Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Professor of Music Luise Vosgerchian, explains her philosophy. "There are two ways of educating," she says. The first is for the professor to devote his or her life to research and then present the results to the students who can then "accept or reject it," she explains. The second method, the winner of one of last year's Levenson Awards for outstanding teaching explains, is to diagnose the extent of the student's knowledge and "then proceed to challenge the student...
...subject: the Declaration of Independence. The scene: a seventh-grade history classroom at Caddo Middle Magnet School in Shreveport, La. The teacher: a substitute who wrote his name, "Mr. Bennett," in big letters on the blackboard. His teaching method: Socratic...
...because of a substance called Caridex 100, developed at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Caridex, which is gradually being introduced around the country, is an amino-acid solution that dissolves tooth decay, leaving behind a clean, sturdy area that can be filled with little or no drilling. However, the method is not suitable for all cavities...
...walnut selected in Milan each year by Rolls experts to assure that each dashboard's unique pattern can be repaired from the same slice of the same tree. Or the famed flying-lady hood ornament, officially "the Spirit of Ecstasy," made by a 4,000-year-old Chinese casting method that produces a faithful replica; hand sanding then leaves each one slightly different...
...batch of sophisticated new financial instruments have given an added boost to the borrowing binge. They are based on a method popularized in the 1970s by organizations like the Government National Mortgage Association. That federal agency buys mortgages from lenders and then sells bonds and other securities that are backed by the debt. Now private lenders are snapping up everything from car loans to equipment leases and offering shares in them to investors. Anthony Dub, a managing director of the First Boston investment banking firm, plans to begin selling bank credit-card loans later this year. Known in Wall Street...