LEARNING TO READ BIG BOOKS: DANTE, SPENSER, MILTON

Learning to Read Big Books: Dante, Spenser, Milton

The interpretive challenges posed by dense and lengthy poems such as Dante’s Inferno, Spenser’s Faerie Queene, and Milton’s Paradise Lost can prove daunting for the average undergraduate reader whose experience of texts has been circumscribed by pedagogical mandates focused on reading for information.While information-retrieval ba

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Is TIMSS Advanced an appropriate instrument for evaluating mathematical performance at the advanced level of Norwegian upper secondary school? An analysis of curriculum documents and assessment items

Given that the results of international large-scale achievement studies attract a lot of attention and redken shades eq dark chocolate may affect educational policies, the primary aim of the present study is to discuss the appropriateness of the mathematics tests developed for the two cycles of TIMSS Advanced for evaluating the mathematical perform

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College affirmative action bans and smoking and alcohol use among underrepresented minority adolescents in the United States: A difference-in-differences study.

BackgroundCollege affirmative action programs seek to expand socioeconomic opportunities for underrepresented minorities.Between 1996 and 2013, 9 US states-including California, Texas, and Michigan-banned race-based affirmative action in college admissions.Because economic opportunity is known to motivate health behavior, banning affirmative action

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