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Download full textKul, Ümit; Sevimli, Eyüp; Aksu, Zeki – Online Submission, 2018
The present study offers a comparative analysis of mathematics questions placed in Turkish and Canadian school textbooks in terms of cognitive process and knowledge dimension as well as the question types. In order to get the required data, eight textbooks were analyzed respectively. Document analysis was conducted to collect the data from these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Textbook Content, Taxonomy
Direct linkDeCoito, Isha; Myszkal, Philip – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2018
In this rapidly changing and technologically evolving world there is a need for skilled labor and professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This warrants concern, as the number of individuals graduating from and/or pursuing careers in STEM fields is seriously lagging. Students must be inspired, be…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
McClay, Jill Kedersha; Peterson, Shelley Stagg; Nixon, Rhonda – Middle School Journal (J3), 2012
Educators have long recognized that parental and community supports are important underpinnings for children's success in school. With respect to the teaching of writing, however, little research has been conducted to provide evidence of effective practices teachers use to involve parents and communities. As part of a national Canadian study of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Foreign Countries, Community Resources, Parent Participation
Loke, Ivy Chiu; Heyman, Gail D.; Forgie, Julia; McCarthy, