1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255444403321

Autore

Smith Jennifer J (Jennifer Joan)

Titolo

The American short story cycle / / Jennifer J. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-4744-2395-7

1-4744-4494-6

1-4744-2394-9

1-4744-2978-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Classificazione

HU 1820

Disciplina

813.0109

Soggetti

Short stories, American - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-190) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Forming Provisional Identities -- Chapter 1 Locating the Short Story Cycle -- Chapter 2 The Persistence of Place -- Chapter 3 Writing Time in Metaphors -- Chapter 4 Tracing New Genealogies -- Chapter 5 Resisting Identity -- Chapter 6 Atomic Genre -- Coda Novellas-in-Flash and Flash Cycles -- Selected American Short Story Cycles -- Works Cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work spans two centuries to tell the history of a genre that includes both major and marginal authors, from Washington Irving through William Faulkner to Jhumpa Lahiri.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793310703321

Titolo

What we know about grading : what works, what doesn't, and what's next / / edited by Thomas R. Guskey, Susan M. Brookhart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria, Virginia USA : , : ASCD, , [2019]

�2019

ISBN

1-4166-2765-0

1-4166-2724-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

371.27/2

Soggetti

Grading and marking (Students)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reliability in grading and grading scales / Susan M. Brookhart and Thomas R. Guskey -- Report card grades and educational outcomes / Alex J. Bowers -- The composition of grades: cognitive and noncognitive factors / Sarah M. Bonner and Peggy P. Chen -- Surveys of teachers' grading practices and perceptions / James H. McMillan -- Standards-based grading / Megan Welsh -- Grading students with learning differences / Lee Ann Jung -- Leadership for grading reform / Laura J. Link -- Grading in higher education / Jeffrey K. Smith and Lisa F. Smith -- Conclusion: where do we go from here? / Thomas R. Guskey and Susan M. Brookhart.

Sommario/riassunto

"This comprehensive overview of grading research distills the evidence into meaningful findings and strategies that can be leveraged to improve grading policy and practice"--