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Can\u27t Get No (Dis)Satisfaction: The Statecraft Simulation\u27s Effect on Student Decision Making
Get PDFSimulations are often employed as content-teaching tools in political science, but their effect on students reasoning skills is rarely assessed. This paper explores what effect the Statecraft simulation might have on undergraduate students perceptions of their decision making. As noted by the psychologist Daniel Kahneman (2012: 203), decisions are often evaluated on the basis of whether their outcomes are good or bad, not whether a sound reasoning process was used to reach them. A survey was administered at multiple points in an international relations course to gauge students satisfaction with the decision-making processes and outcomes in their respective teams during the Statecraft simulation. Students also engaged in exercises in which their teams tentative plans were evaluated as if the plans had generated unfavorable outcomes after implementation. An analysis of students reactions to the Statecraft simulation, their performance in the simulation, and other data showed no obvious association between Statecraft and changes in student perceptions of their decision making
Private Lives and Public Spaces: Newport Merchant John Banister and Colonial Consumers
No full textTourists stream into shops and restaurants on Banister’s Wharf in Newport, purchasing products from Rhode Island and around the globe. When merchant John Banister (1707-1767) owned this wharf in the 1740s, he imported luxury apparel, tools, household items, and foods from many places. For nearly thirty years Banister’s ships traded goods from and to other American colonies, the West Indies, and Europe. The Banister Journal of September 1746 through December 1749, purchased by the Newport Historical Society in 2003, was first analyzed in detail in 2012
Editor\u27s Note
Get PDFIn this issue of Newport History, the focus is on several aspects of 18th-century Newport culture. Dr. Marian Mathison Desrosiers utilizes the record books of a wealthy merchant to explore aspects of daily life and consumerism in pre-Revolutionary Newport. Don N. Hagist delves into the intrigues and misfortunes of a marriage that took place at Newport’s Trinity Church during the Revolutionary War. Adams Taylor shifts the focus to writing desks as they related to the evolution of Newport material culture, particularly as the form flourished during the last half of the 18th century
A Writer’s Dozen: Desks from the Collection of the Newport Historical Society
No full textThe exhibit, A Writer’s Dozen, was displayed in the Newport Historical Society’s Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House from the fall of 2013 through the spring of 2014. The display included all desks from collections storage at the Society; some of these had never been shown before. Included were desks made in Newport by Newport craftsmen and two fine examples from Providence. These desks were all used by Newporters and, in some cases, by generations of Newport families. Many of the traditional Newport desk forms were exhibited, as well as some less common arrangements. The desk is a quintessential form of Newport furniture making