Sentences with phrase «weak understanding»

The study also indicated that teenagers had a very weak understanding of potential earnings for different types of jobs.

He also had a funny hat, an awkward personality and a reportedly weak understanding of the ins and outs of the theatre business.

They possess a shockingly weak understanding of the role that investor emotions play in any effort to achieve long - term investing success.

My problem is how such strong claims were made from such weak understanding.

That means concentrating on how to improve a specific skill for no more than 15 to 30 underperforming students - for example, 6th - graders with weak understanding of phonics resulting in below - grade - level English Language Arts scores.

The drumbeat of non-answers and a demonstrated weak understanding of the few policy issues addressed in the hearing did little to supplement a thin education record — and provided the nation's school leaders little content to consider.

That Judy thinks these two questions are even relevant indicates to me that she has a rather weak understanding of the scientific method.

Touching on the NPP's criticism of the economy, Mr Amissah - Arthur said the series of lectures by the party's running mate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, demonstrate the NPP's weak understanding of economic concepts.

He said the NPP has exhibited «a weak understanding of economic concept... they mix various concept as they go along and they pick and choose which one makes their case strong... so there's no consistency in the way our opponent have analysed the national situation.

What makes him more of an idiot than a villain is his weak understanding of the power he had.

For males who entered the labor market directly after high school graduation in 1972, the difference between mastery of basic mathematical skills (fractions, decimals, and line graphs) and weak understanding of these concepts translated into an hourly wage differential at age 24 of $ 0.48 per hour (or $ 960 per year for year - round, full - time workers).

The book's weak understanding of research is most clearly seen in his analysis of the effectiveness of NCLB.

The Department for Education «has a weak understanding of the extent of local teacher supply shortages and whether they are being resolved», the report said.

I think it shows a weak understanding of general systems principles to make that case.

Many on the executive committees do not have much more than the minimum real estate education and a weak understanding of the complexities of this industry.