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1999

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Cindy_Sherman_The_Rhetoric_Of_Writing_Wi.Pdf, Barry J. Mauer Apr 1999

Cindy_Sherman_The_Rhetoric_Of_Writing_Wi.Pdf, Barry J. Mauer

Barry Mauer


My dissertation proposes an arts model of humanities learning for a computerized networked writing environment. Through case studies of Picasso's cubist paintings, Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills, and the Hollywood star system, I discuss the invention of a new rhetoric for media practices within the institutional frames of art and entertainment. My goal is to develop a rhetoric for hypermedia practices within education. As a work of heuretics, which uses the logic of invention rather than interpretation, my dissertation explores art, theory and criticism as resources for a hybrid genre of writing within electronic media. In this genre, students …

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Newswork, History, And Photographic Evidence: A Visual Analysis Of The Newsroom In 1930, Bonnie Brennen, Hanno Hardt Dec 1998

Newswork, History, And Photographic Evidence: A Visual Analysis Of The Newsroom In 1930, Bonnie Brennen, Hanno Hardt

Bonnie Brennen

No abstract provided.

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Beginnings: Pregnancy, Birth, And Beyond, Pamela Nettleton Dec 1998

Beginnings: Pregnancy, Birth, And Beyond, Pamela Nettleton

Pamela Nettleton

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Institutional Context And The Development Of Critical Thinking: A Research Note, Linda Serra Hagedorn, Ernest T. Pascarella, Marcia Edison, John Braxton, Amaury Nora, Patrick T. Terenzini Dec 1998

Institutional Context And The Development Of Critical Thinking: A Research Note, Linda Serra Hagedorn, Ernest T. Pascarella, Marcia Edison, John Braxton, Amaury Nora, Patrick T. Terenzini

Linda Serra Hagedorn

It has long been a central aim of American postsecondary education to foster students' critical thinking skills. There are various definitions of critical thinking, but there seems to be a consensus that a constituent set of cognitive skills involves some or all of the following: making correct inferences from data, identifying central issues or assumptions in an argument, deducing conclusions from information or data provided, interpreting whether [End Page 265] conclusions are warranted on the basis of data given, and evaluating the validity of an argument (Brabeck & Wood, 1990; Furedy & Furedy, 1985; McMillan, 1987; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991). …

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Book Review Of Lee, K.H., Euripides' Ion., Katerina Zacharia Dec 1998

Book Review Of Lee, K.H., Euripides' Ion., Katerina Zacharia

Katerina Zacharia

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Emplacing Current Trends In Feminist Historical Geography, Karen M. Morin, L. D. Berg Dec 1998

Emplacing Current Trends In Feminist Historical Geography, Karen M. Morin, L. D. Berg

Karen M. Morin

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