%0 Journal Article %T BigVocab A Dictionary-Based Guide to Metrologically Authoritative Vocabulary Testing and Learning %A Robert Oliphant %J Nonpartisan Education Review %D 2010 %I %X ABOUT THE AUTHOR...Currently a columnist with EdNews.org, Oliphant is a Stanford PhD whose best known book is A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (Prentice Hall, Reader¡¯s Digest USA, Canada, and Australia), which was also (same title) an award winning film (Monte Carlo) starring Bette Davis.His journalistic articles have appeared in the New York Times, New York Review of Books, Christian Science Monitor, and Los Angeles Times; his academic articles have appeared in Antioch Review, Virginia Quarterly, Midwest Quarterly, and other journals. Earlier works include The Harley Glossary (Mouton) and the novel A Trumpet for Jackie (Prentice Hall).Ebooks currently available without charge from Nonpartisan Education Review: %U http://www.nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Resources/BigVocab.htm