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Handbook for Undergraduate Research Advisors

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 2016

Summary

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. Section One provides background information concerning today’s diverse undergraduate student population and the increasing emphasis placed on research in the college classroom and field settings. Section Two presents strategies for enhancing the research writing skills of undergraduate students. Finally, Section Three examines specific research contexts, including service learning projects, science lab/ fieldwork, internships, portfolios, and visual arts inquiry. Adult educational theory is woven throughout the text, along with international perspectives.

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Copyright year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-1556-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-1557-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
190
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Introduction No access
    1. Chapter One: Today’s Undergraduate Student No access
    2. Chapter Two: Political Contexts for Undergraduate Research Pedagogies No access
    3. Chapter Three: Economic Contexts for Undergraduate Research Pedagogies No access
    4. Chapter Four: Academic and Social Contexts for Undergraduate Research Pedagogies No access
    5. Chapter Five: Engaging Undergraduate Students in the Study of Research Methodology No access
    6. Chapter Six: Integrating Research Projects into Content-Based Instruction No access
    1. Chapter Seven: Successful Critical Writing for Undergraduates No access
    2. Chapter Eight: Narrative Inquiry as an Undergraduate Research Experience No access
    3. Chapter Nine: Introducing Undergraduates to Research Writing No access
    1. Chapter Ten: Overcoming Challenges in Field Research for Non-Science Majors No access
    2. Chapter Eleven: Measuring the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of Service-Learning Projects No access
    3. Chapter Twelve: Where’s Larry? or Adventures with Undergraduates in the Field No access
    4. Chapter Thirteen: Visualizing Data in Educational Research No access
  1. Conclusion No access Pages 183 - 184
  2. About the Editors No access Pages 185 - 186
  3. About the Contributors No access Pages 187 - 190

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