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"She Can Bother Me, and that's because She Cares": What Inuit Students Say about Teaching and Their Learning
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Lewthwaite, Brian; McMillan, Barbara – Canadian Journal of Education, 2010
In this study, we have investigated, through interviews, conversations, questionnaires, and observations, perceptions of learning success of northern Qikiqtani (Baffin Island) of Nunavut Inuit middle years (grades 5-8) students and the classroom pedagogy influencing their success, in particular their learning in science. Most of the processes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Canada Natives, Eskimos
The Application of a Primary Science Delivery Evaluation Questionnaire
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Lewthwaite, Brian; Fisher, Darrell – Research in Science Education, 2004
The purpose of this investigation was to apply a validated curriculum evaluation instrument, the "Science Curriculum Implementation Questionnaire" (SCIQ), in an educational context in which a science curriculum review had recently been completed and, by so doing, ascertain the accuracy and potential value of the instrument as a…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Investigations
"The Growth Is There--But It's Not That Evident, Is It!": A Study in Science Delivery Improvement
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Lewthwaite, Brian – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to monitor the development of teacher personal attribute and school environmental factors at an urban intermediate (years 7 and 8) school in New Zealand as a result of an extended science professional development intervention project. Over a 2-year period, a validated, comprehensive science curriculum delivery…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Science Curriculum, Data Collection