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“barbara j downes”

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  • Aquatic Entomology

    by Jill Lancaster, Barbara J. Downes ...
    Aquatic insects are the dominant invertebrate fauna in most freshwater ecosystems, and figure prominently in the work of a diverse range of researchers, students, and environmental managers. Often employed as indicators of ecosystem health, aquatic insects are also commonly used as model systems to test hypotheses in ecological topics including metapopulation and metacommunity dynamics, ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Next Steps

    New Directions for/in Writing about Writing

    Edited by Barbara Bird, Doug Downs, I. Moriah McCracken, Jan Rieman ...
    Next Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing is the first collection of teacher and student voices on a writing pedagogy that puts expert knowledge at the center of the writing classroom. More than forty contributors report on implementations of writing-about-writing pedagogies from the basic writing classroom to the graduate seminar, in two-year and four-year schools, and in small ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Sprawl Costs

    Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development

    by Robert Burchell, Anthony Downs, Barbara McCann, Sahan Mukherji ...
    The environmental impacts of sprawling development have been well documented, but few comprehensive studies have examined its economic costs. In 1996, a team of experts undertook a multi-year study designed to provide quantitative measures of the costs and benefits of different forms of growth. Sprawl Costs presents a concise and readable summary of the results of that study.The authors analyze ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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    Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies

    Edited by Linda Adler-Kassner, Elizabeth Wardle ...
    Naming What We Know, Classroom Edition examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies, using the lens of “threshold concepts”—concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline. This edition focuses on the working definitions of thirty-seven threshold concepts that run throughout the research, teaching, assessment, and public work in ... Read more

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  • Reason & Rigor

    How Conceptual Frameworks Guide Research

    by Sharon M. Ravitch, J. Matthew Riggan ...
    Designed for novice as well as more experienced researchers, Reason & Rigor presents conceptual frameworks as a mechanism for aligning literature review, research design, and methodology. The book explores the conceptual framework—defined as both a process and a product—that helps to direct and ground researchers as they work through common research challenges. Focusing on published studies on a ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Qualitative Research Methods

    Collecting Evidence, Crafting Analysis, Communicating Impact

    by Sarah J. Tracy ...
    Qualitative Research Methods is a comprehensive, all-inclusive resource for the theory and practice of qualitative/ethnographic research methodology.Serves as a “how-to” guide for qualitative/ethnographic research, detailing how to design a project, conduct interviews and focus groups, interpret and analyze data, and represent it in a compelling mannerDemonstrates how qualitative data can be ... Read more

    $103.00 USD

  • Doing Interview-based Qualitative Research

    A Learner's Guide

    by Eva Magnusson, Jeanne Marecek ...
    For many students, the experience of learning about and using qualitative methods can be bewildering. This book is an accessible step-by-step guide to conducting interview-based qualitative research projects. The authors discuss the 'hows' and 'whys' of qualitative research, showing readers the practices as well as the principles behind them. The book first describes how to formulate research ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Helping Doctoral Students Write

    Pedagogies for supervision

    by Barbara Kamler, Pat Thomson ...
    Helping Doctoral Students Write offers a proven approach to effective doctoral writing. By treating research as writing and writing as research, the authors offer pedagogical strategies for doctoral supervisors that will assist the production of well-argued and lively dissertations.It is clear that many doctoral candidates find research writing complicated and difficult, but the advice they ... Read more

    $85.99 USD

  • Inspiring Dialogue

    Talking to Learn in the English Classroom

    by Mary M. Juzwik, Carlin Borsheim-Black, Samantha Caughlan, Anne Heintz ...
    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    Inspiring Dialogue helps new English teachers make dialogic teaching practices a central part of their development as teachers, while also supporting veteran teachers who would like new ideas for inspiring talk in their classrooms. Chapter by chapter, the book follows novice teachers as they build a repertoire of practices for planning for, carrying out, and assessing their efforts at dialogic ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Writing Your Master′s Thesis

    From A to Zen

    by Lynn Nygaard ...
    Are you looking to find your voice, hone your writing tactics, and cultivate communication skills with impact?Using real-world cases, student vignettes, and reflective questions, Lynn leads you through the A to Zen of the writing process, building your confidence as well as developing your skills.Find out how to:Understand yourself, your audience, and your project, so you better understand your ... Read more

    $45.89 USD

  • Everyday Talk

    Building and Reflecting Identities

    by Karen Tracy, Phd, Jessica S. Robles ...
    This engaging text explores how everyday talk--the ordinary kinds of communicating that people do in schools, workplaces, and among family and friends--expresses who we are and who we want to be. The authors interweave rhetorical and cultural perspectives on the "little stuff" of conversation: what we say and how we say it, the terms used to refer to others, the content and style of stories we ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Writing Your Doctoral Dissertation

    Invisible Rules for Success

    by Rita S. Brause ...
    Increasing numbers of adults are enroling in doctoral programmes, but their earlier college lives often do not prepare them for the rules of the academic game. Many have no idea what a dissertation looks like, how it gets that way, or what options are available to them. This book is a practical guide for students who need help in progressing from the decision to write a dissertation to the ... Read more

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