| ACCLAIM. (October 2006) The Third ACCLAIM Research Symposium: Proceedings (Occasional Paper No. 14) |
| Avery Allman. (August 2005) Lessons from an Old Muleskinner's Experience. Entertainment--a story told to ACCLAIM picnickers last summer. (Occasional Paper No. 13) |
| Paul Theobald. (February 2005) Representing Rural Context in Doctoral-Level Math Education Courses: A Guide for Mathematics Education Professors. Prepared for ACCLAIM instructors by a Task Force established by the Center's management team. (MsWord, OP_12_Theobald.doc) |
| Craig Howley. (November 2004) Ten Precepts about the Circumstance of Rural Education (illustrated with connections to mathematics education).This paper is a slightly revised version of a formal lecture given on July 29, 2004, to the second cohort of ACCLAIM doctoral students on the final night of a course titled Rural Education: Historical Perspective taught by Aimee Howley and me. (MsWord, OP_11_Howley.doc) |
| Reid Davis and Jeff Connor. (September 2004) Mathematics, Mathematics Educaion, and Views of Reform: Perspectives from Two Mathematicians Involved with Mathematics Education for the Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics. This Occasional Paper is a dialog about mathematics education between two mathematicians, Reid Davis, formely of the University of Tennessee and Jeff Connor, of Ohio University. (MsWord, OP_10_Davis_Connor.doc) |
| Bonnie Wilcoxen Beach. (May 2004) Pondering of a Rural Mathematics Educator On Others' Perceptions of the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Rural Areas. This paper offers Ms. Beach's reflections about an unusual event at a research pre-session of the 2003 annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) held in April 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. (MsWord, OP_09_Beach.doc) |
| Martina Schmidt. (April 2004) Rural Roots, Urban Harvest, and Giving Back to the Land. Following the November 2003 ACCLAIM Research Symposium, where she was a presenter, Ms. Schmidt composed this paper about her speech. (MsWord, OP_08_Schmidt.doc) |
| Ron Eglash. (April 2004) Black Chaos, White Trash: Order and Disorder at the Intersection of Mathematics and Culture. Following the November 2003 ACCLAIM Research Symposium, where he served as the keynote speaker, Dr. Eglash composed this paper about his speech. (MsWord, OP_07_Eglash.doc) |
| Robert Mayes. (February 2004) Review of Distance Education Literature. This paper was prepared to help inform the Center's decision making for distance education. It reviews the research literature on distance learning in higher education. (MsWord, OP_06_Mayes.doc) |
| Theodore Coladarci. (November 2003) Reflections at 35,000 Feet: An Open Letter to the ACCLAIM Doctoral Cohort. Following the November 2003 ACCLAIM Research Symposium, where he served as one of six mentors, Dr. Coladarci composed this letter to the members of the 2004 ACCLAIM doctoral cohort. (MsWord, OP_05_Coladarci.doc) (Occasional Paper No. 5) |
| Craig Howley. (November 2003) Making Education Research Behave: Reflections from the Rural Lifeworld. This link is to an invited paper given at Pennsylvania State University's rural education center, where it is archived. Penn State is a partner norganization in another CLT, and this paper is relevant to center research efforts. [external link] (Occasional Paper No. 15) |
| Jeremy Winters. (June 2003) Development of the Research Initiative Website: Input from Focus Group Interviews. This report provided information to help the Center improve this website. (Occasional Paper No. 4) |
| Vena Long, William Bush and Paul Theobald. (June 2003) "Place" Value: The Rural Perspective. Occasional Paper No. 3) |
| William Bush. (June 2003) Bridging the Gap Between Culture and Mathematics: The Appalachian Perspective Originally presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, New Orleans, January 26, 2003. (Occasional Paper No. 2) |
| Craig Howley. (October 2002) What is Our Work? Planning a Future Understanding of Mathematics Education-A Prolegomenon? This paper served as a starting point for the collaborative work of the ACCLAIM Management Team and National Advisory Board in developing ACCLAIM's Theoretical Framework. (Occasional Paper No. 1) |
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