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Informationen zum Autor By Faith A. Wilson and Jeffrey L. Thomas Klappentext Written for diverse academic audience, this text serves as a handbook for professors, instructors, and advisors who oversee data collection by undergraduate students for the purpose of writing a research report. It provides background information concerning today's diverse undergraduate student population and the increasing emphasis placed on research in the college classroom and field settings, presents strategies for enhancing the research writing skills of undergraduate students, and examines specific research contexts. Adult educational theory is woven throughout the text, along with international perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionJeff ThomasSection One: Undergraduates and Research PedagogyChapter One: Today's Undergraduate Student: Implications for Teaching ResearchFaith Agostinone-WilsonChapter Two: Political Contexts for Undergraduate Research PedagogiesFaith Agostinone-WilsonChapter Three: Economic Contexts for Undergraduate Research PedagogiesFaith Agostinone-WilsonChapter Four: Academic and Social Contexts for Undergraduate Research PedagogiesFaith Agostinone-WilsonChapter Five: Engaging Undergraduate Students in the Study of Research Methodology Christina M. Bruhn and Jeffrey J. BulandaChapter Six: Integrating Research Projects into Content-Based Instruction: Variations and ResourcesSara JohnsonSection Two: Providing Writing GuidanceChapter Seven: Successful Critical Writing for Undergraduates: A Practical Approach through ScaffoldingPam GobleChapter Eight: Narrative Inquiry as an Undergraduate Research Experience Joan Flynn FeeChapter Nine: Introducing Undergrads to Research Writing: Experiential ApproachesMeredith HarveySection Three: Specific Research ContextsChapter Ten: Overcoming Challenges in Field Research for Non-Science MajorsRichard BoniakChapter Eleven: Measuring the Impact of Service Learning ProjectsChristopher WellsChapter Twelve: Where's Larry? or Adventures with Undergraduates in the Field Gerald WaiteChapter Thirteen: Visualizing Data in Educational Research: Issues, Methods, and Resources Sheri R. KleinConclusionJeff ThomasAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors...
