1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464365103321

Autore

Cortest Luis

Titolo

The disfigured face [[electronic resource] ] : traditional natural law and its encounter with modernity / / Luis Cortest

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8232-3568-8

0-8232-4772-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 136 p. )

Collana

[Moral philosophy and moral theology]

Disciplina

171/.2

Soggetti

Natural law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series from jacket.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Thomistic ontology -- Ontological morality and human rights -- The war of the philosophers -- The modern way -- Pope Leo XIII and his legacy -- The survival of tradition.

Sommario/riassunto

Luis Cortest shows how traditional natural law was transformed by thinkers like Locke and Kant into a doctrine compatible with early modern notions of nature and morality. One of the first great debates about moral philosophy took place in 16th-century Spain, as a dispute concerning the humanity of Native Americans.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958503903321

Titolo

Item generation for test development / / edited by Sidney H. Irvine, Patrick C. Kyllonen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2002

ISBN

1-135-66319-X

1-138-97347-5

1-299-28519-8

1-135-66320-3

1-4106-0214-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxxii, 412 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

IrvineS. H

KyllonenPatrick C

Disciplina

371.26/1

Soggetti

Examinations - Design and construction

Item response theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on a conference organized by the Air Force Human Research Laboratory and ETS Research.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Psychometric and cognitive theory of item generation -- pt. 2. Construct-oriented approaches to item generation -- pt. 3. From theory to implementation -- pt. 4. Applications of item-generative principles.

Sommario/riassunto

The major thrust of test development in the next decade will be the harnessing of item generation technology to the production of computer developed tests. This book is a compilation of papers about this presented at the ETS sympoisum in November 1998.