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UNINA9910705649803321 |
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Montague Gerald |
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Room temperature characterization of a magnetic bearing for turbomachinery / / Gerald Montague [and five others] |
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Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center : , : Adelphi, Maryland, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, , October 2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (9 pages) : illustrations |
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NASA/TM ; ; 2002-211904 |
ARL-TR ; ; 2858 |
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Loads (forces) |
Room temperature |
Performance prediction |
High temperature environments |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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"October 2002." |
"Performing organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field" Report documentation page. |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 9). |
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UNINA9910810773203321 |
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Autore |
Powell Pegeen Reichert <1970-> |
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Retention and resistance : writing instruction and students who leave / / Pegeen Reichert Powell |
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Logan : , : Utah State University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (157 p.) |
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College dropouts - United States - Prevention |
College attendance - United States |
College dropouts - United States |
Dropout behavior, Prediction of - United States |
College dropouts - Research - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Paying Attention to the Discourse of Retention in Higher Education; 1. A Story of Retention Research; 2. The Seduction and Betrayal of the Discourse of Retention; 3. The Possibility of Failure; 4. Beyond Retention; References; About the Author; Index |
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"Retention and Resistance combines personal student narratives with a critical analysis of the current approach to retention in colleges and universities, and explores how retention can inform a revision of goals for first-year writing teachers.Retention is a vital issue for institutions, but as these students' stories show, leaving college is often the result of complex and idiosyncratic individual situations that make institutional efforts difficult and ultimately ineffective. An adjustment of institutional and pedagogical objectives is needed to refocus on educating as many students as possible, including those who might leave before graduation.Much of the pedagogy, curricula, and methodologies of composition studies assume students are preparing for further academic study. Retention and Resistance argues for a new kairotic pedagogy that moves toward an emphasis on the present |
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classroom experience and takes students' varied experiences into account. Infusing the discourse of retention with three individual student voices, Powell explores the obligation of faculty to participate in designing an institution that educates all students, no matter where they are in their educational journey or how far that journey will go"-- |
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