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The report goes on to note that other countries are experimenting with merit pay and increased pay for teaching in tougher areas or teaching subjects in short supply.
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For instance, exposing subjects to a short, humorous video the scientists use a clip of Robin Williams doing stand-up boosts the average success rate by about 20%.
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He was at this time scribbling short sentences and paragraphs on various subjects in his notebooks.
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Then they had subjects make decisions that pit short-term gain against larger long-term gains.
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The new edition also gives short shrift to a number of important subjects, previously treated in considerable detail.
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In two of the trials, the box was dark for 12 minutes and then illuminated for 48 minutes with either long-wavelength red light or short-wavelength blue light directed at the subjects' corneas. (Light color is determined by its wavelength.) The box was dark in a control experiment.
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Their schools focus on religious learning: even basic subjects such as maths and English get short shrift.
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The "short course" GCSE, which can be taken in subjects including religious education, physical education and art, covers fewer topics than an ordinary GCSE and is valued at half the full qualification.
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In the second part, another 59 subjects, wearing eye-tracking devices, watched short video clips of the problem-solving exercise.
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It is Ms Short's job to speak up for developing countries on these subjects in cabinet and in international forums.
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