1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463009903321

Autore

Byard Roger W.

Titolo

Sudden death in the young / / Roger W. Byard [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-139-81382-X

1-316-08728-X

1-139-85497-6

1-139-85525-5

1-139-85534-4

1-299-40004-3

1-139-85506-9

1-139-85516-6

0-511-77778-7

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 685 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

616.078

Soggetti

Sudden death

Sudden death in children

Sudden death in adolescence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Unintentional trauma -- section 3. Intentional trauma -- section 4. Natural disease -- section 5. Maternal, fetal, and neonatal conditions -- section 6. Sudden infant death syndrome.

Sommario/riassunto

Determining the cause of death in children and young adults can pose considerable challenges. Professor Byard provides for the first time a complete overview of pathological aspects of sudden death in the young, from before birth to middle adult life. Highly illustrated with more than 800 colour figures, this third edition contains new sections on sexual abuse, pregnancy-related deaths and rare natural diseases, as well as expanded coverage of unexpected death in young adults up to the age of 30 years. Chapters are organised by systems and cover all aspects of natural death, as well as accidents, suicides and homicides.



Supported by extensive referencing and numerous tables, the book can also be used as a practical autopsy manual. An encyclopaedic overview and analysis of sudden death in the young, this is a key text for pediatric and forensic pathologists, pediatricians, and lawyers and physicians involved in medicolegal cases.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255137503321

Autore

East Martin

Titolo

Assessing Foreign Language Students’ Spoken Proficiency : Stakeholder Perspectives on Assessment Innovation / / by Martin East

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

9789811003035

9811003033

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Educational Linguistics, , 2215-1656 ; ; 26

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Learning, Psychology of

Educational tests and measurements

Language Education

Instructional Psychology

Assessment and Testing

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

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Mediating assessment innovation: Why stakeholder perspectives matter -- Chapter 2:Assessing spoken proficiency: What are the issues?  -- Chapter 3:Introducing a new assessment of spoken proficiency: Interact -- Chapter 4: Investigating stakeholder perspectives on Interact -- Chapter 5: The advantages and disadvantages of Interact -- Chapter 6:The disadvantages of Interact and suggested improvements -- Chapter 7: Interact and higher proficiency students: Addressing the challenges -- Chapter 8: Interact and higher proficiency students: Concluding perspectives -- Chapter 9: Coming to terms with assessment



innovation: Conclusions and recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an in‐depth study of assessment innovation and its impact on teaching and learning. The context is New Zealand, and the focus is additional languages other than English and the recent introduction of a radical new assessment of students’ spoken proficiency, called interact. The book crosses the traditional theoretical and methodological boundaries associated with language testing research, which focuses on assessment performance, and presents an alternative approach where stakeholders become the centre of interest. It advances our understanding of how assessment innovation impacts on two key groups - teachers and students in schools - based on data collected from a substantial two‐year research project. It presents an account of these stakeholders’ perceptions of the validity and usefulness of the new assessment in comparison with the more traditional test that it has replaced. From the Foreword by Professor Jack C Richards Assessing Foreign Language Students’ Spoken Proficiency makes an outstanding and original contribution to the field of second and foreign language teaching, providing a theory and research-based account of the development of a learner-centred approach to oral proficiency assessment. It is an important resource for teachers and teacher educators as well as assessment and curriculum specialists worldwide. It deserves to be widely read.