sociocultural approaches to research in mathematics education

... From describing to designing mathematical activity: The next step in developing a social approach to research in mathematics education? 273–286 FALK SEEGER / Research on discourse in the mathematics ... THAN MEETS THE EARS: LOOKING AT THINKING AS COMMUNICATING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MATHEMATICAL LEARNING ABSTRACT Traditional approaches to research into mathematical thinking, such as the study of ... of the individual, sociocultural psychologists prefer LOOKING AT THINKING AS COMMUNICATING 23 to view learning as becoming a participant in certain distinct activities rather than as becoming a...

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... new tools that allow investigators to measure the expression of thousands of genes in a single experiment Experiments using such approaches are leading to additional discoveries of genes involved ... of genomics in lung cancer research In the next few years, a considerable effort will be made to classify lung cancers, to discover genes involved in lung cancer pathogenesis, and to study the ... statisticians, and informatics specialists will all need to pull together to make lung cancer genomics programs successful Collaborative efforts will probably be increasingly important in cancer research...

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... receptor member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily Type II receptors, which have serine/threonine kinase activity, act as cell-signaling molecules Following ligand binding, ... adhesion kinase Multidrug resistance protein Keratinocyte growth factor receptor α-Catenin Epidermal growth factor TGF-β and TGF-β receptor IL-7 and IL-17 receptors Wilm’s tumor gene Cathepsins C, ... role in modifying the pulmonary vascular response to chronic hypoxia Additional data investigating the prostacyclin receptor knockout mice support the important modulating role of PGI2 since...

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... 240 Inclusionary zoning, 35–36 Institute for Local Self Reliance, 32 “Integrating Indicators of Cumulative Impact and Socioeconomic Vulnerability into Regulatory Decision-making” study, 28 Interdisciplinary ... tracking intellectual and social developments of collaboration during, 193–196t; translating research into community intervention and policy, 189–196t UC Irvine TTURC (Transdisciplinary Tobacco ... social in uences on aging and related, 242–245; health inequalities increased by neoliberal, 174–176; HIV/ Index AIDS, 147; interdisciplinary research in uence on, 309–312; structural interventions...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... Interdisciplinarity Conundrums in Interdisciplinarity Interdisciplinarity and Theories of Knowledge Methodological Challenges and Approaches to Interdisciplinarity Interdisciplinarity: Which Disciplines ... Jamner Introduction Review of Transdisciplinary Action Research Transdisciplinary Action Research Cycle Translating Transdisciplinary Research into Community Intervention and Policy Factors Facilitating ... of Geographic Information Systems Environmental Justice and Health in the Bronx Methods Findings Implications of Findings Lessons on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Health Research Conclusion...

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... use the insights from previous chapters to bring interdisciplinary approaches to research and intervention into their own work settings To assist faculty and students who use this book in graduate ... Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice to prepare researchers and practitioners to be better equipped to meet the challenges of improving the health of urban populations in ... can contribute to healthier cities around the world The second, interdisciplinary research, seeks to transcend the limitations of research approaches informed by a single discipline As more of...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... inherent in interdisciplinary research 4 ■ Frameworks for Interdisciplinary Urban Health Research and Practice Describe approaches to overcoming interdisciplinary challenges related to assumptions, ... knowledge in one or more fields in addition to their primary field They also suggested that researchers and faculty members desiring to work on interdisciplinary research, education, and training projects ... health researchers and professionals in a single discipline, teach them only a few research methods, and not acquaint their students with the growing literature on interdisciplinary approaches to...

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... role to play in conceptualizing, implementing, interpreting, and disseminating research studies Of course, not all interdisciplinary research includes all these players, but knowing who to invite ... interact with researchers to apply research methods to policy questions ROLE DEFINITIONS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Seventh, the chapters in this book suggest that strengthening ... of deciding which disciplines to include in a specific research project, and the importance of defining appropriate roles for the various participants in interdisciplinary urban health research...

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... stake in maintaining disciplinary boundaries, environmental justice activists are often natural partners for interdisciplinary researchers and professionals Interdisciplinary and holistic approaches ... planning together as interdisciplinary and related fields, both deeply concerned with social justice This accompanies a growing understanding that they need to be brought together again to resolve ... borders and regulatory boundaries to solve broader problems and incorporate social justice as a fundamental principle For example, in arguing for innovative approaches to housing and health, Roderick...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... graduate-level, applied training and education in public health related to a land-use and urban planning project, this lack of information on social equity is both disappointing and revealing of the limitations ... dedicated to training programs to support immigrants and those formerly incarcerated to get a start in the building trades What is perhaps as significant as the concrete goals achieved in both campaigns ... Oakland) as well as pragmatic tools (GIS mapping and how to research particular industries and corporations) According to Chang, “graduate, academic, and professional training helped me develop smarter...

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... food industry Consolidation in the retail food industry beginning in the 1950s is one aspect of restructuring, including movement from independently owned stores to corporately owned chains, ... continue to avoid investing in Detroit and other cities Restructuring in the Retail Food Industry A third historical factor shaping Detroit’s current retail food environment is restructuring ... population shifted from the city to the suburbs after World War II, grocery stores began closing in the city, and many chains avoided locating new stores in Detroit due in part to racial stereotypes and...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... used an interdisciplinary, participatory approach to study the retail food environment in Detroit Involvement of community partners and expansion of the research teams to include investigators from ... studying the retail food environment using an interdisciplinary, participatory approach in an urban context, we suggest several lessons Competing Priorities Interdisciplinary, participatory research ... American, communities involved in the HEP have substantial Latino and white populations, too Thus, in designing instruments we used to audit food stores, we attempted to include items that were...

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... has been on the incline since the Industrial Revolution, with 46 percent of the world’s population living in cities in 2000 as opposed to just percent at the beginning of the nineteenth century.8, ... particularly challenging to study in terms of identifying the various factors in uencing health The development and application of multilevel, multidimensional models in studying urban health is ... affecting the health of urban children in developing intervention strategies for improving global health and development In this chapter, we suggest a conceptual framework wherein the complex interrelations...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... contributing to child health, as well as the ways in which different factors interact at multiple levels in determining overall mental and physical health outcomes To assist in this daunting task, ... developmental time into account, as described earlier and elsewhere.138, 139 This will provide researchers with a clear understanding of all the interacting factors in uencing the health outcome of interest, ... their review indicated that housing quality may in uence child health by contributing to parental and child stress.15, 52, 55, 56 Housing Physical Environment: Housing Quality and Crowding 40 74...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... contributions to understanding toxicity, resilience, and interventions American Psychologist, 53 (1998): 647–656 52 Evans, G W., and Saegert, S Residential crowding in the context of inner city poverty In ... 33 Lawrence, R J Inequalities in urban areas: Innovative approaches to complex issues Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 30 (2002): 34–40 34 Bronfenbrenner, U Developmental research, public ... (1998): 1840–1843 71 Huttenmoser, M Children and their living surroundings: Empirical investigations into the significance of living surroundings for the everyday life and development of children...

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... Participatory Research 95 COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH Since the 1990s, there has been growing and convergent interest in minority health disparities and community-based participatory research ... undertaking interdisciplinary research among geographers, medical professionals, and community advocates Interdisciplinary research eliminates the need for everyone to be an expert in everything ... considering environmental aspects of asthma) One of the challenges of interdisciplinary research is to leverage input from many different disciplines Embracing this challenge enables thinking about...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... differing educational attainment levels We recalculated our rates and analyses based on this more precise population denominator obtained by using CEDS and found more pronounced increases in hospitalization ... such as auto body painting and repair shops, electroplating firms, waste transfer stations, and factories, also emit contaminants to the air, but these emissions for the most part remain undocumented ... to incorporate into the analysis Another major contributor to air pollution, especially fine particulate matter, is the high level of truck traffic in the Bronx, which is especially prevalent in...

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... learned by, working in an intersectoral partnership (e.g., differing mandates, resources, and power) and the need for research findings and collaborative processes to be incorporated into neighborhood ... administrative steps are then required before FABB or Lehman can receive funds, including establishing internal fund numbers; generating, negotiating, and signing the subcontract; and invoicing ... subsequent research directions and demonstrating the gaps and uncertainties that need further explanation and examination in our future research FABB also participated in meaningful ways in our analysis...

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... R., and Britton, J Living near a main road and the risk of wheezing illness in children American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 164 (2001): 2177–2180 62 Livingstone, A E., ... Geocoding and linking data from population-based surveillance and the U.S Census to evaluate the impact of median household income on the epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus pneumonia infections ... Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2006 CHAPTER RACIAL INEQUALITY IN HEALTH AND THE POLICY-INDUCED BREAKDOWN OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARLINE T GERONIMUS, J PHILLIP THOMPSON LEARNING OBJECTIVES...

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... determining “an ideal socioeconomic status (SES) measure for public health research 61 offers insights into the centrality of economism in the Racialized Ideologies 135 thinking of investigators interested ... are prominent contributors to racial health inequality Individuals can make changes in their lives to mitigate weathering and reduce allostatic load, but only to a small degree The weathering model ... hold allegiance to multigenerational collectives of community or kin In this context, the dominant cultural understanding of psychosocial development is not sensible Instead, maintaining active family...

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