This book describes and illustrates the nature of dialectical thinking as a cognitive psychological phenomenon, and makes the case that this form of cognitive organizaton is a possible successor to the adolescent formal operations stage. It uses the idea of dialectical thinking to organize theory and research on adult forms of reasoning about specific kinds of issues into a rich and coherent conceptual framework for the study of adult development. This framework makes feasible an approach to the study of adult development firmly rooted in the genetic epistemological tradition as an alternative to the approaches which currently dominate the field.

Dialectical Thinking and Adult Development (Publications for the Advancement of Theory and History in Psychology)

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Basseches, Michael

Psychology & Counseling

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Charles R. McClure

Contexts for Learning to Write: Studies of Secondary School Instruction

Reference

Applebee, Arthur N.

Words, Language & Grammar

This volume reports the results of a series of investigations of the properties of writing tasks, their authors' intentions, and the responses that these tasks evoked in student-writers and teacher-raters. The volume explains how both student-writers and teacher-raters, in their reading of the same topic/text, can arrive at different meanings. The investigations undertaken led the authors to make a number of recommendations about selecting subjects, specifying audience and mode, formulating instructions, and wording the topic. These recommendations are presented in non-technical language in a comprehensive set of Guidelines for Designing Topics for Writing Assessments.

Designing Writing Tasks for the Assessment of Writing: (Writing Research)

Murphy, Sandra

Ruth, Leo

Business & Money

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Harper, Lawrence V.

Knowledge Representation: An AI Perspective (Tutorial Monographs in Cognitive Science)

"one way of coping with the control problems is by making the language less expensive"

Computers & Technology

Reichgelt, Han

Computer Science

This is a description and analysis of the diffusion of publicly-funded (US government performed and sponsored) aeronautical research and development based on studies conducted under the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. The first section describes how our technology and information policies interact to influence the US aerospace industry. The second section presents the findings of the authors' empirical research. The final section offers comparisons with other national systems, analyzes the STI models used by selected federal agencies and presents a revised technology policy and STI model.

Knowledge Diffusion in the U.S. Aerospace Industry: Managing Knowledge for Competitive Advantage (2 Volumes)

Bishop, Ann P.

Kennedy, John M.

Pinelli, Thomas E.

Barclay, Rebecca O.

Economics

This work is a collection of the best research reports and essays gathered globally by the editors over a three-year period. World-renowned experts from the Arab region as well as the West have authored most of the chapters. Seven sections divide the text, and each investigates compelling, timely questions for today's communication professionals. Because of its focus on communications and new media, this volume may be used at colleges and universities worldwide. It will impact numerous academic disciplines and the professional world as well. A wide range of curricula may adopt the text as supplementary reading for courses in political science, speech and rhetoric, public relations, sociology, communications, journalism, diplomacy and government.

Civic Discourse and Digital Age Communications in the Middle East (Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium)

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