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Assessing Meaning Making and Self-Authorship: Theory, Research, and Application

ASHE Higher Education Report 38:3

By: Marcia B. Baxter Magolda,Patricia M. King

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Assessing Meaning Making and Self-Authorship: Theory, Research, and Application

ASHE Higher Education Report 38:3

By: Marcia B. Baxter Magolda,Patricia M. King

One reason so many students fail to achieve complex learning goals may be that they rely too heavily on others’ opinions about what to believe, who to be, and how to relate to others. The meaning-making capacity of self-authorship provides a basis from which to understand and learn from one’s experiences; without this, students are at a loss to know how to make intentional choices about what to believe and how to act. Similarly, without a means to access and assess students’ meaning making, researchers are at a disadvantage in deciding how to interpret students’ academic performance and other behaviors, and educators are at a disadvantage in translating findings into the design of new programs and services. This monograph is for those who are interested in understanding self-authorship and its assessment, and in using this approach in their own work. Drawing from well-established theories and extensive longitudinal research including nearly two thousand interviews, it offers a detailed account of how young adults’ capacities become more complex and adaptive over time. Those who understand the role of meaning making will be better able to document its effects on educational outcomes and provide better information to decision makers about program effectiveness. Each monograph in the series is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education problem, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118500563

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Scarpetta

By: Patricia Cornwell

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Scarpetta

By: Patricia Cornwell

From America’s #1 bestselling crime writers comes an extraordinary #1 New York Times bestselling Kay Scarpetta novel. Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric prison ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and when she literally has her gloved hands on him, he begins to talk—and the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard. The injuries, he says, were sustained in the course of a murder . . . that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true, and it is he who is being spied on, followed and stalked by the actual killer? The one thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured and murdered—and more violent deaths will follow. Gradually, an inexplicable and horrifying truth emerges: Whoever is committing the crimes knows where his prey is at all times. Is it a person, a government? And what is the connection between the victims? In the days that follow, Scarpetta; her forensic psychologist husband, Benton Wesley; and her niece, Lucy, who has recently formed her own forensic computer investigation firm in New York, will undertake a harrowing chase through cyberspace and the all-too-real streets of the city—an odyssey that will take them at once to places they never knew, and much, much too close to home. Throughout, Cornwell delivers shocking twists and turns, and the kind of cutting-edge technology that only she can provide. Once again, she proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall.

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Penguin

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0425230163

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9780425230169

The Scarpetta Factor

Scarpetta (Book 17)

By: Patricia Cornwell

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The Scarpetta Factor

Scarpetta (Book 17)

By: Patricia Cornwell

In this provocative thriller, forensic expert Kay Scarpetta is surrounded by familiar faces, yet traveling down the unfamiliar road of fame.... It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta—despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN—to offer her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events, culminating in an ominous package—possibly a bomb—showing up at the front desk of the apartment building where she and her husband, Benton, live. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta’s life finds her embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionaire with whom her niece, Lucy, seems to have shared a secret past. Scarpetta’s CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called The Scarpetta Factor. Given the bizarre events already in play, she fears that her growing fame will generate the illusion that she has a “special factor,” a mythical ability to solve all her cases. She wonders if she will end up like other TV personalities: her own stereotype.

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Penguin

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110114890X

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9781101148907

The Last Precinct

Scarpetta (Book 11)

By: Patricia Cornwell

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The Last Precinct

Scarpetta (Book 11)

By: Patricia Cornwell

In this #1 New York Times bestselling novel, Patricia Cornwell takes her readers deeper into Kay Scarpetta’s heart and soul than ever before…. Thwarting an attack by a suspected serial killer puts Virginia’s Chief Medial Examiner Kay Scarpetta in the harsh glare of the spotlight. As her personal and professional lives come under suspicion, she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City and into the darkest corners of her past. A formidable prosecutor, a female assistant district attorney from New York, is brought into the case—and Scarpetta must struggle to make what she knows to be the truth prevail against mounting and unnerving evidence to the contrary. Tested in every way, she turns inward to ask, Where do you go when there is nowhere left?

