigations over the years in order to prove his
theory that that
using swear words reduces stress.
He focuses on wider audiences
using video material to help communicate the emotional significance of «Attachment
Theory,» a potentially dry
academic subject with very personally challenging significance.
In «Game Plan for Learning: Building on Coleman's early
theories, new
academic competitions motivate students to achieve,» USA Today's Greg Toppo revisits James S. Coleman's oft - forgotten findings on teen culture, exploring how educators today can
use academic competition to foster engagement, motivation, and student achievement.
For example, I am the author of the learning styles profiler which measures the cognitive basis of learning
using proper
theory and which is validated in the peer reviewed
academic press.
Over the duration of the last
academic year I have been studying this
theory,
using learning observations, meetings with teachers, student voice, book looks and learning walks (supportive strolls) as sources of information from which I could hopefully draw some conclusions.
Grounded in resilience
theory and aligned with the Collaborative for
Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) framework, the DESSA measures can be
used by teachers, parents, and out - of - school time staff to assess K - 8th grade students» social and emotional skills.
Higher
academic achievement was observed in both lower and higher performing students in the few studies that
used some form of either cognitive, developmental, or constructivist forms of pedagogical
theory coupled with computer technologies.
There's also an
academic Modern Portfolio
Theory explanation for why you should diversify among risky assets (aka stocks), something like: for a given desired risk / return ratio, it's better to leverage up a diverse portfolio than to
use a non-diverse portfolio, because risk that can be eliminated through diversification is not compensated by increased returns.
Most investment techniques
used by passive investors bottom on the
academic theories of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) and Efficient Portfolio
Theory (EPT) as for example:
Though he
uses game
theory in his
academic work, on the side, he
uses game
theory in his own firm to analyze tough policy, business, and legal questions.
Although his practice ultimately manifests itself in the abstract, it primarily borrows formal aspects and materials from literature,
academic theory and bureaucracy by
using media such as newsprint, typewriters, carbon paper, pencil, and letraset.
For example, the course organisers continue to
use a creative mix of different teaching styles that keep the long days feeling fresh and interesting, and the training days are structured so that heavier
academic activities (such as engaging with psychodynamic
theories) are sandwiched between counselling roleplay sessions and creative undertakings that encourage personal development.
Even though there has been
academic criticism of the
theory of attachment over the years on various points (e.g. not taking infant temperament enough into account or not exploring the effect of other very close caregivers such as grandmothers or nannies) attachment
theory's focus on the importance and long - term effect of early infant bonding and secure attachment is recognized and
used as guiding principles in various therapies.
We
used a 3 - year cross-sequential longitudinal design to examine the relations between self - efficacy judgments in three different domains (
academic, social, resisting negative peer influences), cultural identity,
theories of intelligence, and depressive symptoms.
His primary research interests include the development and prevention of child antisocial behavior and related problem behaviors, such as substance
use and abuse,
academic failure, and high risking sexual behavior; Coercion
Theory; the development of preventive interventions for incarcerated parents, their children, and the caregivers of their children; early childhood education and intervention; youth mentoring; preventive interventions for physical health problems; and the development and prevention of adjustment problems during adulthood, including substance abuse, intimate partner violence, and suicidality.