Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009 (Paperback)
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009 (Paperback)

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Publisher: Government Printing Office

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Total Pages: 1008

ISBN-13: 9780160873553

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Presents over 1,400 tables that provide statistical data on the social, economic, and political organization of the United States, and includes source notes for each chart, guides to additional information, and a comprehensive index.

The Half-Opened Door
The Half-Opened Door

Author: Marcia Synnott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-12

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1351481592

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By the turn of the twentieth century, academic nativism had taken root in elite American colleges—specifically, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant hegemony was endangered by new kinds of student, many of them Catholic and Jewish immigrants. The newcomers threatened to displace native-born Americans by raising academic standards and winning a disproportionate share of the scholarships. The Half-Opened Door analyzes the role of these institutions, casting light on their place in class structure and values in the United States. It details the origins, history, and demise of discriminatory admissions processes and depicts how the entrenched position of the upper class was successfully challenged. The educational, and hence economic, mobility of Catholics and Jews has shown other groups—for example, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Spanish-speaking Americans—not only the difficulties that these earlier aspirants had in overcoming class and ethnic barriers, but the fact that it can be done. One of the ironies of the history of higher education in the United States is the use of quotas by admissions committees. Restrictive measures were imposed on Jews because they were so successful, whereas benign quotas are currently used to encourage underrepresented minorities to enter colleges and professional schools. The competing claims of both the older and the newer minorities continue to be the subject of controversy, editorial comments, and court cases—and will be for years to come.

Teaching First-Year College Students
Teaching First-Year College Students

Author: Maggie Murphy

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1538116987

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The “first-year experience” is an emerging hot topic in academic libraries, and many librarians who work with first-year students are interested in best practices for engaging and retaining them. Professional discussion and interest groups, conferences, and vendor-sponsored awards for librarians working with first-year students are popping up left and right. A critical aspect of libraries in the first-year experience is effective information literacy instruction for first-year students. Research shows that, despite growing up in a world rife with technology and information, students entering college rarely bring with them the conceptual understandings and critical habits of thinking needed for finding, evaluating, and ethically using information in both academic and real-world contexts. Faculty in upper-level courses expect students to learn about the research process in their first year of college, and instructors in the first-year curriculum expect librarians to teach this to their students. Despite all this, designing, teaching, and evaluating effective information literacy instruction specifically for first-year students is not necessarily intuitive for instruction librarians. That is why Teaching First-Year College Students: A Practical Guide for Librarians is a comprehensive, how-to guide for both new and experienced librarians interested in planning, teaching, and assessing library instruction for first-year students. The book: Examines the related histories of library instruction and first-year experience initiatives Summarizes and synthesizes empirical research and educational theory about first-year students as learners and novice researchers Establishes best practices for engaging first-year students through active learning and inclusive teaching Features excerpts from interviews with a number of instruction librarians who work with first-year students in a range of positions and instructional contexts Includes examples of activities, lesson plans, and assessment ideas for first-year library instruction for common first-year course scenarios Includes a template to use for library instruction lesson planning Written by a library instruction coordinator with a graduate degree in First-Year Studies and a first-year instruction librarian, Teaching First-Year College Students: A Practical Guide for Librarians is the first comprehensive, how-to guide for both new and experienced librarians interested in planning, coordinating, teaching, and assessing library instruction for first-year students.

An Alternative History of Hyperactivity
An Alternative History of Hyperactivity

Author: Matthew Smith

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 0813550165

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In 1973, San Francisco allergist Ben Feingold created an uproar by claiming that synthetic food additives triggered hyperactivity, then the most commonly diagnosed childhood disorder in the United States. He contended that the epidemic should not be treated with drugs such as Ritalin but, instead, with a food additive-free diet. Parents and the media considered his treatment, the Feingold diet, a compelling alternative. Physicians, however, were skeptical and designed dozens of trials to challenge the idea. The resulting medical opinion was that the diet did not work and it was rejected. Matthew Smith asserts that those scientific conclusions were, in fact, flawed. An Alternative History of Hyperactivity explores the origins of the Feingold diet, revealing why it became so popular, and the ways in which physicians, parents, and the public made decisions about whether it was a valid treatment for hyperactivity. Arguing that the fate of Feingold's therapy depended more on cultural, economic, and political factors than on the scientific protocols designed to test it, Smith suggests the lessons learned can help resolve medical controversies more effectively.

HSK 7-9 Chinese Vocabulary Book (5636 Words) Version 2021 Part A 汉语水平考试 2021 版
HSK 7-9 Chinese Vocabulary Book (5636 Words) Version 2021 Part A 汉语水平考试 2021 版

Author: DAVID YAO

Publisher: Legoo Mandarin

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Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13:

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The HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) is an international standardized exam that tests and rates Chinese language proficiency. It assesses non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities in using the Chinese language in their daily, academic and professional lives. HSK consists of six levels in version 2009. HSK 7-9 Version 2021 has 5636 Words, similar to HSK 6 and Chinese vocabulary similar to C2 (C2 is The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the highest level, similar to Chinese丁级字 for native learners) Approved by the National Language Commission’s Language Standardization and Standards Review Committee, the "International Chinese Education Chinese Level Standards" (GF0025-2021) (hereinafter referred to as "Standards") was recently released by the Ministry of Education and the National Language Working Committee as the language of the National Language Commission The text specification will be formally implemented on July 1, 2021. I am the first one in the world to compile this vocabulary list with best possible English in just two month after the list was released on March 31, 2021. New Edition features: • Chinese-English: the best possible English translation are given, which is great helpful for foreigners to understand Chinese better. HSK V2009 vs. HSK V2021: HSK classification and cross referencing with HSK V2009 and HSK V2021 provide a guideline for student’s self-assessment. Teachers and course book editor can use this guideline to choose proper articles for students which may varies greatly in Chinese Proficiency levels. We are the ONLY ONE who give you such classification. • Part of speech (词类, 词性) are given. • Layout one: Vocabulary Arranged into 12 categories according Part of speech (词类), corresponding with Topics and Tasks, such as stated in IB and IGCSE syllabus. • Layout two: Vocabulary Arranged by Alphabet, corresponding with P.R. China official vocabulary list.