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Penguin

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1101155914

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9781101155912

Blow Fly

Scarpetta (Book 12)

By: Patricia Cornwell

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Blow Fly

Scarpetta (Book 12)

By: Patricia Cornwell

A cold case turns red-hot when a death-row inmate renews his acquaintance with Dr. Kay Scarpetta in this “utterly chilling” (Entertainment Weekly) #1 New York Times bestseller. Settling into her new life as a private forensic consultant, Kay Scarpetta agrees to investigate a cold case in Louisiana—the baffling eight-year-old murder of a woman with a history of blackouts and violent outbursts. Then she receives news that chills her to the core: Jean-Baptiste Chandonne—the vicious and unrepentant Wolfman who pursued her to her very doorstep—has asked to see her. From his cell on death row, he demands an audience with the legendary Dr. Scarpetta. With her friends and family by her side, Scarpetta tries to guess what sort of endgame this madman has in mind—how, if at all, it’s related to the Louisiana case—and then confronts the shock of her life: a blow that will force her to question the loyalty and trust of all she holds dear...

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498

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Penguin

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0425266729

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9780425266724

Method Meets Art

Arts-Based Research Practice

By: Patricia Leavy

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Method Meets Art

Arts-Based Research Practice

By: Patricia Leavy

This book presents the first comprehensive introduction to arts-based research (ABR) practices, which scholars in multiple disciplines are fruitfully using to reveal information and represent experiences that traditional methods cannot capture. Each of the six major ABR genres--narrative inquiry, poetry, music, performance, dance, and visual art--is covered in chapters that introduce key concepts and tools and present an exemplary research article by a leading ABR practitioner. Patricia Leavy discusses the kinds of research questions these innovative approaches can address and offers practical guidance for applying them in all phases of a research project, from design and data collection to analysis, interpretation, representation, and evaluation. Chapters include checklists to guide methodological decision making, discussion questions, and recommended print and online resources.

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401

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Guilford Press

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1462512410

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9781462512416

The Scarpetta Collection Volume I

Postmortem and Body of Evidence

By: Patricia Cornwell

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The Scarpetta Collection Volume I

Postmortem and Body of Evidence

By: Patricia Cornwell

From the author who virtually invented the forensic thriller comes this much-anticipated omnibus volume that features her first two novels, "Postmortem" and "Body of Evidence," that introduced Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta to the book-reading world.

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642

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Simon and Schuster

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1439153035

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9781439153031

Unstable Properties

Aboriginal Title and the Claim of British Columbia

By: Patricia Burke Wood,David Rossiter

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Unstable Properties

Aboriginal Title and the Claim of British Columbia

By: Patricia Burke Wood,David Rossiter

The so-called land question dominates political discourse in British Columbia. Unstable Properties reverses the usual approach – investigating Aboriginal claims to Crown land – to reframe the issue as a history of Crown attempts to solidify claims to Indigenous territory. From the historical-geographic processes through which the BC polity became entrenched in its present territory to key events of the twenty-first century, the authors highlight the unstable ideological foundation of land and title arrangements. In the process, they demonstrate that only by understanding diverse interpretations of sovereignty, governance, territory, and property can we move toward meaningful reconciliation.

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309

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UBC Press

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0774866349

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9780774866347

Living Faith

An Introduction to Theology

By: Eileen Patricia Flynn,Gloria Blanchfield Thomas

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Living Faith

An Introduction to Theology

By: Eileen Patricia Flynn,Gloria Blanchfield Thomas

Covering fundamental theological themes, this book provides a readable introduction that is comprehensive but not overwhelming.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1556122179

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9781556122170

Community Practice

Theories and Skills for Social Workers

By: David A. Hardcastle,Patricia R. Powers,Stanley Wenocur

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Community Practice

Theories and Skills for Social Workers

By: David A. Hardcastle,Patricia R. Powers,Stanley Wenocur

Community Practice is a comprehensive resource for social workers and students eager to learn how to practice effectively in complex systems and diverse communities. In this completely revised edition of the definitive text in the field, the authors have thoroughly updated each chapter and added two entirely new chapters on community building and community organizing. New material on topics such as negotiation and mediation, community advocacy, participatory rural appraisal, the narrative approach to social change, community involvement, representative client boards, and the latest in grassroots endeavors make this text as inspiring as it is practical. Drawing upon the wealth of information available from local organizations, the Internet, newspapers, and academic journals, the authors introduce contemporary experiments and analyze classic modes of community practice and change. The content, exercises, and references offer instructors the flexibility necessary to tailor their courses to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level students. This new edition will continue to provide a comprehensive and integrated overview of the theory and skills fundamental to all areas of social work practice. Broad in scope, it offers students as well as practitioners the tools necessary to promote the welfare of individuals and communities.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019514161X

