Full Description
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.
Contents
Introduction
Jeff Thomas
Section One: Undergraduates and Research Pedagogy
Chapter One: Today's Undergraduate Student: Implications for Teaching Research
Faith Agostinone-Wilson
Chapter Two: Political Contexts for Undergraduate Research Pedagogies
Faith Agostinone-Wilson
Chapter Three: Economic Contexts for Undergraduate Research Pedagogies
Faith Agostinone-Wilson
Chapter Four: Academic and Social Contexts for Undergraduate Research Pedagogies
Faith Agostinone-Wilson
Chapter Five: Engaging Undergraduate Students in the Study of Research Methodology
Christina M. Bruhn and Jeffrey J. Bulanda
Chapter Six: Integrating Research Projects into Content-Based Instruction: Variations and Resources
Sara Johnson
Section Two: Providing Writing Guidance
Chapter Seven: Successful Critical Writing for Undergraduates: A Practical Approach through Scaffolding
Pam Goble
Chapter Eight: Narrative Inquiry as an Undergraduate Research Experience
Joan Flynn Fee
Chapter Nine: Introducing Undergrads to Research Writing: Experiential Approaches
Meredith Harvey
Section Three: Specific Research Contexts
Chapter Ten: Overcoming Challenges in Field Research for Non-Science Majors
Richard Boniak
Chapter Eleven: Measuring the Impact of Service Learning Projects
Christopher Wells
Chapter Twelve: Where's Larry? or Adventures with Undergraduates in the Field
Gerald Waite
Chapter Thirteen: Visualizing Data in Educational Research: Issues, Methods, and Resources
Sheri R. Klein
Conclusion
Jeff Thomas
About the Editors
About the Contributors
