In this groundbreaking book, leading economist Steven Levitt—Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and winner of the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark medal for the economist under 40 who has made the ...

'Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research' offers a practical, how-to guide for designing a mixed methods study. The text incorporates activities and exercises for classroom use or for use by the researcher in preparing designs.

Delpit explores a wide range of little-known research that conclusively demonstrates there is no achievement gap at birth and argues that poor teaching, negative stereotypes about African American intellectual inferiority, and a curriculum ...

Creating Cultures of Thinking is a rarity a seamless blend of all three genres. Whether you teach kindergarteners or graduate students, you will learn much from this book." Howard Gardner, author of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed

This book offers you the research, and the arguments, that will help you become a more effective teacher." —Joe Riener, English teacher, Wilson High School, Washington, D.C. Why Don't Students Like School? now comes with online discussion ...

As the new subtitle indicates, the book emphasizes the logic of methods to provide the student a solid basis for future methodology changes, enhancing the integrated approach of the previous edition.

Through statistics, surveys, and the stories of hugely successful people, he demonstrates that many kinds of colleges serve as ideal springboards. And he illuminates how to make the most of them.

This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review--an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal.

Written specifically for those with no prior experience of quantitative research, this book is ideal for education students and researchers in this field.

A compelling expose of homework--its negative effects, why it's so widely accepted, and what we can do about it