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9780195141610

Identity Under Pressure

Over-Indebtedness in the Middle Class

By: Marion Müller,Patricia Pfeil,Udo Dengel,Lisa Donath

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Identity Under Pressure

Over-Indebtedness in the Middle Class

By: Marion Müller,Patricia Pfeil,Udo Dengel,Lisa Donath

The authors examine identity strategies of middle-class couples who come under pressure of over-indebtedness. Based on biographical interviews collected in a qualitative panel study in three waves, they explore the question of how identity is worked on in the couple and how identity changes when social decline threatens. The theory-generating analysis brings out patterns of coping with over-indebtedness and self-placement described along the notions of 'continuity', 'modification' and 'moratorium'. Similarly, they explore how lifeworlds are constructed in and with over-indebtedness as a couple. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

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212

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Springer Nature

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3658418559

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9783658418557

The Reader's Digest Illustrated Book of Dogs

By: Patricia Sylvester,Reader's Digest Association (Canada)

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The Reader's Digest Illustrated Book of Dogs

By: Patricia Sylvester,Reader's Digest Association (Canada)

This reference offers a wealth of practical information and advice about how to choose, train, care for, and show a canine companion. Also covers the history, psychology, anatomy, and physiology of dogs and provides life-saving first-aid information. Over 700 photos and illustrations.

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Reader's Digest Association (Canada)

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0888502052

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9780888502056

Love's Remedies

Recantation and Renaissance Lyric Poetry

By: Patricia Berrahou Phillippy

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Love's Remedies

Recantation and Renaissance Lyric Poetry

By: Patricia Berrahou Phillippy

Bakhtin, are suitable tools for an examination of the Petrarchan lyric and its recantation, while at the same time, the nature and value of these critical concepts are interrogated.

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Bucknell University Press

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0838752632

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9780838752630

Not in My Philosophy

True experiences of the supernatural and the search for explanations

By: Patricia Marsh

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Not in My Philosophy

True experiences of the supernatural and the search for explanations

By: Patricia Marsh

Have you ever had an uncanny experience which can only be described as supernatural, something which doesn’t fit in with a rational philosophy of life? Join the author on her intriguing journey to recount and explore the supernatural events in her own experience, which she has previously tried to brush aside – episodes ranging from stunning coincidences and telepathy to apparitions and poltergeists. Glimpse a mystifying and baffling world as she seeks explanations from physics, paraphysics, parapsychology, biology, ancient cultures and religions, as well as from reputable clairvoyants and mediums. In these pages you will encounter a fascinating examination of the paranormal, with its bewildering array of conundrums about the true nature of human existence and our everyday reality.

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114

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eBook Partnership

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1839783753

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9781839783753

The Last Precinct

By: Patricia Daniels Cornwell

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The Last Precinct

By: Patricia Daniels Cornwell

The Last Precinct finds Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta in the middle of a nightmare that began with Black Notice, and continues as she discovers the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City and into the darkest corners of her past. Scarpetta must struggle to make what she knows to be the truth prevail against mounting evidence to the contrary. By the end of the novel, it is clear that Scarpetta's life can never be the same."--Amazon.com

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850

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0739412612

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9780739412619

Teacher Burnout Turnaround: Strategies for Empowered Educators

By: Patricia A. Jennings

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Teacher Burnout Turnaround: Strategies for Empowered Educators

By: Patricia A. Jennings

Selected as a "Favorite Book for Educators in 2020" by Greater Good Magazine. Stress and burnout are eroding teachers’ motivation, performance, quality of classroom interactions, and relationships with students, as well as their commitment to the profession. Principals are leaving in droves, and teacher shortages are becoming the new normal. Our teachers are underappreciated and our schools underresourced. But, as the author of Mindfulness for Teachers and The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom points out, educators themselves have the power to alter this downward spiral. Educational psychologist Tish Jennings presents a matrix of stress-causing factors that lead to burnout, and shows how teachers can tackle the sources of stress at each pressure point. From the development of social and emotional competencies—so important to teachers and students alike—to the achievement of systemic change through collective efficacy, she offers hope and practical remedies for overcoming a toxic trend in education.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393714268

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9780393714265

The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas

By: Olive Patricia Dickason

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The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas

By: Olive Patricia Dickason

A classic study of early contact between European explorers and North American natives. When the two cultures met in the fifteenth century, it meant great upheavals for the Amerindians, but strengthened the Europeans' move toward nation-states and capitalism.

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University of Alberta Press

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0888640366

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9780888640369

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