John Hoffman will be a featured speaker at a one-day conference, "Exploring and Evaluating Spiritual Development in Students." The conference, sponsored by the Center for Educational Leadership, Innovation, and Policy at San Diego State University, will be held on March 16, 2007. Click here to view the conference brochure.
John presented Implementing a Comprehensive Assessment Program: Can I Get One Hour a Month? with Shauna Young on June 18, 2006 at the International Assessment and Retention Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. Shauna is involved in NASPA Region VI's Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community as the sub-chair for Southern California.
John presented Christian Students on Campus: Privileged or Oppressed? Stereotyped or Misunderstood? at NASPA's Multicultural Institute held December 8-10 in Las Vegas, NV. more...
John Hoffman and Marla Franco presented Assessment in Student Affairs at the Western Regional Careers in Student Affairs Day held at California State University, Long Beach on October 21, 2005. Click here to see the handout.
John Hoffman and Katie Lowitzki had their research article, "Predicting College Success with High School Grades and Test Scores: Limitations for Minority Students," published in the most recent issue of The Review of Higher Education more...
John along with his brother, Louis, and several colleagues, presented two papers in April at the International Convention of the Christian Association of Psychological Studies (CAPS), held in Dallas, TX: Cultural Diversity and the God Image (read the paper) and Modern and Postermodern Ways of Knowing (read the paper).
John Hoffman, along with his wife, Joy, and colleague Andre Coleman, presented "Surprise and Sense-Making: Using Assessment to Improve Student of Color Retention" in March at the 2005 NASPA Conference in Tampa, FL more...
Growth, The Journal of the Association of Christians in Student Development, will publish the results of recent research by John in which he developed a typology of student involvement at a Christian University more...
The Beaufort Wind Scale
When writing qualitative papers, your purpose is to create a rich, vivid picture that is unmistabeable. As you prepare for this style of writing, consider how one might use the Beaufort wind scale to describe the weather. The Beaufort wind scale was one of the first scales to estimate wind speeds and its effects. Britain 's Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857) developed the scale in 1805 to help sailors estimate the winds via visual observations. The scale starts with 0 and goes to a force of 12.
Beaufort Scale
Wind Speed (mph)
Scale Name
Scale Description
0
0-1
Calm
Smoke rises vertically.
1
1-3
Light
Direction of the wind shown by smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.
2
4-7
Light
Wind felt on face, leaves rustle, ordinary vane moved by the wind.
3
8-12
Gentle
Leaves and small twigs in constant motion.
4
13-18
Moderate
Raises dust and loose paper, small brances are moved.
5
19-24
Fresh
Small trees in leaf begin to sway, crested wavelets form on inland waters.
6
25-31
Strong
Large branches in motion, whistling heard in telephone wires, umbrellas used with difficulty.
7
32-38
Strong
Whole trees in motion, inconvenience felt walking against the wind.
8
39-46
Gale
Breaks twigs off trees, generally impedes progress.
9
47-54
Gale
Slight structural damage occurs, chimney pots and stales removed.
10
55-63
Whole Gale
Seldom experienced inland, trees uprooted, considerable structural damage occurs.
11
64-72
Whole Gale
Very rarely experienced inland, accompanied by widespread damage.
12
73+
Hurricane
Very rarely experienced, accompanied by widespread damage.