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1995
Abstract The presidential party returned to Washington on May 12, 1862. Chase found his desk at the Treasury piled with documents requiring his immediate attention. More individuals than usual were crowded into the anterooms. Congress was in session. The financial committees of both Houses were considering comprehensive legislation to
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Abstract The presidential party returned to Washington on May 12, 1862. Chase found his desk at the Treasury piled with documents requiring his immediate attention. More individuals than usual were crowded into the anterooms. Congress was in session. The financial committees of both Houses were considering comprehensive legislation to
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Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference, 2017
Firefighter learning is high stake. They need to maintain certain competence levels related to physical, mental, and firefighting and rescue skills in order to provide the public with a high level of emergency service. Fire and Rescue Services need to maintain an overview of the current competences of their personnel and to react when there is a ...
Cecilie Johanne Slokvik Hansen +4 more
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Firefighter learning is high stake. They need to maintain certain competence levels related to physical, mental, and firefighting and rescue skills in order to provide the public with a high level of emergency service. Fire and Rescue Services need to maintain an overview of the current competences of their personnel and to react when there is a ...
Cecilie Johanne Slokvik Hansen +4 more
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Theory and Research in Education, 2004
I discuss the contributions of Harvey Siegel, Francis Schrag and Randall Curren to this volume. Their articles cast in bold relief the relation of High Stakes Testing to the goals of education, the nature of mind and the demands of justice. I argue that the connections are deep, but that the considerations these authors raise do not show that High ...
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I discuss the contributions of Harvey Siegel, Francis Schrag and Randall Curren to this volume. Their articles cast in bold relief the relation of High Stakes Testing to the goals of education, the nature of mind and the demands of justice. I argue that the connections are deep, but that the considerations these authors raise do not show that High ...
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SecEd, 2007
With new laws meaning that more high-stakes gambling machines could soon be available on the high street, gambling education is becoming more important in PSHE and citizenship. Dr Carolyn Downs looks at what resources are out there to help
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With new laws meaning that more high-stakes gambling machines could soon be available on the high street, gambling education is becoming more important in PSHE and citizenship. Dr Carolyn Downs looks at what resources are out there to help
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Science, 2012
In his Editorial “The end of ‘small science’?” (28 September, p. [1583][1]), B. Alberts perceptively highlights the threat of erosion in support for small, fundamental investigations on which a deeper understanding of the complexity of biological phenomena rests.
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In his Editorial “The end of ‘small science’?” (28 September, p. [1583][1]), B. Alberts perceptively highlights the threat of erosion in support for small, fundamental investigations on which a deeper understanding of the complexity of biological phenomena rests.
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The High Stakes of Risk Communication
Preventive Medicine, 1996Risk communication involves coping with lack of public knowledge of science, scientific complexity and uncertainty, disagreement among experts on risk characterization and comparison, assumptions in risk assessment, the role of advocates, distortion in the mass media, manipulative public relations, and public outrage.This article summarizes two case ...
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Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2007
SUMMARY I review the literature on the impact on student achievement of high-stakes testing. Its popularity as a mechanism for holding educators accountable has triggered studies to examine whether its promise to increase student learning has been fulfilled.
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SUMMARY I review the literature on the impact on student achievement of high-stakes testing. Its popularity as a mechanism for holding educators accountable has triggered studies to examine whether its promise to increase student learning has been fulfilled.
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