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Archambault, I.; Pagani, L. S.; Fitzpatrick, C. – Learning and Instruction, 2013
Using structural equation modeling with a population-based cohort of French-speaking children from Quebec (Canada), prospective associations were made between two previously established factors underlying student performance--classroom engagement and the teacher-student relations. Our results show developmental continuity in classroom engagement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, French Canadians, Academic Achievement
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Martin-Chang, Sandra; Gould, Odette N. – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: Although storybook reading has received considerable research attention, listening to children read has been the source of much less inquiry. In this study, 40 mother-child dyads were videotaped during adult-to-child and child-to-adult reading. Relations between book-related themes (e.g., types of talk), maternal evaluative…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Reading Skills, Correlation, Cues
Education Canada, 2009
At Glendale School in the Calgary Board of Education, Grade 1 students worried that they were too distracted with their studies and other activities to remember to water their plant. So they made other arrangements. The students invented and built Ralph, a robot that waters the plant, as part of their study of robotics, a subject that all Glendale…
Descriptors: Robotics, Grade 1, Learning Strategies, Inquiry
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Roessingh, Hetty – Canadian Journal of Education, 2012
A model is proposed followed by a case study of collaborative project work between student teachers, teachers and English language learners in kindergarten and grade 1. As a model, service learning provides a framework for making explicit linkages between course-based, credit bearing academic content, the identified need of the community school,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, English Language Learners
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Ciampa, Katia – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
This pilot study explores the impact of online electronic storybooks (e-books) on the reading motivation and listening comprehension of six grade 1 students (aged 7 years) from Ontario, Canada. The researcher measured participants' perceived enjoyment of the online e-book reading experience using standardized listening comprehension tests,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Publishing, Questionnaires, Observation