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Master planned communities: Do they offer a solution to urban sprawl or a vehicle for seclusion of the more affluent consumers in Australia? (2006)
Journal Article
Costley, D. (2006). Master planned communities: Do they offer a solution to urban sprawl or a vehicle for seclusion of the more affluent consumers in Australia?. Housing, Theory and Society, 23(3), 157-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036090600862346

Master planned communities (MPCs) are relatively new phenomena in Australia and are being used in some states to address problems of urban sprawl and dislocation of society. In order to achieve the needs of healthy, safe, sustainable communities, loc... Read More about Master planned communities: Do they offer a solution to urban sprawl or a vehicle for seclusion of the more affluent consumers in Australia?.

DeFT: A conceptual framework for considering learning with multiple representations (2006)
Journal Article
Ainsworth, S. (2006). DeFT: A conceptual framework for considering learning with multiple representations. Learning and Instruction, 16(3), 183-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2006.03.001

Multiple (external) representations can provide unique benefits when people are learning complex new ideas. Unfortunately, many studies have shown this promise is not always achieved. The DeFT (Design, Functions, Tasks) framework for learning with mu... Read More about DeFT: A conceptual framework for considering learning with multiple representations.

Does technological diversification promote innovation?: An empirical analysis for European firms (2006)
Journal Article
Garcia-Vega, M. (2006). Does technological diversification promote innovation?: An empirical analysis for European firms. Research Policy, 35(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2005.09.006

This paper analyses the impact of technological diversity on innovative activity at the firm level. The empirical study on a panel of European R&D active companies shows that both R&D intensity and patents increase with the degree of technological di... Read More about Does technological diversification promote innovation?: An empirical analysis for European firms.

Understanding the Symbolic Idea of the American Dream and Its Relationship with the Category of 'Whiteness' (2005)
Journal Article
Madriaga, M. (2005). Understanding the Symbolic Idea of the American Dream and Its Relationship with the Category of 'Whiteness'. Sociological Research Online, 10(3), 107-119. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.1123

This article examines the impact the category of ‘whiteness’ has on individual interpretations of the American Dream. Via twenty-five life-history interviews, this article presents how US military male Veterans have varying interpretations of the col... Read More about Understanding the Symbolic Idea of the American Dream and Its Relationship with the Category of 'Whiteness'.

Literature in L2 Spanish Classes: An Examination of Focus-on-Cultural Understanding (2005)
Journal Article
Zapata, G. (2005). Literature in L2 Spanish Classes: An Examination of Focus-on-Cultural Understanding. Language Awareness, 14(4), 261-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658410508668841

This paper investigates the development of L2 Spanish students’ cultural awareness through the teaching of literature by the application of the method Focus-on-Cultural Understanding. The paper partially reports on a one-semester study in which 17 in... Read More about Literature in L2 Spanish Classes: An Examination of Focus-on-Cultural Understanding.

Contact and contracting Spanish (2005)
Journal Article
Zapata, G., Sánchezb, L., & Jacqueline Toribio, A. (2005). Contact and contracting Spanish. International Journal of Bilingualism, 9(3-4), 377 - 395. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069050090030501

This investigation is inspired by an interest in the contact/contracting grammars of heritage speakers of Spanish who have experienced prolonged exposure to English in the United States and, in particular, what their linguistic performance reveals of... Read More about Contact and contracting Spanish.

Voices in the Silence: Narratives of disadvantage, social context, and school mathematics in post-apartheid South Africa (2005)
Thesis
Swanson, D. M. (2005). Voices in the Silence: Narratives of disadvantage, social context, and school mathematics in post-apartheid South Africa. (Thesis). University of British Columbia. Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/14601775

"Voices in the Silence" is a critical exploration of the construction of disadvantage in school mathematics in social context. It provides a reflexive, narrative account of a pedagogic journey towards understanding the pedagogizing of difference in m... Read More about Voices in the Silence: Narratives of disadvantage, social context, and school mathematics in post-apartheid South Africa.

Second Language Instructors and CALL: A Multidisciplinary Research Framework (2004)
Journal Article
Zapata, G. (2004). Second Language Instructors and CALL: A Multidisciplinary Research Framework. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 17(3-4), 339-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/0958822042000319610

The increasing importance of computer assisted language learning (CALL) in second language (L2) classes has added a new dimension to L2 research, and it has challenged scholars to find valid research methods and theoretical frameworks that can be app... Read More about Second Language Instructors and CALL: A Multidisciplinary Research Framework.

Teaching Mathematics in Two Independent School Contexts: The Construction of "Good Practice" (2000)
Journal Article
Swanson, D. M. (2000). Teaching Mathematics in Two Independent School Contexts: The Construction of "Good Practice". Educational Insights, 6(1),

This paper compares constructions of mathematics teaching and learning practices in two geographically different school contexts. It looks at the constructions of "good practice" within the schooling communities across these two contexts and describe... Read More about Teaching Mathematics in Two Independent School Contexts: The Construction of "Good Practice".

Proverb project (1998)
Journal Article
Zapata, G. (1998). Proverb project. TESOL Journal, 7, 38-39

Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape (1998)
Thesis
Swanson, D. M. (1998). Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape. (Dissertation). University of Cape Town. Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/14601779

A small-scale study was conducted within a historic and traditional, independent, all-boys secondary school in the Western Cape, the focus of which is the exploration of subject positions potentially available to the black male students of the "Black... Read More about Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape.

Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape (South Africa) (Masters Thesis) (1998)
Thesis
Swanson, D. (1997). Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape (South Africa) (Masters Thesis). (Dissertation). Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/16506442

There is more than one way to solve a problem: Evaluating a learning environment that supports the development of children's multiplication skills (1998)
Journal Article
Ainsworth, S., Wood, D., & O'Malley, C. (1998). There is more than one way to solve a problem: Evaluating a learning environment that supports the development of children's multiplication skills. Learning and Instruction, 8(2), 141-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-4752%2897%2900013-3

Interpretation of the nature of mathematical understanding has changed recently. These changes have prompted calls for different instructional methods in the primary classroom. COPPERS is a mathematical learning environment which explores how such go... Read More about There is more than one way to solve a problem: Evaluating a learning environment that supports the development of children's multiplication skills.

Making pupils fit the framework: Research into the implementation of the National Curriculum in schools for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, focusing on Key Stage 4 (1996)
Journal Article
Costley, D. (1996). Making pupils fit the framework: Research into the implementation of the National Curriculum in schools for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, focusing on Key Stage 4. School Leadership and Management, 16(3), 341-354. https://doi.org/10.1080/0260136960160308

The introduction of a National Curriculum in England and Wales caused a dilemma for many teachers who were responsible for pupils with learning difficulties. The issue of an entitlement curriculum for all pupils raised fundamental questions about the... Read More about Making pupils fit the framework: Research into the implementation of the National Curriculum in schools for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, focusing on Key Stage 4.