For example, the students could have taken the photos for archival purposes or for further self-study.
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Instead he worked low-paying odd jobs and began self-study, finally passing the state bar examination in 1975.
Every schoolkid since the late 1950s probably remembers a self-study reader program just like this, from SRA. All that's really different in the digital age is the feedback loop.
"There is a lot of self-study, " said Mr. Schuman.
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"Where schools must close, they are advised to consider what distance learning or self-study arrangements can be made for pupils in year 10-13, in order to minimise disruption to examination courses, " a Welsh government spokesman said.
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There have been online courses in the US and UK for a number of years - but there has been a recent surge of interest as self-study courses have been put online by some of the world's most famous institutions.
Jacott is a one-man study in self-justifying paralysis (the movie's funniest scene is his quivering interview for a video-store job).
The study of self-control is being increasingly studied by social psychologists, as they have found it to be as important to achievement as intelligence and grit.
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In fact, they are a study in self-delusion: we visit them to encounter something real, then observe them through fake Indian tales, audio tours and IMAX films.
For Ehrsson this is only the beginning of a much broader study into the self-recognition and body ownership.
What happened next is regarded as business folklore and should be a case study at every self-respecting management school.
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Meanwhile, advertisers have released their own study arguing that self-regulation, as opposed to government-imposed restraints, are sufficient to combat dubious food and health claims in advertising.
In a subsequent study involving just self-described liberal students, Cohen gave half the group news stories that had accompanying Democratic endorsements and the other half news stories that did not.
In one study, 35 patients self-monitored their diet and exercise using PDAs, a technology now largely replaced by smart phones.
When assistant professor of sociology Christine Whelan, 33, set out to study the rise of the self-help industry ten years ago, she was skeptical.
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Some grow up in safe, nurturing environments, and although they react swiftly to challenges, they have more self-control and calm down quickly, the study says.
According to a 2009 World Food Travel Association study of 11, 000 self-identified culinary travelers in 37 countries, "authentic" and "localist" dining experiences rank as top travel motivators -- and the organization predicts those factors rate even higher today.
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According to a recent Food Marketing Institute study, fewer people are using self-checkouts at the grocery store.
But the Ipsos study shows the highest levels of self-reported happiness not in rich countries, as one would expect, but in poor and middle-income ones, notably Indonesia, India and Mexico.
Mischel is also preparing a large-scale study involving hundreds of schoolchildren in Philadelphia, Seattle, and New York City to see if self-control skills can be taught.
The Stanford study suggests that men have less need to self-monitor and use both masculine and feminine approaches.
For now, the list of 2, 900 colleges and universities awarding credits for self study is dominated by community colleges and other second-tier institutions.
Bowker also reiterated results from a 2011 study which revealed the four major players in the self-publishing services market.
Furthermore, the programme provides learners with self-administered supplementary learning modules which they can use alone or in study groups during their spare time.
At the beginning of the study, all participants were asked to complete a self-paced 10km cycled time trial as quickly as they could.
The work not only gives evidence of the potential of self-organisation in metamaterial creation, but could also have implications for the study of new types of optical devices.
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"Elevated wealth status seems to make you want even more, and that increased want leads you to bend the rules or break the rules to serve your self-interest, " says Paul Piff, the lead author of the study and a doctoral candidate in psychology at the university.
Study after study shows that money, after getting above the line of self-sufficiency, does not improve life satisfaction.
Well-meaning adults "may foster in children with low self-esteem the very emotional vulnerability they are trying to prevent, " the study says.
Those who study the psyches of criminals said Dorner's aggressive and self-aggrandizing rant indicates a classic case of malignant narcissist personality disorder.
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