我在以前的版本中感谢过的许多人继续为这本书贡献着有益的想法。不过，我必须对詹姆斯·麦迪逊大学理查德德·韦斯特（Richard West）单独致敬，他在这本书的改进过程中持续做出最有价值的贡献。他是一位具有人文精神的学者，一个真正的朋友，他在智力和情感上的支持令我感激万分。

还有一些学者为这一版本和早先的版本提供了有价值的反馈。他们包括: 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 Hammerle, 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; p.A.Lamal, 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。书中许多灵感都来自于与奥克兰大学的Ted Landau, Larry Lilliston和Dean Purcell关于教学方法学的讨论。

感谢Robyn Macpherson在图书资料和参考文献方面的大力协助，使得第8版能够按时付梓。Carol Kelley鼓舞了我写作的士气。感谢Andree Debmge最后时刻的帮助。我要感谢以下为这个版本提供了宝贵建议的评阅者：Steven Isonio, Golden West College; Cindy Sifonis, Oakland University; Michael Tagler, Nebraska Wesleyan University; and Chris Ward, Stonehill College。Allyn & Bacon出版社的编辑、Susan Hartman为本书倾注了指导、热情和支持，她的编辑助理Thercse Felser也是如此。

最后，我还要感谢PaukJ.Stanovich，不仅仅是出于所有致谢辞中都会提到的情感支持。她对全人类，特别是那些不幸者的关注，激励着所有认识她的人。我们都认同一个理念：所有的人都应该有机会充分发挥自己的潜力。这本书，足以证明我有这样的机会。这种机会终将泽被包括残障人士在内的所有人，而Paula的工作正在让这一天能够早日到来。