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Peter Howard
Researcher at La Trobe University
Publications - 126
Citations - 1616
Peter Howard is an academic researcher from La Trobe University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Connected Mathematics & Reform mathematics. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 123 publications receiving 1494 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Howard include Monash University & Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research.
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Blood pressure in four remote populations in the INTERSALT Study
J J Carvalho,R G Baruzzi,Peter Howard,N Poulter,Michael P. Alpers,Laércio Joel Franco,L F Marcopito,Veronica Spooner,Alan R. Dyer,Paul Elliott +9 more
TL;DR: Four remote population samples (Yanomamo and Xingu Indians of Brazil and rural populations in Kenya and Papua New Guinea) had the lowest average blood pressures among all 52 populations studied in INTERSALT, an international cooperative investigation of electrolytes and blood pressure.
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Head mathematics teachers’ beliefs about the learning and teaching of mathematics
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the teacher beliefs concerning the nature of mathematics and the learning and teaching of mathematics, focusing on the espoused beliefs of 40 Head Mathematics Teachers in Australian secondary schools.
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Teacher education, community service learning and student efficacy for community engagement
Jude Butcher,Peter Howard,Elizabeth Labone,Michael Bailey,Susan Groundwater Smith,Mark McFadden,Marilyn McMeniman,Karen Malone,Kay Martinez +8 more
TL;DR: The role of community service learning within teacher education is examined in this article, where the authors argue that community engagement of staff and students is also an expression of the corporate citizenship of the university.
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The use of ethnography and structured observations in the study of risk factors for the transmission of diarrhea in highland Papua New Guinea.
Carol Jenkins,Peter Howard +1 more
TL;DR: The analysis of critical methodological issues emerging from a case-control study of the behavioral and environmental risk factors for the transmission of childhood diarrhea in both urban and rural highland Papua New Guinea suggests that focused ethnographic assessments, complemented by structured observations performed by nonprofessionals, may provide a viable research design.