Welcome to the Library - a web-based resource for Mark's courses. Some links download PDF files while others take you to papers hosted on web pages - I hope you find what you're looking for...


  1. Classroom ethnography, teacher work sample methodology, and the culture of accountability by Girod, Pardales & Rhoads.
  2. Practice data spreadsheet for computerized data analysis
  3. The culture builder by Roland Barth
  4. Variations in lesson structure by Courtney Cazden
  5. The courage to teach by Parker Palmer
  6. Appreciating the beauty of science ideas by Girod, Rau, and Schepige
  7. John Dewey and psychologizing the subject matter: Big ideas, ambitious teaching, and teacher education by Smith and Girod
  8. Situated cognition and the culture of learning by Brown, Collins, and Duguid
  9. Technology as an agent of change in teacher practice by Girod and Cavanaugh
  10. Having an experience by John Dewey
  11. Of mind and media by Gavriel Salomon
  12. The many faces of constructivism by David Perkins
  13. Cogntion and learning by Greeno, Collins, and Resnick
  14. Learning in school and out by Resnick
  15. Constructivist cautions by Airaisian and Walsh
  16. Credibility of the web: Why we need dialectical reading by Chip Bruce
  17. An aesthetic (Deweyan) perspective on science learning: Case studies of three 4th graders by Girod and Wong
  18. Body ritual and the Nacirema by Horace Miner
  19. 509M - 1 credit field experience (everything you need is here including assignments and tracking sheet)
  20. 509M - 2 credit field experience (again, everything you need is here including assignments and tracking sheet)
  21. Creating classrooms for equity and social justice - Rethinking schools
  22. The hidden curriculum and social studies by Massialas
  23. Tapping into feelings of fairness - Rethinking schools
  24. Building community from chaos - Rethinking schools
  25. Getting off the track - Rethinking schools
  26. Pioneers in education chapter
  27. Philosophical roots of education chapter
  28. The silenced dialogue by Lisa Delpit
  29. Chapter 1 from Gay and Airasian's Educational Research
  30. Chapter 1 activity from Gay and Airasian
  31. Chapter 6 Questions from Gay and Airasian
  32. Chapter 14 from Gay and Airasian
  33. Probability tables from Gay and Airasian
  34. Zork activity
  35. Knowledge Survey for the Teacher as Researcher class
  36. M&M activity investigating variability and central tendency
  37. Investigating Relationships activity - correlations
  38. T-tests activity
  39. Benny by Erlwanger
  40. Misconceptions in Physical Geography by Nelson, Aron, & Francek article
  41. Chapter 6 - part I - from Gay and Airasian
  42. Chapter 6 - part II - from Gay and Airasian
  43. Chapter 9 - from Gay and Airasian
  44. Chapter 15 - part I - from Gay and Airasian
  45. Chapter 15 - part II - from Gay and Airasian