Mind Myths

Mind Myths
Author: Sergio Della Sala
Publisher:
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1999-06-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Mind Myths shows that science can be entertaining and creative. Addressing various topics, this book counterbalances information derived from the media with a 'scientific view'. It contains contributions from experts around the world.

Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity

Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity
Author: Emilie M. van Opstall
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9004369007

Sacred Thresholds. The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity offers a far-reaching account of boundaries within pagan and Christian sanctuaries: gateways in a precinct, outer doors of a temple or church, inner doors of a cella. The study of these liminal spaces within Late Antiquity – itself a key period of transition during the spread of Christianity, when cultural paradigms were redefined – demands an approach that is both interdisciplinary and diachronic. Emilie van Opstall brings together both upcoming and noted scholars of Greek and Latin literature and epigraphy, archaeology, art history, philosophy, and religion to discuss the experience of those who crossed from the worldly to the divine, both physically and symbolically. What did this passage from the profane to the sacred mean to them, on a sensory, emotive and intellectual level? Who was excluded, and who was admitted? The articles each offer a unique perspective on pagan and Christian sanctuary doors in the Late Antique Mediterranean.

Places from the Past

Places from the Past
Author: Clare Lise Cavicchi
Publisher: Maryland National Capital Park &
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780971560703

Intelligence and Personality

Intelligence and Personality
Author: Janet M. Collis
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0415648629

This volume, based on a Spearman Seminar that brought together leading experts on intelligence, more closely examines the relationship of personality to intelligence, in conceptual and measurement terms. For students, researchers, and educators.

The General Factor of Intelligence

The General Factor of Intelligence
Author: Robert J. Sternberg
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2002-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135655154

Book takes a refreshing approach on a classic topic of intelligence, inviting proponents of opposite viewpoints to debate pros & cons of the general factor of intelligence. For graduate & professionl level scholars in cog psy, educatn & indiv differences

Handbook of Psychology, Educational Psychology

Handbook of Psychology, Educational Psychology
Author: William M. Reynolds
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2003-06-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0471264482

Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments. Presents the work of an international group of experts. Presents the nature, origin, implications, an future course of major unresolved issues in the area.

Mathematics Assessment and Evaluation

Mathematics Assessment and Evaluation
Author: Thomas A. Romberg
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1992-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780791408995

Are current testing practices consistent with the goals of the reform movement in school mathematics? If not, what are the alternatives? How can authentic performance in mathematics be assessed? These and similar questions about tests and their uses have forced those advocating change to examine the way in which mathematical performance data is gathered and used in American schools. This book provides recent views on the issues surrounding mathematics tests, such as the need for valid performance data, the implications of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics for test development, the identification of valid items and tests in terms of the Standards, the procedures now being used to construct a sample of state assessment tests, gender differences in test taking, and methods of reporting student achievement.