This volume describes an empirical framework for test validation and comparison of level-based test batteries. The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and two levels (Preliminary and First)
How to provide appropriate feedback to students on their writing has long been an area of central significance to teachers and educators. Feedback in Second Language Writing: Context and Issues provid
* Written for those without technical knowledge, so will particularly suit students coming to the discipline from an arts or humanities background. * Contains extensive diagrams, exercises, chapter su
Scientific computing has often been called the third approach to scientific discovery, emerging as a peer to experimentation and theory. Historically, the synergy between experimentation and theory ha
Despite persistent assertions of washback (the influence of testing on teaching and learning) limited research studies have been undertaken on the subject. Even fewer studies have made use of quantita
This text offers a different approach to modeling in materials processing. It shows a common base of knowledge among metallic and non-metallic materials and presents an integrated treatment. Chapters
A comprehensive introduction to the natural history of trees, first published in 2000, presenting information on all aspects of tree biology and ecology in an easy to read and concise text. Fascinatin
Papers from the symposium held April 1989, San Diego, CA. Critical issues in two fundamental fabrication technologies are addressed: the consolidation of submicron-sized powders; and, gas/solid proces
Forty-eight contributions, by authors from nine countries, address: diamond films, synthesis of optical materials, structure-related optical properties, radiation effects in optical materials, charact
