"The psychometric tests measure whether an individual is capable of taking instruction and their ability to concentrate and do system-type tasks," he said.
When a recipe has many ingredients and stages and finicky instructions, it can be hard to concentrate, like reading a Victorian novel with so many characters that you need a dramatis personae to keep things straight.
While surgery related stress may interfere with the patient's ability to concentrate on instructions, language difficulty or low health literacy may also impede appropriate doctor/patient communication.
(The chapter's other instruction to the host is to concentrate on "chatting, laughing and flirting," something that caused at least one guest to excuse himself from my company).
His proposed academy, which would take the place of both secondary school and college, was to concentrate on instruction in the ancient classics, with due subordination to the Bible and Christian teaching.
The agreement was a victory for the groups, which have depended on the aides to do everything from monitoring hallways to tying shoelaces, freeing teachers in crowded classrooms to concentrate more on instruction.
During this time there would have been imperceptible decreases in his brain activity, eventually leading to his inability to concentrate and to follow instruction.
According to the Nova Scotia Cancer Patient Education Committee [ 8], print materials can convey basic repetitive information, freeing the health professional to concentrate on individualized follow-up instruction.
Read the instructions (including section/subsection instructions) first, and also see which sections/questions are worth the most points, being sure to concentrate on those.
Working in a more public space, or in case you don't have speakers, or trying to concentrate on a task while a voice is telling you instructions, could actually be disruptive to the work flow".
