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Petrie, James – 1988
The paper discusses the Global Awareness Test administered to 6,396 grade 9 students in New Brunswick, Canada at the beginning and end of the 1987 school year. The test was designed to better assess the impact of the grade 9 social studies program and the activities of New Brunswick's Global Education Centre. By comparing the results of the pre-…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Global Approach, Grade 9
Fleet, Joan; And Others – 1987
This manual was written to help college students become better students and more successful learners. The goals of the book are to raise awareness of, and interest in, the learning process generally; increase each student's awareness of her/himself as a learner; introduce specific strategies for more effective learning; suggest that each student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Holmes, Mark – Education Canada, 1981
Discusses factors revealed by educational research that improve student learning and over which administrators and trustees have some control: school atmosphere and instructional time. Offers 14 steps for implementing research findings into educational innovations. (NEC)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedKishor, Nand – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1994
Reports on a study of predictive judgments and evaluation methods among 33 elementary teachers. Finds that inaccuracy in teachers' judgments of students is due partly to inappropriate use of consensus or comparative performance data. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic)
Download full textTaylor, Maurice – 1994
This resource document provides general information about literacy portfolio assessment, guidelines on using the technique, and a format for getting started. The first part discusses testing and assessment in adult literacy and basic education, alternative assessment, and literacy portfolios. The second part contains a list of questions and steps…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Alternative Assessment
Walker, Catherine; Antaya-Moore, Dana – 2001
This document comprises a teaching guide and a student guide. The teaching guide is designed to help junior and senior high school teachers in Alberta, Canada implement the study skills curriculum, "Make School Work for You," in the classroom. The guide includes suggestions for familiarizing students with the contents of the student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Junior High School Students
Gibbs, Graham, Ed. – 1995
This book contains 40 papers from an international symposium on improving the quality of higher education teaching and learning. Part 1 contains three papers on using research to improve student learning covering some Canadian projects, the use of research on student learning, and ways to evaluate and improve learning. Part 2 contains 10 papers on…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
