Sentences with phrase «uses practical measures»

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David R. Caruso and Peter Salovey detail a practical, four - part hierarchy of emotional skills — identifying emotions, using emotions to facilitate thinking, understanding emotions, and managing emotions — and show how we can measure, learn, and develop each of the skills and employ them in an integrated way to solve our most difficult work - related problems.

Actually, when it comes to knowing how a toy or piece of baby gear measures up, the comments of someone who bought the baby toy or stroller and used it is more likely to have an accurate assessment of the item than someone who is selling it without practical experience.

In animals, implanted electrodes were used to measure the activity of individual grid cells directly, but this is not a practical option in humans.

«Aptitudes are natural talents which can be measured using practical hands - on tests,» says Steve Green, director of the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation in New York City.

Several specialists think it is impossible to completely eradicate the beaver, except on smaller islands, and that the most practical measure would be to control them with selective traps that can also be used commercially to sell the skins.

Although measured amounts of ammonia delivered through drinking water proved non-toxic to mice, its direct use as a cardiovascular intervention would not always be practical.

While there are several methods to measure the magnetic properties of bulk 3D materials, these techniques have no practical use to measure magnetic signals coming from monolayer materials.

«We learned that devices that can be worn for a week or longer for continuous monitoring were needed for practical use in medical and sports applications,» says Professor Takao Someya at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Engineering whose research group had previously developed an on - skin patch that measured oxygen in blood.

Now research at Pennsylvania State University is putting this trait to practical use: measuring heat flow in large machines under laboratory conditions.

A newly published International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) Working Group position paper [1] proposes measuring specific bone turnover markers (BTMs) in patients who have initiated use of oral bisphosphonates for postmenopausal osteoporosis as a clinically feasible and practical way to identify low adherence.

The word «astronomy» implies a quest to understand the heavens: to measure heavenly bodies and use them for practical purposes such as navigation or timekeeping.

His book Psychological Types was eventually put to practical use through the Myers - Briggs Type Indicator, which is a questionnaire designed to measure how people perceive the world.

As well as getting across some spreadsheet practical use it also provokes some observations for science on this topic in considering the sheer distances involved just in our solar system and the way Earth «measures up» as a planet compared to other planets.

Moreover, even small differences in measured effectiveness can have practical consequences for schools and teachers, depending on how these assessments are used.

9 • solve one - step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher • recognise, find and name a half as 1 of 2 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • recognise, find and name a quarter as 1 of 4 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long / short, longer / shorter, tall / short, double / half]; mass or weight [for example, heavy / light, heavier than, lighter than]; capacity / volume [for example, full / empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]; • measure and begin to record the following: lengths and height; mass / weight; capacity and volume; time (hours, minutes, seconds) • recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes • sequence events in chronological order using language (for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening) • describe position direction and movement including whole half quarter and three quarter turns PLUS MANY MORE OBJECTIVES!

I have used this lesson in my LA classes in Y7 / Y8 to introduce measures in a practical and fun way.

A learner should be able to: • understand and use whole numbers in practical contexts • add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers using a range of strategies • add and subtract decimals up to two decimal places • solve problems requiring calculation, with common measures, including money, time, and length, • convert units of measure in the same system • extract and interpret information from tables, diagrams, charts and graphs find mean and range work out areas and perimeters in practical situations collect and record discrete data

3X Workbooklets pages full of practical every day measuring tasks that show how we use measurements to identify the weight, length, volume / mass of different objects etc..

MEASURE IT (1)- WEIGHT is practical every day measuring tasks for SEN students where we use weight measurements to identify weights of different items etc..

Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m / cm / mm); mass (kg / g); volume / capacity (l / ml) Measure the perimeter of simple 2 - D shapes Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both # and p in practical contexts Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12 - hour and 24 - hour clocks Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o'clock, am / pm, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year Compare durations of events [for example, to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks]

MEASURE IT (2)- LENGTH / DISTANCE is a unit of work with for SEN students using practical every day measuring tasks where we use measurements to identify the length of different items or distances etc..

This can be used as part of a practical lesson on measuring capacity, including the ability to read scales accurately and questions to test understanding.

Objectives covered: Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m / cm / mm); mass (kg / g); volume / capacity (l / ml) Measure the perimeter of simple 2 - D shapes Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both # and p in practical contexts Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12 - hour and 24 - hour clocks Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o'clock, am / pm, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year Compare durations of events [for example, to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks]

Family numeracy groups visiting Walby have covered many aspects of numeracy in both KS1 and KS2 including weights and measures in practical activities, used in baking bread through to measuring the daily feed requirements for different animals in their animal barn.

