The rise of Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) and its eventual demise represents one of the landmark episodes in the history of the American space program. The story of this failed initiative is one shaped by key protagonists and critical battles. It is a tale of organizational, cultural, and personal confrontation,
Skirmishes involved the Space Council versus NASA, the White House versus congressional appropriators, and the Johnson Space Center versus the rest of the space agency, all seeking control of the national space policy process. The demise of SEI was a classic example of a defective decision-making process that lacked adequate high-level policy guidance, failed to address critical fiscal constraints, developed inadequate programmatic alternatives, and garnered no congressional support..........
This book provides organizations with a performance development process that can be institutionalized to enhance leadership development and effectiveness. The formalization of this process results in rewiring and refitting the hidden forces that now limit leadership. The formalization process gives everyone a chance to fulfill their natural ability to lead, make a difference, and contribute to organizational success.
Each summer six math whizzes selected from nearly a half-million
American teens compete against the world's best problem solvers at the
International Mathematical Olympiad. Steve Olson followed the six 2001
contestants from the intense tryouts to the Olympiad's nail-biting
final rounds to discover not only what drives these extraordinary kids
but what makes them both unique and typical. In the process he provides
fascinating insights into the science of intelligence and learning and,
finally, the nature of genius.
From one of the leading international experts on life-long learning, "Power Up Your Mind" will revolutionize our understanding of how our brains are pre-wired to learn and the practical steps we can take to prepare ourselves (emotionally and physically) to participate fully in the process.
Diagnostic tools, activities, and stories demonstrate the power of esteem, confidence, and motivation on effective learning, describe the role creativity, aging, and emotional readiness play in the learning process, and help readers create a personal action plan for life-long learning.
Brain Research in Language addresses important neurological issues
involved in reading. The reading process is a highly composite
cognitive task, which relies on brain systems that were originally
devoted to other functions. The majority of studies in this area have
implemented behavioral methodologies, which provide information
concerning the entire cognitive sequence at the conclusion of
processing only, in the readers output. However, these measures cannot
specify all of the covert component operations that contribute to
reading, nor can they determine the relative processing times required
by the individual stages. Furthermore, they cannot determine which
processes occur serially, which occur in parallel and which overlap in
time (Brandeis & Lehmann, 1994; Johnson, 1995). Recent advancements
in the field of neuroscience and cognitive development, however, have
added a new dimension with regard to the research into the universal
and domain specific aspects of reading with the advent of innovative
neurophysiological measurement techniques. The most common are
electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging
(FMRI). These two methods provide researchers with the opportunity to
examine, in-depth, the neural correlates of the reading processing with
precise temporal and spatial resolutions, respectively. This book
presents data obtained from various studies employing behavioral,
electrophysiological and imaging methodologies in different languages
focusing on the regular reading process and the dyslexic population.