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Hoss, Madeline M.; Ropp, Carol G. – 1992
This document is made up of materials supporting a presentation about a program designed to encourage freshman and sophomore high school mathematics students to use the school library to research famous mathematicians. The handouts that compose the document are: (1) a description of the assignment, "Conversations with Mathematicians"; (2) a list…
Descriptors: Biographies, Course Integrated Library Instruction, High Schools, Learning Resources Centers
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Daly, Herman E. – Focus, 1992
The notion of optimal population is recast as a problem of optimal scale (population times per capita resource use). Considers bioeconomic limits to scale. Discusses the choice between many people at low resource use per capita versus fewer people at higher resource per capita and suggests a policy that serves both efficiency and sufficiency.…
Descriptors: Change, Ecological Factors, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Riley, Garland G.; Ary, Donald – 1986
Presented in this document is a module developed at Northern Illinois University as an optional bibliographic instruction tool to be used in the library unit of an introductory-level educational research course. This approach allows each student to hunt through the library, locate various commonly used educational resources, and use each resource…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Research, Higher Education, Information Sources