In addition, applicants pursue training opportunities in fields ranging from boat-building to retail to hospitality, earning badges as they master learning benchmarks.
For now, check out our hands-on video and follow along as yours truly attempts to master a learning curve (and some very gummy keys).
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The best orthopedic surgeons perform many procedures as they master the clinical learning curve, ideally for a single injury.
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Stops of light at first seems confusing and not as important to those who don't understand exposure, but if you ever plan to become a master at photography, learning the terminology is key.
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Although the main performance practice of Iranian traditional music unfolds through improvisation according to the mood of the performer and in response to the audience, musicians spend years learning to master the radif as the set of musical tools for their performances and compositions.
Indeed, Common Core and competency-based learning should be a natural fit, as the former creates learning maps for students to master that can shift the emphasis from time to mastery of deeper learning.
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The baby boomers, long known as master acquirers, are now learning a new skill: getting rid of excess stuff.
Watson is also based on machine learning and to master a subject, it takes a significant amount of time and data.
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Peking opera is transmitted largely through master-student training with trainees learning basic skills through oral instruction, observation and imitation.
Master florists study for seven years, learning flowers' names in four languages, including Latin.
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The ultimate goal was always to exploit the opportunity to pour cash into successful innovations before the competition, but these companies recognized that trial-and-error learning usually uncovers opportunities faster than master plans.
To help students master English, you need a high-quality learning environment and very dedicated teachers, proportionate to the student population.
As a result, a tenured teacher with a master's degree whose students aren't learning much will always earn more than a recent college graduate whose students are sweeping the academic decathlon.
Providing feedback to students, explaining why their answers were right or wrong, and then allowing students to continue to work on a problem until they have it right and master the concept produces statistically significant gains in student learning.
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If you master step 1 in a minute, you can begin learning step 2 a minute from now.
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With walls covered in calendars and color charts, and shelves and tables filled with computers, blocks, pegboards and books, it's a place to begin learning literacy, math and writing as well as to master fine motor skills and be social.
Rather than measure learning and move individual students along to new concepts as they master previous ones, it measures seat time and moves students along when they hit certain dates on a calendar.
To master tools and software, many professionals use Lynda.com, an online learning company that offers 1, 869 video courses on technology, software, creative and business skills.
He started learning ninjutsu (ninja techniques) when he was six, from his master, Masazo Ishida.
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