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When evaluated using relevant low-stakes tests, which are less likely to be inflated by the incentives themselves, the overall effects on achievement tend to be small and are effectively zero for a number of programs Summary, p.
James Gee: Accountability: How and Why a Boring Report Made Me Weep James Gee 2011
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I think the pace is a little too slow. and this feels like the set-up for something dramatic, but it leads to a pretty low-stakes scene.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Yogi’s Review Forum 2009
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Being in the kitchen is an area which is totally under your control ... and if it fails, it's very low-stakes.
Trying to Please Sarah 2009
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When evaluated using relevant low-stakes tests, which are less likely to be inflated by the incentives themselves, the overall effects on achievement tend to be small and are effectively zero for a number of programs Summary, p.
James Gee: Accountability: How and Why a Boring Report Made Me Weep James Gee 2011
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There's a low-stakes challenge in spearing bits of crusty bread on sticks and swirling them into the mixture without losing the bounty.
Switzerland's Best Fondue Christina Passariello 2011
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Perhaps some others that we arenât talking about might get in the race.â Priebus added that because of the stakes of the 2012 election, some new candidates might feel âcompelledâ to enter as opposed to that famous, low-stakes âpancakes vs. wafflesâ election a few years back.
HUFFPOST HILL - Romneybot Cannot Process Human War Eliot Nelson 2011
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Well, the good news is that this is a pretty low-stakes decision.
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A responsible college policy, Bernal says, might well allow certain types of "non-predatory" gambling, such as low-stakes card games among friends, which might not come with the same addiction risks as, say, slot machines.
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Priebus added that because of the stakes of the 2012 election, some new candidates might feel “compelled” to enter as opposed to that famous, low-stakes “pancakes vs. waffles” election a few years back.
HUFFPOST HILL - Romneybot Cannot Process Human War Eliot Nelson 2011
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I don't mean flirt with any guy regardless of whether he's a jerk, I mean it in the sense that making small talk with someone in line at Starbucks or whatever gives a chance to practice in a low-stakes context.
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing 2009
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