Sentences with phrase «year study of»

M.A.T.H. Today (Mathematics and Technology Happen Today) was a grant - funded three - year study of whether participation in computer - based mathematics programs would improve work - related math skills of students from special populations.

Preliminary findings from a two - year study of new charter schools that were given extra funds to combine computer - based learning with teacher instruction show that schools quickly ran into budget shortfalls and pulled back on their technology plans.

The three - year study of alternative certification programs was conducted by Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson and HGSE graduates Sarah Birkeland, Ed.D.» 05, and Heather G. Peske, Ed.D.» 05.

A two year study of middle class kids in ten public middle schools should disturb families — even loving families — that yell at their children.

So Mr. Bedrick draws sweeping conclusions about overregulation of private schools in Louisiana based on a one - year study of schools that had typically not participated in a voucher program before — and that, furthermore, had only discovered at the last minute they were participating at all.

Mr Crook's thesis involved a six - year study of 16 Sydney Catholic schools and case studies with four NSW science teachers during the federal government's Digital Education Revolution.

The findings, discussed at the fall meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, are part of a comprehensive, three - year study of the program, which trains 10,000 teachers each year.

That is one of the findings of a two - year study of the factors that affect female students» retention in science courses.

This «Lab Equipment Activity and Puzzle Pack» is great for the beginning of the year study of Biology lab equipment and safety or any time you'd like to review.

A three - year study of teaching and learning in more than 400 third -, sixth -, and eighth - grade classrooms in Chicago found that when students were given writing and mathematics assignments calling for more authentic work, they performed better on tests used to judge basic skills.

The book presents findings based on data from a three - year study of 380 infants from Mexican, Dominican, Chinese, and African American families, which includes comprehensive interviews, inhome child assessments, and parent surveys.

In the book Beyond the Classroom, sociologist Laurence Steinberg's 5 - year study of schools in middle America, he found that up to 40 percent of parents totally detached from their children's education after sixth grade.

Coleman then describes his two - year study of the «climate of values» in nine public high schools that gave rise to his conclusions about this «adolescent society.»

John C. Wright and Aletha C. Huston, a husband - and - wife team at the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children at the University of Kansas, conducted the five - year study of children from low - income families in the Kansas City, Mo., area.

Concerned about the absence of black and Latino students in the field of computer science, Margolis launched a three - year study of students» computing experiences at three high schools in Los Angeles — one with a predominately African - American student population, one with a largely Latino student body, and a third with a significant percentage of white students from wealthy families.

The 198 - page report is part of a six - year study of the state - level NAEP and is the academy's third report on the topic.

A two - year study of 16,000 students and 2,000 teachers and principals that was started in 1996 by the Chinese Ministry of Education confirmed Zhang's misgivings.

«For many of them, that's the first time they find themselves on the outside looking in,» says Gonzales, who has a book that will be published in December on his 12 - year study of undocumented young adults in Los Angeles, Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America.

His recent research includes a four - year study of urban school leadership, an examination of the implications of social class for African - American parents»...

Based on a 30 - year study of married couples, Terri has drawn some data - driven conclusions about the nature of lasting relationships.

«Really what society needs is an authentic community, where people can go at the end of the workday» and feel connected, said Ava Rosenblum, who conducted a two - year study of online romance.

Cutting daily calorie intake by 30 percent may put the brakes on the aging process, have beneficial effects on the brain, and result in a longer life span, according to a new 20 - year study of monkeys published in the journal Science.

However, teens need to have their bone density checked annually for at least 10 years after surgery to make sure it's adequate, says Dr. Inge, who is currently recruiting teens for a 10 - year study of bariatric surgery patients.

In the 12 - year study of 4,815 people 65 years of age or older, eating canned tuna or other broiled or baked fish 1 to 4 times a week correlated with increased blood levels of omega - 3 fatty acids and a 28 % lower risk of atrial fibrillation.

In fact, a nine - year study of 60,000 women showed women who drank two or more cans of diet soda a day were 50 percent more likely to die of heart disease.

