Thinking and Writing in College: A Naturalistic Study of Students in Four Disciplines
This groundbreaking book reports the results of a seven-year study in which six teacher researchers worked together to inquire into the thinking and writing of college students. The study offers a model of collaborative, naturalistic classroom research that not only allowed the investigators to investigate how students thought and wrote, but also to reflect on teacher growth and change over the course of the study.
The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level - An ICMI Study
This book arose from the ICMI Study into the teaching and learning of mathematics at university level that began with a conference in Singapore in 1998. The book looks at tertiary mathematics and its teaching from a number of aspects including practice, research, mathematics and other disciplines, technology, assessment, and teacher education.
The project's evolution and history, its theoretical and conceptual perspectives, and a discussion of the methodological challenges encountered is presented. Four case studies from four very different project sites are also discussed. The final chapter summarizes what was learned from the case study sites as well as the 13 other sites and concludes with a discussion of the implications of the research
This stimulating study of Charlotte Bronte's novels draws on extensive original research in a range of early Victorian writings, on subjects ranging from women's day-dreaming to sanitary reform, from the Great Exhibition to early Victorian religious thought. It is not, however, merely a study of context.
Nature study is not just for crunchy granola, back to nature, tree hugger types. You don’t need to strap a two hundred pound backpack onto your aching spine and head off into some Blair Witch project area just to teach your younglings about trees and wildlife. Color field guides are extremely helpful, but you certainly don’t need an advanced degree in botany to teach your child the difference between a morning glory and a daisy.
