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  2. List of orphans and foundlings - Wikipedia

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    While the exact definition of orphan and foundlings varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents". [1] According to the United Nations, the definition of an orphan is anyone that loses one parent, either through death or abandonment.

  3. Category : Abandoned buildings and structures in fiction

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    This page lists works of fiction that involve abandoned buildings and structures as locations and plot elements. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

  4. Urban decay - Wikipedia

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    Abandoned buildings or infrastructure; High local unemployment; Increased poverty; Fragmented families; Low overall living standards or quality of life; Political disenfranchisement; Crime (e.g., gang activity, corruption, and drug-related crime) Large and/or less regulated populations of urban wildlife (e.g., abandoned pets, feral animals, and ...

  5. Holistic grading - Wikipedia

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    In 1973 teachers in the California State University and Colleges system used the Advanced Placement adjusted-rater system to score essays written by matriculating students for advance English composition credit. [47] Pooled-rater holistic scoring was tested as early as 1950 by the Educational Testing Service (using the term "wholistic"). [48]

  6. Rubric - Wikipedia

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    A rubric is a word or section of text that is traditionally written or printed in red ink for emphasis. The word derives from the Latin rubrica , meaning red ochre or red chalk , [ 1 ] and originates in medieval illuminated manuscripts from the 13th century or earlier.

  7. Rubric (academic) - Wikipedia

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    A scoring rubric typically includes dimensions or "criteria" on which performance is rated, definitions and examples illustrating measured attributes, and a rating scale for each dimension. Joan Herman, Aschbacher, and Winters identify these elements in scoring rubrics: [3] Traits or dimensions serving as the basis for judging the student response

  8. The Deserted Village - Wikipedia

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    The poem then moves on to describe the village in its current state, reporting that it has been abandoned by its residents with its buildings ruined. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land

  9. Abandonment (existentialism) - Wikipedia

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    Abandonment, in philosophy, refers to the infinite freedom of humanity without the existence of a condemning or omnipotent higher power.Original existentialism explores the liminal experiences of anxiety, death, "the nothing" and nihilism; the rejection of science (and above all, causal explanation) as an adequate framework for understanding human being; and the introduction of "authenticity ...