For instance, a 10 - year study of 1,800 people showed that prediabetics and diabetics alike had a surprisingly similar risk of cardiovascular disease.

A 23 - year study of macaques found that although calorie restriction delayed the onset of age - related diseases, it had no impact on life span.

In one 23 - year study of rhesus monkeys published in 2012, the average lifespan of the monkeys was not extended by restricting overall calorie intake.

«But when a six - year study of more than 16,600 postmenopausal women that was part of the Women's Health Initiative found that the combination of Premarin and Provera seemed to increase the risk of breast cancer, stroke and heart disease, doctors and patients suddenly had to consider other options.»

A group of European countries participated in a 12 - year study of the effects of a Mediterranean diet and healthy lifestyle on metabolic syndrome symptoms.

Those raters acknowledged criticisms that the diet is hard to follow, but cited a two - year study of 332 people showing that 92 percent of participants stuck with the diet.

A 7 year study of more than 36,000 women revealed no cardiovascular effect of a vitamin D and calcium supplement combination, but most individuals were already supplementing with calcium, which might have resulted in any adverse effects being obscured.

A small four - year study of heart attack survivors found that the AHA and Mediterranean approaches are equally effective.

A 16 - year study of almost 70,000 women found that those who slept five hours or less a night were 30 % more likely to gain 30 or more pounds than those who slept 7 hours.

After a six - year study of the chimpanzee colony at the Arnhem Zoo, he moved to the U.S. in 1981 to work on other primate species, including bonobos.

This policy brief is based on findings from a two - year study of how L.A. County residents eligible for Cal MediConnect made their decisions, conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in partnership with the Westside Center for Independent Living and a community advisory group of five consumers and five stakeholders.

New Standard of Care A 50 - year - old method for delivering chemotherapy directly into the abdomen was reevaluated for patients with ovarian cancer after a seven - year study of more than 400 patients revealed increased survival rates in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

In the latest edition of EBioMedicine, Bo Wang, doctoral student in the WSU Department of Animal Sciences, detailed results of his four - year study of the effects of prenatal vitamin A in mice.

The images were taken before Mars Global Surveyor went silent last year, ending its 10 - year study of the red planet?s surface.

Published today, a two - year study of Android security updates has revealed a distressing gap between the software patches Android companies claim to have on their devices...

UC San Diego is named one of 16 Vanguard Centers for the Women's Health Initiative of the National Institutes of Health and receives $ 12.2 million to support a 12 - year study of postmenopausal women, with an emphasis on Latina women.

A 2 - year study of a population in Belgium, now entirely wiped out, has revealed that these amphibians can't develop immunity to the fungus, as was hoped.

Dame Jane Goodall DBE Ph.D., (born April 3, 1934) is an English primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist, probably best - known for conducting a forty - five year study of chimpanzee social and family life, as director of the Jane Goodall Institute in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.

The biggest threat to Southern California mountain lions is us, confirms a comprehensive 13 - year study of the population's mortality and survival from the University of California, Davis.

In «Nurturing Genius» journalist Tom Clynes reports on the lessons of a 45 - year study of how best to educate our most intellectually gifted youth.

Miles and King performed a 2 - year study of «Brown Snout» bittersweet specialty cider apple (grafted onto M. 27 and East Malling / Long Ashton 9 rootstocks) to compare the total weight of harvested fruit, labor hours for harvest, tree and fruit damage, and fruit and juice quality for traditional hand harvest and mechanical harvest using an over-the-row small fruit harvester.

The moratorium is part of the Interior Department's three - year study of the impact of the coal leasing program on climate change.

A two - year study of farms in West Sussex and Hampshire in the UK found that England's most common bumblebee species saw significant population growth where targeted, bee - friendly planting schemes were in place.

A three - year study of ancient clam gardens in the Pacific Northwest has led researchers, including three from Simon Fraser University, to make a discovery that could benefit coastal communities» food production.

In 2011, the Harvard School of Public Health reported that in a 22 - year study of nearly 48,000 men, those drinking six or more cups daily were about 60 percent less likely to die from prostate cancer.