The Poco Field Mary Anne Trasciatti goes beyond the world of

goes beyond the world of standardized testing to show educators how to build and use targeted assessments based on the latest neuroscientific research

this text disseminates the foundational skills needed for excellence in research and scholarship

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The Poco Field Mary Anne Trasciatti goes beyond the world ofIn this beautifully written meditation on identity and place, Talmage A. Stanley tells the story of his grandparents' middle class aspirations from the 1920s to the 1940s in the once booming Pocahontas coalfields of southern West Virginia. Part lyrical family memoir and part social study, The Poco Field: An American Story of Place addresses a long standing gap in Appalachian and American studies, illustrating the lives and choices of the middle class