California researchers in the early nineteen-eighties conducted a five-year study of teacher-skill development in eighty schools, and noticed something interesting.

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All someone had to do, in order to get a fair share of the wealth of our economy, was study and learn a valuable skill, and then work all day long.

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Adaptive learning is a method of education that seeks to personalize learning by using sophisticated algorithmic technology to continually assess students' knowledge, skill and confidence levels and design targeted study paths based on the resulting data to bolster students' understanding in the areas where they need to improve the most.

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The study found most investors do not have the skill to determine which funds will survive and which will not.

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And there are direct economic consequences of high and low performing education systems, the study says, particularly in a globalised, skill-based economy.

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Moreover, the amount of study required at these universities leaves their products with more pretense than knowledge or skill.

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According to one study, the key competency of a successful new MBA is not a specific skill but rather the ability to learn amid chaos.

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Step 2- Invest in analytics skills development : A Study by Accenture published a year ago, found the top in-demand skill gap for US Workers as problem solving , analytical skills and managerial skills. 55% of the workers report to be under pressure to develop additional skills however only 21% are reported to have acquired it through company-provided formal training.

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The report said she gained "co-ordination, skill and speed almost similar to that of an able-bodied person" by the end of the study.

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