Ostensibly, they were discussing best practices for support the iPad's new split-screen multitasking interface in iOS 9, but you couldn't help but think about the rumors swirling of a 12-inch iPad Pro at the same time.
Where the prognosis is hopeless, a precision palliative care plan could be elaborated that is calibrated on minimization of infant suffering and best practices for support of grieving parents and siblings.
A lengthy document attached to the letter also provides "examples of policies and emerging practices for supporting transgender students", and offers guidelines on privacy, confidentiality, anti-bullying and other issues affecting LGBT students.
In broad strokes, the accessibility sessions are about best practices for supporting accessibility.
As well, the systems and practices for supporting instructor professional learning (even within the same institutes) seem idiosyncratic.
In looking at whether teachers' instructional practices for supporting conceptual understanding were related to students' mathematics achievement, two interesting patterns were observed.
The descriptive results presented here support the findings from previous studies, including classroom observation studies, that there is variability across countries in teachers' use of instructional practices for supporting conceptual understanding (Hiebert et al., 2005; VanTassel-Baska et al., 2008; Whitman and Lai, 1990).
Individuals and communities often have established mechanisms and practices for supporting children and young people to learn and develop, and these should be embraced not overlooked.
In a time of federal reevaluation of best practices for supporting STEM education reform (Mervis, 2013), such analyses are even more critical.
Exploratory case studies of CHW programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda and Zimbabwe were conducted to provide an understanding of the practices for supporting and managing CHWs from a multi-actor perspective.
Congruent with the literature on best practices for supporting individuals making difficult health-related decisions [ 6], key components of effective decision support are communicating balanced and tailored information, clarifying values and preferences [ 7], and providing emotional support [ 1], while minimizing sources of undue pressure [ 8].