I have also included a seed helicopter resource which can be used as a practical to measure the speed at which different sized seeds drop to the ground.

Describe and interpret predator - prey cycles Explain how and why ecologists use quadrats and transects Required practical 9: measure the population size of a common species in a habitat.

Using student test scores to measure school leadership effectiveness is fraught with a number of psychometric and practical challenges that must be examined.

One novel feature of this work is the coaches» use of data from practical measures of the quality of classroom instruction when, for example, negotiating improvement goals with teachers.

The solution enables students to understand and interpret two - dimensional drawings to create three - dimensional models; build, test troubleshoot and revise designs to improve robot performance; Gain practical, hands - on experience using mathematical concepts such as estimating and measuring distance, time and speed.

Despite (or perhaps because of) the well - known limitations of using free school meal eligibility, our research suggests that it is presently the most practical measure of pupil deprivation.

Armed with practical ideas for getting started at both the school and district levels, Phillips and Olson remind us that the best way to evaluate teaching performance is to use a balanced approach that includes multiple measures.

Moreover, as a practical matter, if race is going to be a factor used to measure school success, then it stands to reason that schools should be able to consider race through such programs as controlled choice when addressing apparent school failures.

How do these two measure up to practical day to day uses?

Further reasoning for using body height to measure wave height is that most new or developing surfers will typically only surf waves that are head height or under and will find describing waves within this range more practical to their personal surfing.

The requirements of the GGBP gave participants in the Carbon Challenge a head start in measuring their energy use and emissions and planning for their carbon reductions — demonstrating a practical application of translating energy use data resulting from the GGBP into action on the part of private building owners.

This is achieved empirically by aligning and averaging measured ring widths from all available samples by relative age (assuming in this case that the first sample ring represented the first year of the tree's lifespan, and making no allowance for assumed difference from the true germination year) and using an age - related smoothing of these data (Melvin et al 2007) to provide a practical reference curve.

But practical measures ARE ipos facto a good use of money to respond to slightly rising sea levels, but in fact mostly to occasional surges from spring tides, storm surges — WEATHER.

And as a means of measuring mass in a practical way, it was difficult to use.

My opposition to the measure has not been grounded in inherent moral disapproval but is instead rooted in a combination of two factors: a utilitarian concern over wrongful convictions, and a practical objection to the use of a measure that has shown no ability to effect general deterrence.

The meeting was organized around three main themes: conceptual issues around the concept of the rule of law; efforts to measure the rule of law — including the new World Justice Project Index — and empirical work that uses the measures; and practical issues related to rule of law implementation, including the relationship of theory to practice.

It has been our experience that the collection of billed hours is a far more significant measure of productivity, since billable hours alone will not benefit the economics of the firm and, if used as a paramount standard of worth, will less likely lead to delegation unless more working time is not possible / practical.

If you want to use your device for more practical measures, both Google Home and Amazon Echo have many similar features.

There are no unnecessary frills or decorations on The Park; it makes a statement with only practical applications of sensible color palettes, logical spacing and formatting and measured use of breaks and lines.

Identify and use of special equipment, measuring tools, pressure gauges, and instruments required to perform practical work on automotive.

One additional practical benefit from his paper is that he reproduces in the appendix copies of simple surveys that have been used to measure perseverance and a growth mindset.

The block randomised design was chosen because it is a more practical design to use for trials of health promoting interventions delivered in groups.26 Only parents of children whose behaviour fell in the worst half of the distribution were invited to take part because of concerns about documenting change in population samples using instruments designed to identify and measure change in clinical populations.

The journal presents information of direct relevance to the use of assessment measures, including the practical applications of measurement methods, test development and interpretation practices, and advances in the description and prediction of human behavior.

The work group is focused on four main goals: (1) provide practical and timely information to educators about selecting and effectively using currently available SE assessments; (2) demonstrate alignment and distinctions between existing SE frameworks; (3) identify and disseminate key design principles that guide researchers and developers in creating practical and informative SE performance measures; and (4) collaborate with, coordinate with, and learn from ongoing related efforts in the field of SE assessment in order to maximize impact and avoid duplication of efforts.

Modelled after the Family Bridges program in Texas, this form of «reconciliation therapy» differs from traditional therapy by offering a directive intervention, founded on accountability and with measured milestones and practical suggestions, using a psycho - educational approach as opposed to therapy.

Support was measured using the Intergenerational Support Scale (Fingerman et al., 2009) that measures how frequently family members exchange different types of support including companionship, talking about daily events, giving emotional support, providing practical support, giving advice, and providing financial assistance.