This file type was one with which all vendors were familiar, had a great deal of experience in producing, and required no exceptional technological sophistication or explanation.
Teachers who are strategic with a variety of scaffolding types can prompt students to a higher level of sophistication in both explanations and arguments from evidence (Kang et al., 2014).
The advantage of using quantitative research methods in conjunction with qualitative research lies in conveying sophistication to understanding and explanation of social phenomena [22].
The following comment is illustrative of this theme: "... the only explanation for the sophistication of the attacks is that the bombers were aided by the CIA or Mossad".
In sum, longevity studies have increased in sophistication to the point where explanations can now be sought at the level of imprinted genes, which are the master regulators of development, and their epigenetic regulation.
As is apparent, student explanations of evolutionary change vary in length (for details, see Items Used to Generate Explanations of Evolutionary Change), sophistication, scientific accuracy, and scientific complexity.
Eight coding categories were arranged from most to least indicative of student comprehension (i.e., in decreasing order of sophistication), and each code was assigned an explanation quality score.
We found that machine-learning software was capable in most cases of accurately evaluating the degree of scientific sophistication in undergraduate majors' and nonmajors' written explanations of evolutionary change.
If you feel as though these explanations lack a depth of political sophistication, try asking American voters how they feel about Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.
Generally, students gave explanations at the same level of sophistication for both the Oak Tree and Pound of Wood questions.
