Building writing center assessments that matter [[electronic resource] /] / Ellen Schendel, William J. Macauley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462252203321
• Autore: Schendel Ellen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Logan, UT, : Utah State University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-4571-8449-4; 1-283-55039-3; 9786613862846; 0-87421-834-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MacauleyWilliam J
• Disciplina: 808/.042071173
• Soggetti: English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States; Writing centers - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Yours, Mine, and Ours Changing the Dynamics of Writing Center Assessment - Ellen Schendel and William J. Macauley, Jr.; 1. The Development of Scholarship about Writing Center Assessment - William J. Macauley, Jr.; 2. Getting from Values to Assessable Outcomes - William J. Macauley, Jr.; 3. Connecting Writing Center Assessment to Your Institution's Mission - William J. Macauley, Jr; 4. Moving from Others' Values to Our Own: Adapting Assessable Outcomes from Professional Organizations and Other Programs on Your Campus - Ellen Schendel; Interchapter - Of Numbers and Stories: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment Research in the Writing Center - Neal Lerner5. Integrating Assessment into Your Center's Other Work: Not Your Typical Methods Chapter - Ellen Schendel; 6. Writing It Up and Using It - Ellen Schendel; Afterword: Translating Assessment - Brian Huot and Nicole Caswell; Coda - William J. Macauley, Jr. and Ellen Schendel; Appendix: Annotated Bibliography for Writing Center Assessment - William J. Macauley, Jr.; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: "The authors begin with the assessment strengths already in place in writing centers, and they build a framework that can help writing centers satisfy local demands, while remaining in useful dialogue with both assessment theory and the larger needs of their institutions"--; "No less than other divisions of the college or university, contemporary writing centers find themselves within a galaxy of competing questions and demands that relate to assessment--questions and demands that usually embed priorities from outside the purview of the writing center itself. Writing centers are used to certain kinds of assessment, both quantitative and qualitative, but are often unprepared to address larger institutional or societal issues. In Building Writing Center Assessments that Matter, Schendel and Macauley start from the kinds of assessment strengths already in place in writing centers, and they build a framework that can help writing centers satisfy local needs and put them in useful dialogue with the larger needs of their institutions, while staying rooted in writing assessment theory.The authors begin from the position that tutoring writers is already an assessment activity, and that good assessment practice (rooted in the work of Adler-Kassner, O'Neill, Moore, and Huot) already reflects the values of writing center theory and practice. They offer examples of assessments developed in local contexts, and of how assessment data built within those contexts can powerfully inform decisions and shape the futures of local writing centers. With additional contributions by Neal Lerner, Brian Huot and Nicole Caswell, and with a strong commitment to honoring on-site local needs, the volume does not advocate a one-size-fits-all answer. But, like the modeling often used in a writing consultation, examples here illustrate how important assessment principles have been applied in a range of local contexts. Ultimately, Building Writing Assessments that Matter describes a theory stance toward assessment for writing centers that honors the uniqueness of the writing center context, and examples of assessment in action that are concrete, manageable, portable, and adaptable"--

Air pollution impacts on crops and forests [[electronic resource] ] : a global assessment / / editors, Lisa Emberson, Mike Ashmore, Frank Murray

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454271003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Imperial College Press; River Edge, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2003
• ISBN: 1-281-86588-5; 9786611865887; 1-84816-127-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (387 p.)
• Collana: Air pollution reviews ; ; vol. 4
• Altri autori (Persone): EmbersonLisa; AshmoreM. R (Mike R.); MurrayFrank <1950->
• Disciplina: 632/.1
• Soggetti: Crops - Effect of air pollution on; Trees - Effect of air pollution on; Crops - Wounds and injuries; Trees - Wounds and injuries; Crop losses; Trees - Losses; Air quality management; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; Air Pollution Impacts on Crops and Forests; Chapter 1 Air Pollution Impacts on Crops and Forests: An Introduction; Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Industrialised Countries; Chapter 2 Air Pollution Impacts in North America; Chapter 3 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Europe Chapter 4 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Japan; Chapter 5 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Australia; Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Developing Countries; Chapter 6 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in China Chapter 7 Air ; Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Taiwan; Chapter 8 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in India; Chapter 9 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Pakistan; Chapter 10 Air Pollution and Vegetation in Egypt: A Review; Chapter 11 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in South Africa Chapter 12 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Mexico; Chapter 13 Disturbances to the Atlantic Rainforest in Southeast Brazil; Chapter 14 Assessing the Extent of Air Pollution Impacts in Developing Countries Region; Chapter 15 Social and Economic Policy Implications of Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Developing Countries Subject Index; Plant Species Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Air pollution is a problem affecting every part of our planet however, its global effects are poorly understood. This book provides the first truly global assessment of the scale of impacts of air pollution on crops and forests. The core of the book comprises assessments of the problem by experts from 12 different countries on every continent - describing the evidence of air pollution effects on crop yields and forest vitality with regard to environmental policies. These analyses are placed in the context of a global assessment of the scale of current and future air pollution levels, as well

The Formation of Japan-ROK Security Relations : Meeting the Evolving Cold War Challenge

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910949132203321
• Autore: Choi Kyungwon
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer, , 2025; ©2025
• ISBN: 9789819784790; 9819784794
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Collana: Political Science and International Studies
• Disciplina: 355.03
• Soggetti: National security - History - 20th century; National security - Decision making
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Preface to the English Edition -- Chapter 1 Japan and a Divided Korea -- Chapter 2 Responding to the 1968 Security Crisis on a Divided Korean Peninsula -- Chapter 3 The Reversion of Okinawa and Formation of the Korea Clause (1969) -- Chapter 4 The Reduction of US Forces in the ROK and Japan-ROK Security Cooperation (197073) The Four Projects -- Chapter 5 Sino American Rapprochement and the Recalibration of Japan ROK Security Relations (197173) -- Chapter 6 The Search for Peaceful Coexistence (197475) -- Chapter 7 Japan and the ROK amid the Changing East Asian Order -- Afterword -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: This open access book argues that Japan-ROK security relations were formed in the process of adjusting the threat perception gap and policy conflict between the two countries. Conventional analyses using a cooperation or conflict dichotomy are too limited to capture the complex coordination of interests that security relations entail. In comparison, this book focuses on how, as they interacted on security concerns, Japan and the ROK had different threat perceptions and foreign policy orientations that resulted in friction over the means and methods of responses and shines a light on the changes apparent in the adjustment process. The author aims to elucidate how Japan and ; the ROK approached security cooperation over the period from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. As Japan and the ROK looked to reconcile the differing political positions involved in these security and dtente requirements, they explored and began to show new developments in bilateral security cooperation. This book provides a new perspective on Japan-ROK security relations and through this lens a broader view of international relations in East Asia. It also proves useful in understanding bilateral cooperation in the security field following the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries.