Case study is a method currently being used in the field of English in which the investigator gathers data from several sources on an individual: directly from the individual, from the individual's parents, from school records, and from the individual's teachers. The investigator interviews and observes the individual over a period of time in…

Argues that research for teacher use would be more effective if it were: (1) of the form referred to as naturalistic case studies and (2) oriented toward discovering cognitive and social interaction mechanisms underlying the learning processes in classrooms. (Author/SK)

Three addresses by internationally renowned mathematics researchers and a fourth paper on the role of research are presented. Each of the addresses focuses on the learning process, but from different points of view. Heinrich Bauersfeld provides an analysis of the miscommunication inherent in many teacher-student interactions. Four deficient areas…