Friedrichsen & Dana, 2005

Friedrichsen, P. M., & Dana, T. M. (2005). Substantive-level theory of highly regarded secondary biology teachers' science teaching orientation. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 42, 218-244.

Locke & Latham, 2002

Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (2002). Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation: A 35-year odyssey. American Psychologist, 57, 705-717.

Locke & Latham, 1990

Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (1990). A theory of goal setting & task performance. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

National Research Council, 1996

National Research Council. (1996). National science education standards. Washington DC: National Academy Press.

Ames, 1992

Ames, C. (1992). Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 84, 261-271.

HTML Email

Brenda's been nagging me (I mean that in an endearing way) about email newsletters for awhile now. I admit I've been curious as to how to create them. I finally committed some time yesterday to figuring out how they are made. Started by reading some howtos on the web via Google. They are helpful but skip key learning details. My first experiment was an attached html page. That worked okay. But I knew that Brenda would not want to handcode HTML to create a newsletter. This works, but it isn't a usable solution. Then I tried pasting the attached HTML into an email with HTML only set in the menu bar. This doesn't work. All you see is what you sent exactly, that is the html code. Here's the solution: Create the newsletter with headers and footers directly in the email. I mean, you treat the email message panel as a WYSIWYG web editor. Insert tables, images, paragraphs like a web page. This avoids a lot of problems, like image paths that are a real headache.

Pedometer Experiment Over

T 1.79
W 0.88
R 0.59
F 3.76
S 1.03
S 1.32
M 5.89 (2) 2.7.06
On tuesday I lost the pedometer. Hanging it on my jeans, it was always
loose.

Keys & Kennedy, 1999

Keys, C. W. & Kennedy, V. (1999). Understanding inquiry science teaching in context: A case study of an elementary teacher. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 10, 315-333.

Blumenfeld, Puro & Mergendoller, 1992

Blumenfeld, P. C., Puro, P. & Mergendoller, J. R. (1992). Translating motivation into thoughtfulness. In H. H. Marshall (Ed.), Redefining student learning: Roots of educational change, (pp. 207-239). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Lederman, 2003

Lederman, N. G. (2003). Scientific inquiry and nature of science as a meaningful context for learning in science. In S. P. Marshall, J. A. Scheppler, & M. J. Palmisano (Eds.), Science literacy for the twenty-first century (pp. XX-XX). Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books.

Inquiry science, inquiry learning, inquiry teaching.