Книга: Deborah Gordon «Focus on Grammar: A Basic Course for Reference and Practice, Teacher’s Manual»

Focus on Grammar: A Basic Course for Reference and Practice, Teacher’s Manual

This text combines a clear presentation of grammar at a basic level with communicative practice. It provides guided practice of both form and meaning, for classroom or self-study, and also offers a testing programme for diagnosis and progress.

Издательство: "Longman" (2000)

Формат: 210x275, 272 стр.

ISBN: 0-201-34683-4

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Deborah Gordon

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Deborah Gordon (born 1955) is a biologist at Stanford University, profiled in the "New York Times" Magazine.

Major research

Gordon studies ant colony behavior and ecology, with a particular focus on Red harvester ants. She focuses on the developing behavior of colonies, even as individual ants change functions within their own lifetimes.

Gordon's fieldwork includes a long-term study of ant colonies in Arizona. She is the author of numerous articles and papers as well as the widely reviewed book Ants at Workref|AntsAtWork, for the general public.

Education

Gordon received a PhD in zoology from Duke in 1983, an MSc in Biology from Stanford in 1977ref|StanfordGuggenheimFellowship and Bachelors from Oberlin College, where she majored in Frenchref|StanfordEventBio.

Awards and recognition

In 1993 Gordon was named a Stanford MacNamara Fellowref|StanfordGuggenheimFellowshipIn 1995 Gordon received an award for teaching excellence from the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association ref|PhiBetaKappaAwardIn 2001 Gordon was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

References

# cite book |last= Gordon|first= Deborah M.|title= Ants at Work:How An Insect Society Is |year= 2000|id= ISBN 0-393-32132-0
# [http://events.stanford.edu/events/80/8068/ What Matters to Me and Why featuring Deborah M. Gordon - Speaker Bio]
# [http://www.pbknca.org/teachingwinners.phi.beta.kappa.pbk.htm Phi Beta Kappa Northern California association Teaching Award Winners]

External links

* [http://www.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/ The Gordon Lab]
* [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2007/08/gordon_on_ants.html EconTalk interview with Gordon and her research]
* [http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/145 TED Talk]

Источник: Deborah Gordon

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