第18章 致謝

我在以前的版本中感謝過的許多人繼續為這本書貢獻著有益的想法。不過，我必須對詹姆斯·麥迪遜大學理查德德·韋斯特（Richard West）單獨致敬，他在這本書的改進過程中持續做出最有價值的貢獻。他是一位具有人文精神的學者，一個真正的朋友，他在智力和情感上的支持令我感激萬分。 還有一些學者為這一版本和早先的版本提供了有價值的反饋。他們包括: Wayne Bartz, American River College; Christopher Bauer, University of New Hampshire; Ludy Benjamin, Texas A & M University; Angela M.Birkhead-Flight, University of Cincinnati; Virginia Blankenship, University of Northern Arizona; Edward C.Chang, Northern Kentucky University; Michael Choban, West Virginia Wesleyan University; Jim Coan, University of Arizona; Ellen Cole, Alaska Pacific University; Ellen Cotter, Georgia Southwestern State University; Anne Cunningham, University of California, Berkeley; Ian Deary, University of Edinburgh; Julie Deisinger, Saint Xavier University; David DiBattista, Brock University; Wallace Dixon, Heidelberg College; Mark Fineman, Southern Connecticut State University; Herbert Fxnk, SUNY—Brockport; Heinz Fischer, Long Beach City College; Ronald Gandelman, Rutgers University; Michael Gasser, University of Northern Iowa; Traci A.Giuliano, Southwestern University; William Graziano, Purdue University; Nancy J.Gussett, Baldwin-Wallace College; Gordon Hamme rle, Adrian College; Randy Hansen, Oakland University; George Heise, Indiana University; Albert Heldt, Grand Rapids Junior College; Dori Henderson, Metropolitan State University; George Howard, University of Notre Dame; Barry Kendall; Bernie Koenig, Fanshawe College; Victor Koop, Goshen College; pALamal, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Stephen Louisell, Kalamazoo Community College; Margaret Matlia, SUNY-Geneseo; Douglas Mook, University of Virginia; Timothy Moore, York University; Edward Morris, University of Kansas; Joseph E.Morrow, California State University at Sacramento; Michael O' Boyle, Iowa State University; Blaine Peden, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire; John F.Pfister, Dartmouth College; Sam Rakover, University of Haifa; Richard Redding, Hahneman University;

Michael Ross, University of Waterloo; John Ruscio, Elizabethtown College; Walter Sa, Grand Valley State University; Allen Salo, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Frank Schieber, University of South Dakota; Marjorie Semonick, University of Minnesota; David Share, University of Haifa; Jeffrey Sherman, Northwestern University; Linda Siegel, University of British Columbia; Norman Silverman, University of Illinois, Chicago; Frank Smoll, University of Washington; Paul Solomon, Williams College; Mike Stadler, University of Missouri; Maggie Toplak, York University; Larry Vandervert, Spokane Falls Community College; John Vokey, University of Lethbridge; Carol Wade, College of Marin; Marty Wall, University of Toronto; Barbara Wanchisen, Baldwin-Wallace College; Toni G.Wegner, University of Virginia; Edward Wisniewski, Northwestern University; Murray S_Work, California State University at Sacramento; and Edward Zuckerman, Guilford Press。書中許多靈感都來自於與奧克蘭大學的Ted Landau, Larry Lilliston和Dean Purcell關於教學方法學的討論。

感謝Robyn Macpherson在圖書資料和參考文獻方面的大力協助，使得第8版能夠按時付梓。 Carol Kelley鼓舞了我寫作的士氣。感謝Andree Debmge最後時刻的幫助。我要感謝以下為這個版本提供了寶貴建議的評閱者：Steven Isonio, Golden West College; Cindy Sifonis, Oakland University; Michael Tagler, Nebraska Wesleyan University; and Chris Ward, Stonehill College。 Allyn & Bacon出版社的編輯、Susan Hartman為本書傾注了指導、熱情和支持，她的編輯助理Thercse Felser也是如此。

最後，我還要感謝PaukJ.Stanovich，不僅僅是出於所有致謝辭中都會提到的情感支持。她對全人類，特別是那些不幸者的關注，激勵著所有認識她的人。我們都認同一個理念：所有的人都應該有機會充分發揮自己的潛力。這本書，足以證明我有這樣的機會。這種機會終將澤被包括殘障人士在內的所有人，而Paula的工作正在讓這一天能夠早日到來。