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Friday Report - Vol. 02, No. 03 - September 11, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Sep 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 02, No. 03 - September 11, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 02, No. 02 - August 14, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Aug 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 02, No. 02 - August 14, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 02, No. 01 - July 10, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jul 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 02, No. 01 - July 10, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 20 - June 19, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jun 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 20 - June 19, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 19 - June 5, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jun 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 19 - June 5, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 18 - May 15, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston May 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 18 - May 15, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Using Stress Management To Promote Critical Thinking, Robert L. Schoenberg May 1992

Using Stress Management To Promote Critical Thinking, Robert L. Schoenberg

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

This paper examines the effects of distress upon critical thinking and offers a variety of stress management techniques to enhance critical thinking skills. A major theme throughout this paper is that one cannot think clearly when one is distressed. The harmful effects of distress upon critical thinking are discussed in the content of the works of several authors in the field of stress management and cognitive psychology. Several different types of stress reduction techniques are presented and discussed. The critical thinking skills of metacognition, frame of reference and methodological believing are reviewed with a focus on how stress management can …


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 17 - May 1, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston May 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 17 - May 1, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


"Who Is A Scientist?": Effects Of An Intervention To Change Students' Ideas About Science And Scientists, Lauren A. Foley May 1992

"Who Is A Scientist?": Effects Of An Intervention To Change Students' Ideas About Science And Scientists, Lauren A. Foley

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

Advocates for improving science literacy have focused much attention on the negative impressions about science and scientists held by many Americans. The image of scientists as 'nerdy' bespectacled men in laboratories has been related by some researchers to people's lack of interest in pursuing science. This thesis analyzes one component of a program aimed at changing that stereotype. The Science-By-Mail (tm) program at the Museum of Science in Boston was designed to give students a more inclusive image of scientists. Central to the program was the creation of pen-pal relationships between students in grades 4-9 with scientists who did not …


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 16 - April 17, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Apr 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 16 - April 17, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 15 - April 3, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Apr 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 15 - April 3, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 14 - March 27, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Mar 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 14 - March 27, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Homelessness In Boston: The Media Wake Up, Ian Menzies Mar 1992

Homelessness In Boston: The Media Wake Up, Ian Menzies

New England Journal of Public Policy

Why did it take the media so long to "discover" and report on the dramatically rising rates of hunger and homelessness throughout the nation? Did that failure make it easier for presidential counselor Edwin Meese to declare in December 1983 that allegations of hunger in America were "purely political" and that people who go to soup kitchens do so because the food is free, statements matched a short time later by President Ronald Reagan's claim that people who sleep on grates do so "by choice." In this article, Menzies tells the unfolding story of how hunger and homelessness finally became …


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 13 - March 13, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Mar 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 13 - March 13, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 12 - February 28, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Feb 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 12 - February 28, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 11 - February 14, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Feb 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 11 - February 14, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 10 - February 7, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Feb 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 10 - February 7, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 09 - January 31, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 09 - January 31, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 08 - January 24, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1992

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 08 - January 24, 1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 07 - December 13, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Dec 1991

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 07 - December 13, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 06 - December 6, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Dec 1991

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 06 - December 6, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 05 - November 22, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Nov 1991

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 05 - November 22, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 04 - November 8, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Nov 1991

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 04 - November 8, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 03 - November 1, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Nov 1991

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 03 - November 1, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 02 - October 25, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Oct 1991

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 02 - October 25, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 01 - October 18, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Oct 1991

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 01 - October 18, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.


News & Views - Vol. 10, No. 01 - October 11, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Oct 1991

News & Views - Vol. 10, No. 01 - October 11, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.


Beyond The Party-Group Continuum: Massachusetts Interest Groups In The 1980s, John C. Berg Sep 1991

Beyond The Party-Group Continuum: Massachusetts Interest Groups In The 1980s, John C. Berg

New England Journal of Public Policy

Studies in the 1960s determined that Massachusetts had strong parties and weak interest groups. In the 1970s and 1980s, as the Republican Party shrank, party competition declined, conflict with the Democratic Party grew, and interest groups gained more importance — and probably will remain important despite the Republican gains of 1990. However, group conflict and citizen mobilization, including increased use of the initiative and referendum, create a situation of interest-centered conflict rather than interest-group dominance as traditionally conceived. This article, based on a 1987 survey of state legislators and legislative aides, plus a summary of recent Massachusetts political history, assesses …


News & Views - Vol. 09, No. 07 - July 19, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jul 1991

News & Views - Vol. 09, No. 07 - July 19, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.


News & Views - Vol. 09, No. 06 - May 7, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston May 1991

News & Views - Vol. 09, No. 06 - May 7, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.