This Handbook is designed to help cooperative education and internship professionals and employers design, carry out, and disseminate quality research and evaluation studies of work-based education. It offers examples of current, leading-edge studies about work-based education, but with a practical twist: The chapter authors frame their studies within a specific key research design issue, including finding a starting point and a theoretical framework; fitting research into one's busy practitioner workload; deciding on particular data-gathering methods and an overall methodological approach; integrating qualitative and quantitative methodologies; and disseminating results. Also addressed are questions and concerns that are relevant throughout the course of a research project: the use of theory in research; the role and relationship of program assessment to research; and ethical considerations in research. By combining descriptions of exemplary research and evaluation studies with practical advice from top researchers in the field, this volume is a useful tool for educators and employers who are designing and carrying out their own studies, as well as a resource for what current research is discovering and affirming about the field itself. Educators from other fields, such as study abroad and service-learning will also find this book an indispensable reference in conducting research on experiential learning and teaching.
Most importantly my role as placement coordinator to biology students meant that
I had to exclude these from the project as I could be viewed as examiner by some
of these students, which might have influenced what they would tell me about
their learning. Secondly, I had to make my intentions very clear to the participants
in the project, get their informed consent, and assure them of the confidentiality of
our interviews. This involved the approval of an ethics proposal by the
University's ...
C++: An Active Learning Approach provides a hands-on approach to the C++ language through active learning exercises and numerous programming projects. Ideal for the introductory programming course, this text includes the latest C++ upgrades without losing site of the C underpinnings still required for all computing fields. With over 30 years combined teaching experience the authors understand potential pitfalls students face and aim to keep the language simple, straightforward, and conversational. The topics are covered in-depth yet as succinctly as possible. The text provides challenging exercises designed to teach students how to effectively debug a computer program and Team Programming exercises urge students to read existing code, adhere to code specifications, and write from existing design documents. Examples are provided electronically allowing to students to easily run code found in the text.
These tools, which are integrated into the IDE, will not find the errors for you but
will allow you to analyze the situation to determine whether the results of the
code being examined meet the expectations. Remember: Debugging tools only
help you find logic and run-time errors in running applications. All syntax and
linker errors must be corrected before using debugging tools. Most modern
developer environments have some form of these debugging tools. It is crucial for
you to learn the ...
A 6-megawatt, 11 turbine wind power development was constructed by Green Mountain Power Corporation in Searsburg, southern Vermont, in 1996.
An overview of crop improvement; Analysis of genotype by environment interactions; Interpretation of genotype by environment interactions; Integrated approaches to plant improvement; Synthesis of strategies for crop improvement.
This book discusses various plant adpatations and techniques for crop improvement.
