A Century of Achievement, Vol. 1
A Century of Achievement, Vol. 1

Author: Arthur Lowndes

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9780656440115

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Excerpt from A Century of Achievement, Vol. 1: The History of the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society for One Hundred Years These words of preface give me the welcome opportunity to express my indebtedness to my friend, the Rev. Joseph Hooper, m.a., for his invaluable help in the verification of many matters in the course of this History, and for his great patience in research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Achievement Motive
The Achievement Motive

Author: David C. McClelland

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-12

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9781614278238

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2015 Reprint of 1953 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This book makes three discrete contributions to the theory of motivation. The first contribution is a theory of motivation; the second large section carefully describes the measurement of the achievement motive through content-analysis of imaginations stories; the rest of the book summarizes a number of experiments with the achievement motive as the dependent variable. McClelland is chiefly known for his work on achievement motivation, but his research interests extended to personality and consciousness. David McClelland pioneered workplace motivational thinking, developing achievement-based motivational theory and models, and promoted improvements in employee assessment methods, advocating competency-based assessments and tests, arguing them to be better than traditional IQ and personality-based tests. His ideas have since been widely adopted in many organizations, and relate closely to the theory of Frederick Herzberg.

The Social Life of Achievement
The Social Life of Achievement

Author: Nicholas J. Long

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1782382216

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What happens when people “achieve”? Why do reactions to “achievement” vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions lie at the heart of this volume. Drawing on research from Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States, and Latin America, this collection develops an innovative framework for explaining achievement’s multiple effects—one which brings together cutting-edge theoretical insights into politics, psychology, ethics, materiality, aurality, embodiment, affect and narrative. In doing so, the volume advances a new agenda for the study of achievement within anthropology, emphasizing the significance of achievement as a moment of cultural invention, and the complexity of “the achiever” as a subject position.

In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight

Author: Gordon MacInnes

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780870785139

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This is a story about what happens when a state education department partners with city school districts in an attempt to close the achievement gap between poor, minority city students and their counterparts in the predominantly white and more affluent suburban districts. It is set in New Jersey, but the lessons apply in any American city that has concentrations of poor children in failing school districts. What sets New Jersey apart is the generous level of court-mandated funding available, and the fact that preschool in the state begins at age three. A preliminary look at the results of New Jersey's expensive efforts resulting from the landmark New Jersey Supreme Court case Abbott v. Burke suggests an unsurprising conclusion: when additional funds are concentrated on supporting and enhancing teachers' efforts to assess the needs of their students and tailor their instruction to those needs, dramatically better results are possible. If no coherent plan for improved classroom instruction is implemented, more money makes no difference, and can, instead, produce confusion and declining performance. New Jersey has demonstrated remarkable success in improving children's educational attainment--for example, only in Massachusetts did fourth graders score higher than those in New Jersey, a much more diverse state, on the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading test. And, remarkably, New Jersey was the only state in which scores in all ethnic categories improved over 2005. It is Gordon MacInnes's contention that New Jersey's fairly dramatic improvement is a product of a focused effort by many of the state's poorest school districts to introduce effective early literacy practices. No one is better equipped to tell the story of New Jersey's success in closing the achievement gap than MacInnes, and his remarkably frank and comprehensive examination of those districts where poor, minority students demonstrated continued academic improvement provides invaluable lessons for improving the academic prospects for all.

A Century of Achievement, the History of the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, for One Hundred Years Volume 1 Volume 1
A Century of Achievement, the History of the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, for One Hundred Years Volume 1 Volume 1

Author: HardPress

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2013-01

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9781313177573

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CENTURY OF ACHIEVEMENT THE HIS
CENTURY OF ACHIEVEMENT THE HIS

Author: Arthur 1858-1917 Lowndes

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-09-10

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9781360742526

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Models of Achievement
Models of Achievement

Author: Agnes N. O'Connell

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1135659206

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This outstanding book contains inspiring stories of late 20th century women who broke new ground in psychological knowledge and its applications. The lives and careers of 53 women are examined within social and historical contexts using three levels of analysis--the individual, the group, and the universal. The thoughtful autobiographies and the perceptive, integrative analyses increase understanding of the personal and professional development of these women, provide insights into their patterns of achievement, and illuminate new ways of thinking about and perceiving women. This extraordinary book is a valuable resource for libraries and researchers, provides knowledge and inspiration for a wide range of readers, and is an excellent supplementary text for courses in the psychology of women, history of psychology, lifespan development, career development, and women's studies.