Sentence examples for gauging understanding from inspiring English sources

Without undermining the FCI's seminal contribution to educational research, there are conditions under which the FCI, along with a second well-known multiple-choice test in mechanics, the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE; Thornton and Sokoloff, 1998), may be less appropriate for gauging understanding and learning.

Overall, we believe that this student-centered app works well to reinforce concepts used in general genetics courses, including those identified in formal inventories designed for teaching and gauging understanding of genetics (Smith et al. 2008; Smith and Knight 2012).

She went on to say, "If they actually come to a…some kind of solution [correct] to this problem…" and here she was not only focusing on assessments but on the correct solutions to those assessments to gauge understanding.

Participants recounted that they then validated the patient's LEP status independently, using verbal and non-verbal cues (eg, gestures, facial expressions) to gauge understanding (eg, purposely asking open-ended questions).

Choosing to 'get by' without additional assistance can include any of the following strategies: speaking more slowly, enunciating more carefully, using plain language and requesting that the patient paraphrase instructions to gauge understanding.

One benefit of closed-ended questions, such as multiple-choice or matching questions, is that instructors can easily gauge understanding among a population of students (e.g., by using clicker questions).

These include reduced interaction between lecturer and student which may hamper learning, the inability of the student to ask questions and the inability of the lecturer to gauge understanding from non-verbal cues and indeed from questions.

Technology may help to avoid this problem while encouraging voice: for example, web sites where staff can post opinions or experiences, online polls, 'quizzes' to gauge understanding of current policies, etc. Open 'town hall' meetings may be another way to allow staff to express concerns and suggest solutions.

The survey for gauging social understanding of service robots and their peripheral technologies was crucial for the project.

Stable isotopes provide a complementary method to conventional flow gauging for understanding hydrology and management of large water resources, particularly in arid areas subject to significant evaporation.

We have developed an IMCA for gauging student understanding of these areas at the introductory undergraduate level.