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John Kerry As Commander-In-Chief: War Powers In A Kerry Administration, Ryan C. Hendrickson Dr.
John Kerry As Commander-In-Chief: War Powers In A Kerry Administration, Ryan C. Hendrickson Dr.
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Unlike many previous presidential elections, in 2004 foreign policy issues are at the forefront of the American policy and electoral agenda. Not since the Vietnam era has the United States entered an election year with the United States at such a heightened state of war, with ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as covert operations deployed around the world to wage the war on terrorism. After nearly one full term with George W. Bush as commander in chief, his views on constitutional war powers have been expressed on numerous occasions. Bush, like his post World War II …
Mind And Body: Psychology And Neuroscience, Morton A. Heller
Mind And Body: Psychology And Neuroscience, Morton A. Heller
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Mind And Body: Psychology And Neuroscience, Morton Heller
Mind And Body: Psychology And Neuroscience, Morton Heller
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A Lego Model Of The Modularity Of The Mind, Steven J. Scher
A Lego Model Of The Modularity Of The Mind, Steven J. Scher
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In this paper I propose that the dominant form of evolutionary psychology (which I term “cognitive adaptationism”) can be improved by adopting an alternative version of the concept of mental modularity. I suggest a metaphor of mental modules as Lego blocks. The Lego blocks represent a relatively small set of elementary operations that the mind/brain can carry out. These Lego blocks are repeatedly assembled in different ways to execute a wide variety of different functions. These repeated assemblies correspond more closely to the things that cognitive adaptationists have asserted are modules. Arguments in favor of the Lego model include the …
A Lego Model Of The Modularity Of The Mind, Steven Scher
A Lego Model Of The Modularity Of The Mind, Steven Scher
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In this paper I propose that the dominant form of evolutionary psychology (which I term “cognitive adaptationism”) can be improved by adopting an alternative version of the concept of mental modularity. I suggest a metaphor of mental modules as Lego blocks. The Lego blocks represent a relatively small set of elementary operations that the mind/brain can carry out. These Lego blocks are repeatedly assembled in different ways to execute a wide variety of different functions. These repeated assemblies correspond more closely to the things that cognitive adaptationists have asserted are modules. Arguments in favor of the Lego model include the …
John Kerry As Commander-In-Chief: War Powers In A Kerry Administration, Ryan Hendrickson
John Kerry As Commander-In-Chief: War Powers In A Kerry Administration, Ryan Hendrickson
Faculty Research and Creative Activity
Unlike many previous presidential elections, in 2004 foreign policy issues are at the forefront of the American policy and electoral agenda. Not since the Vietnam era has the United States entered an election year with the United States at such a heightened state of war, with ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as covert operations deployed around the world to wage the war on terrorism. After nearly one full term with George W. Bush as commander in chief, his views on constitutional war powers have been expressed on numerous occasions. Bush, like his post World War II …
2,2':6',2"-Terpyridine N,N',N"-Trioxide, Kraig A. Wheeler, Scott E. Mckay, Silas C. Blackstock
2,2':6',2"-Terpyridine N,N',N"-Trioxide, Kraig A. Wheeler, Scott E. Mckay, Silas C. Blackstock
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If Not You, Who? Preparing All Teachers For All Learners, Mildred Pearson
If Not You, Who? Preparing All Teachers For All Learners, Mildred Pearson
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This paper was adapted from a speech presented at the Annual Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education in Chicago, Illinois, during the spring 2004 conference. Dr. Pearson articulates the status of education, best teaching practices, teacher preparation, educational reform and instructional change for educating diverse learners in the new millennium. Strategies are offered for increasing awareness of academic achievement among minorities and methods for preparing all preservice teachers to teach all learners.
If Not You, Who? Preparing All Teachers For All Learners, Mildred M. Pearson Dr.
If Not You, Who? Preparing All Teachers For All Learners, Mildred M. Pearson Dr.
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This paper was adapted from a speech presented at the Annual Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education in Chicago, Illinois, during the spring 2004 conference. Dr. Pearson articulates the status of education, best teaching practices, teacher preparation, educational reform and instructional change for educating diverse learners in the new millennium. Strategies are offered for increasing awareness of academic achievement among minorities and methods for preparing all preservice teachers to teach all learners.