Christopher Wheeler
Biographic Data
| ID | 3773011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Wheeler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Wheeler |
| SIGNATURE | WHEELER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wyoming Department of Education |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Engaging with research methods in comparative politics courses
This article reflects on a pedagogic experiment of engaging with research methods in the teaching of an undergraduate course on “Contemporary Russian Politics” at Newcastle University (UK). We argue that the incorporation of an explicit and systematic discussion and practice of research methods in a Comparative Politics course is important for three interconnected reasons. First, by introducing students to different aspects of the political syste…
Educational Morality and Organizational Reform
Efforts to raise academic standards in two districts' high schools are described and examined for their moral underpinnings. Using Durkheim's notion of morality, the authors argue that recent school reform efforts, such as testing, tighter discipline and attendance codes, and increased supervision of teachers serve primarily to solve organizational problems occasioned by schools' increased size, racial integration, and bureaucratization. The mora…
Selling Students Short
High School Reform and the “Bargain” to Learn
White Collar Power
White-Collar Power
Effects of Verbal Regulation and Age on Rule Acquisition and Transfer
The ability of 119 children (mean ages 6.2, 8.2, 10.1, and 12.3) to perform rule learning and subsequent transfer tasks was observed utilizing three experimental conditions: overt-verbal, covert-verbal, and control. The performance of the subjects suggests that the child who is forced to verbalize his conceptual strategies will reach criterion faster in the rule acquisition task, and will also be more successful in his attempts to transfer the ac…
Educational Morality and Organizational Reform
Efforts to raise academic standards in two districts' high schools are described and examined for their moral underpinnings. Using Durkheim's notion of morality, the authors argue that recent school reform efforts, such as testing, tighter discipline and attendance codes, and increased supervision of teachers serve primarily to solve organizational problems occasioned by schools' increased size, racial integration, and bureaucratization. The mora…
High School Reform and the “Bargain” to Learn
White Collar Power
White-Collar Power
Effects of Verbal Regulation and Age on Rule Acquisition and Transfer
The ability of 119 children (mean ages 6.2, 8.2, 10.1, and 12.3) to perform rule learning and subsequent transfer tasks was observed utilizing three experimental conditions: overt-verbal, covert-verbal, and control. The performance of the subjects suggests that the child who is forced to verbalize his conceptual strategies will reach criterion faster in the rule acquisition task, and will also be more successful in his attempts to transfer the ac…
High School Reform and the “Bargain” to Learn
Educational Morality and Organizational Reform
Efforts to raise academic standards in two districts' high schools are described and examined for their moral underpinnings. Using Durkheim's notion of morality, the authors argue that recent school reform efforts, such as testing, tighter discipline and attendance codes, and increased supervision of teachers serve primarily to solve organizational problems occasioned by schools' increased size, racial integration, and bureaucratization. The mora…
Selling Students Short
Engaging with research methods in comparative politics courses
This article reflects on a pedagogic experiment of engaging with research methods in the teaching of an undergraduate course on “Contemporary Russian Politics” at Newcastle University (UK). We argue that the incorporation of an explicit and systematic discussion and practice of research methods in a Comparative Politics course is important for three interconnected reasons. First, by introducing students to different aspects of the political syste…
Psychology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Collar (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Education Discipline and Inequality (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)