Fostering Learning and Reciprocity in Interdisciplinary Research

Book reviews Trust and Reciprocity: Interdisciplinary Lessons from Experimental Research

Trust and Reciprocity is the sixth book in the Russell Sage Foundation’s series on trust. This collection of essays differs from the other books in the series in two fundamental ways. First, every chapter of this book draws heavily on the results of behavioral experiments to explain how trust (and reciprocity) develop and a few of the chapters present important new experimental results. A secon...

proficiency level and factors fostering reticence in efl learners

according to cheng (1999), in recent esl/efl literature, asian (especially east asian) learners of english as a foreign/second language have been arguably reported as reticent and passive learners. the most common allegations are that these students are reluctant to participate in classroom discourse; they are unwilling to give responses; they do not ask questions; and they are passive and over...

Building the Women's Health Research Workforce: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Approaches in Women's Health

BACKGROUND The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program is a mentored institutional research career development program developed to support and foster the interdisciplinary research careers of men and women junior faculty in women's health and sex/gender factors. The number of scholars who apply for and receive National Institutes of Health (NIH) research ...

Fostering advances in interdisciplinary climate science.

Enhancing Students’ Learning Experience through Interdisciplinary Research

This paper describes an approach of enriching computer science & engineering education by engaging students in an interdisciplinary research project. The research project is put forth by a join interdisciplinary research group that consists of students and faculty members from College of Computer Science & Engineering and College of Nursing. One of the goals of this interdisciplinary collaborat...