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With the growing number of centrist senators diminishing on Capitol Hill, the next few election cycles will be crucial to the survival of this moderate group of lawmakers. Campaign debate scholars should investigate how vulnerable incumbents construct a centrist issue agenda and image to connect with voters in states ideologically incongruent with the incumbents' parties. In doing so, debate scholars will also fill the lack of lower-level debate research. Utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods, this analysis examined the debate appeals of Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Scott Brown (R-MA). Findings suggest McCaskill's issue agenda was congruent with a centrist image in contrast to Brown's contradictory issue and image messaging. Additionally, centrist incumbents were more likely to acclaim a centrist image than attack their opponents' partisanship.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- PART 1 Overview -- 1 Overview -- PART 2 Challenges to Student Learning -- 2 Reducing Student Attention, Recall, and Note-taking -- 3 Problematizing the "Digital Native" -- 4 Digital Inequality and Digital Literacy Skills -- PART 3 Technology in the Classroom -- 5 The Active Classroom -- 6 From Hardcopy to e-Book and e-Textbook Platforms -- 7 Online Learning -- PART 4 Technology and Academic Audiences -- 8 Considerations for Teachers -- 9 Considerations for Administrators -- 10 Considerations for Students -- 11 Conclusion -- Index.

"This book examines key issues at the intersection of education and technology by addressing the question that most educators face - how do we use technology to engage students in the learning process and enhance learning? Problematizing the view that technology is the default solution to a host of problems facing education, while also recognizing that technology has an important place in a variety of education levels, the book provides readers with clear insights on technology and learning from a variety of perspectives from communication studies, education, and related disciplines. This volume is an essential read for scholars and teachers working in the area of elementary education. It will also be of interest to academics working in the area of education, postsecondary education, and learning and can be used as an ancillary text in graduate level seminars"--