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Very Like a Whale

The Assessment of Writing Programs

By: Edward M. White,Norbert Elliot,Irvin Peckham

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Very Like a Whale

The Assessment of Writing Programs

By: Edward M. White,Norbert Elliot,Irvin Peckham

Winner of the 2015 CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment Written for those who design, redesign, and assess writing programs, Very Like a Whale is an intensive discussion of writing program assessment issues. Taking its title from Hamlet, the book explores the multifaceted forces that shape writing programs and the central role these programs can and should play in defining college education. Given the new era of assessment in higher education, writing programs must provide valid evidence that they are serving students, instructors, administrators, alumni, accreditors, and policymakers. This book introduces new conceptualizations associated with assessment, making them clear and available to those in the profession of rhetoric and composition/writing studies. It also offers strategies that aid in gathering information about the relative success of a writing program in achieving its identified goals. Philosophically and historically aligned with quantitative approaches, White, Elliot, and Peckham use case study and best-practice scholarship to demonstrate the applicability of their innovative approach, termed Design for Assessment (DFA). Well grounded in assessment theory, Very Like a Whale will be of practical use to new and seasoned writing program administrators alike, as well as to any educator involved with the accreditation process.

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University Press of Colorado

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0874219868

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9780874219869

Science and Secrets of Ending Violent Crime

By: Irvin Waller

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Science and Secrets of Ending Violent Crime

By: Irvin Waller

Science and Secrets of Ending Violent Crime is not just about the solid violence prevention science but for the first time the secrets of how to transform our world to get that science used. It presents strategies to get smart investment in ending violent crime instead of misspending on law enforcement and jails.

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368

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538118076

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9781538118078

System for Ophthalmic Dispensing

By: Clifford W. Brooks,Irvin Borish

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System for Ophthalmic Dispensing

By: Clifford W. Brooks,Irvin Borish

The ultimate ophthalmic dispensing reference, this book provides a step-by-step system for properly fitting and adjusting eyewear. It covers every aspect of dispensing — from basic terminology to frame selection to eyewear fitting, adjusting, and repairing. Perfect for both students who are just learning about dispensing and practitioners who want to keep their skills up to date, this resource offers in-depth discussions of all types of lenses, including multifocal, progressive, absorptive, safety, recreational, aspheric, and high index. Plus, it goes beyond the basics to explore the "how" and "why" behind lens selection, to help you better understand and meet your patients' vision needs. - A glossary of key terms provides easy access to definitions. - Proficiency tests at the end of each chapter reinforce your understanding of the material through multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and true/false questions. - A new full-color design with hundreds of illustrations that clearly demonstrate key procedures, concepts, and techniques. - Updated coverage of the latest dispensing procedures and equipment. - Detailed information on the newest types of lenses, including progressive, absorptive, aspheric, and atoric. - Updated photos feature more current frames and lenses, keeping the book up to date with today's eye care trends.

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689

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702038911

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9780702038914

Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty

The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors

By: Benjamin H. Irvin

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Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty

The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors

By: Benjamin H. Irvin

Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty examines the material artifacts, festivities, and rituals by which Congress endeavored not only to assert its political legitimacy and to bolster the war effort, but ultimately to glorify the United States and to win the allegiance of the American people. But fact, as Benjamin H. Irvin demonstrates, the "people out of doors"--including the working poor, women, loyalists, Native Americans and others not represented in Congress--vigorously contested the trappings of nationhood into which Congress had enfolded them.

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393

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Oxford University Press

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0199314594

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9780199314591

Super Rich

The Rise of Inequality in Britain and the United States

By: George Irvin

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Super Rich

The Rise of Inequality in Britain and the United States

By: George Irvin

In the past 25 years, the distribution of income and wealth in Britain and the US has grown enormously unequal, far more so than in other advanced countries. The book, which is aimed at both an academic and a general audience, examines how this happened, starting with the economic shocks of the 1970s and the neo-liberal policies first applied under Thatcher and Reagan. In essence, growing inequality and economic instability is seen as driven by a US-style model of free-market capitalism that is increasingly deregulated and dominated by the financial sector. Using a wealth of examples and empirical data, the book explores the social costs entailed by relative deprivation and widespread income insecurity, costs which affect not just the poor but now reach well into the middle classes. Uniquely, the author shows how inequality, changing consumption patterns and global financial turbulence are interlinked. The view that growing inequality is an inevitable consequence of globalisation and that public finances must be squeezed is firmly rejected. Instead, it is argued that advanced economies need more progressive taxation to dampen fluctuations and to fund higher levels of social provision, taking the Nordic countries as exemplary. The broad political goal should be to return within a generation to the lower degree of income inequality which prevailed in Britain and the US during the years of post-war prosperity.

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245

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745658873

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9780745658872

AJCC Cancer Staging Manual

By: Frederick L, Greene,David L. Page,Irvin D. Fleming,April G. Fritz,Charles M. Balch,Daniel G. Haller,Monica Morrow

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AJCC Cancer Staging Manual

By: Frederick L, Greene,David L. Page,Irvin D. Fleming,April G. Fritz,Charles M. Balch,Daniel G. Haller,Monica Morrow

The American Joint Committee on Cancer's Cancer Staging Manual is used by physicians throughout the world to diagnose cancer and determine the extent to which cancer has progressed. All of the TNM staging information included in this Sixth Edition is uniform between the AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) and the UICC (International Union Against Cancer). In addition to the information found in the Handbook, the Manual provides standardized data forms for each anatomic site, which can be utilized as permanent patient records, enabling clinicians and cancer research scientists to maintain consistency in evaluating the efficacy of diagnosis and treatment. The CD-ROM packaged with each Manual contains printable copies of each of the book’s 45 Staging Forms.

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444

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387952713

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9780387952710

Going North Thinking West

The Intersections of Social Class, Critical Thinking, and Politicized Writing Instruction

By: Irvin Peckham

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Going North Thinking West

The Intersections of Social Class, Critical Thinking, and Politicized Writing Instruction

By: Irvin Peckham

A long-time writing program administrator and well-respected iconoclast, Irvin Peckham is strongly identified with progressive ideologies in education. However, in Going North Thinking West, Peckham mounts a serious critique of what is called critical pedagogy—primarily a project of the academic left—in spite of his own sympathies there. College composition is fundamentally a middle-class enterprise, and is conducted by middle-class professionals, while student demographics show increasing presence of the working class. In spite of best intentions to ameliorate inequitable social class relationships, says Peckham, critical pedagogies can actually contribute to reproducing those relationships in traditional forms—not only perpetuating social inequities, but pushing working class students toward self-alienation, as well. Peckham argues for more clarity on the history of critical thinking, social class structures and teacher identity (especially as these are theorized by Pierre Bourdieu), while he undertakes a critical inquiry of the teaching practices with which even he identifies. Going North Thinking West focuses especially on writing teachers who claim a necessary linkage between critical thinking and writing skills; these would include both teachers who promote the fairly a-political position that argumentation is the obvious and necessary form of academic discourse, and more controversial teachers who advocate turning a classroom into a productive site of social transformation. Ultimately, Peckham argues for a rereading of Freire (an icon of transformational pedagogy), and for a collaborative investigation of students’ worlds as the first step in a successful writing pedagogy. It is an argument for a pedagogy based on service to students rather than on transforming them.

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Utah State University Press

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0874218047

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9780874218046

Very Like a Whale

The Assessment of Writing Programs

By: Edward M. White,Norbert Elliot,Irvin Peckham

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The Assessment of Writing Programs

By: Edward M. White,Norbert Elliot,Irvin Peckham

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University Press of Colorado

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0874219868

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