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Women’s Political Parties in Europe
No full textThis project considers the emergence of women’s parties, their nature, and development in a comparative framework. Using an original dataset derived from European electoral commissions, statistical offices, national libraries, media archives, party records, and interviews of experts from the respective countries, I document and describe 30 such parties contesting elections at the national level in Europe since 1987. I then conduct a series of tests on this panel data to determine when and under what conditions women’s parties are likely to emerge. I argue that women’s parties are indications of failures of the established political parties to include and represent women’s interests. Additionally, I demonstrate that women’s parties are more likely to appear where women are empowered unevenly than where they are already included or their marginalization is consistent
Authentic assessment using a research conference format
No full textThis paper will provide an overview of a student
research conference activity in a second-level physics course
entitled Physics for a New Millennium (PNM) at American
University. Following a description of the course curriculum, the
specific structure for the conference paper activity will be
outlined and highlights of student work will be shared with a
focus on the spring 2012 PNM class. One focus of this paper will
be to address authentic assessment methods as they relate to
uncovering what and how students are learning throughout all
phases of the paper writing process. These methods can be used
as an alternative, or as a supplement to more traditional pencil
and paper examinations, quizzes, and homework assignments.
Feedback from students relating to the paper writing experience
will also be shared