Tables of contents

Effects of within-class ability grouping on social interaction, achievement and motivation

     Mohammed Saleh, Ard W. Lazonder and

     Ton de Jong

105

What is reciprocal understanding in virtual interaction?

     Arja Byman, Sanna Jarvela and Paivi Hakkinen

121

Academics' experiences of understandings of their subject matter and the relationship of this to their experiences of teaching and learning

     Michael Prosser, Elaine Martin, Keith Trigwell,

     Paul Ramsden and Gillian Lueckenhausen

137

Learning theory as teaching resource: enhancing students' understanding of economic concepts

     Ming-Fai Pang and Ference Marton

159 

On the non-discursive nature of competence

     Gerard Lum

485

Embodied competence and generic skill: the emergence of inferential understanding

     David Beckett

497

Apprenticeship and applied theoretical knowledge

     Linda Clarke and Christopher Winch

509

Front-loading, workplace learning and skill development

     Paul Hager

523

Work and human flourishing

     Geoffrey Hinchcliffe

535

Managerial modes of accountability and practical knowledge: reclaiming the practical

     Jane Green

549

Workplace learning in America: shifting roles of households, schools and firms

     Leonard J. Waks

563 

Competence in the workplace: rhetorical robbery and curriculum policy

     John Halliday

579 

'Working' culture: exploring notions of workplace culture and learning at work

     Margaret Somerville

 5

The construction of 'minority teacher' subjects: a Foucauldian explanation 

     Gada Mahrouse

27

Information and computing technology and the gap between school pedagogy and children's culture

     Birgette Holm Sorenson

43

A framework for 'best practice' in boys' education: key requisite knowledges and productive pedagogies

     Amanda Keddie

59

Reading cultural representations: the limitations of critical literacy

     Cherry Bertanees and Christina Thornley

75

Working with others: facets of an educational experience

     Alexandra Androussou

87

Introduction: The Context and Contributions of Research at the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement

     Joanne F.Carlisle and Elfrieda H.Hiebert

131 

The Development of Literacy in Preschool and Primary Grades: Work by the Center for the Improvment of Early Reading Achievement

     Steven A.Stahl and David B.Yaden Jnr 

141 

Research on Learning to Read – at School, at Home, and in the Community

     Barbara M.Taylor and P.David Pearson

167 

The Role of Text and Text-Reader Interactions in Young Children's Reading Development and Achievement

     Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar and Nell K.Duke

183 

Reading Assessments in Kindergarten through Third Grade: Findings from the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement

     Scott G.Paris and James V.Hoffman

199 

Research on Literacy Policy and Professional Development: National, State, District, and Teacher Contexts

     Karen K.Wixson and Nina Yochum

219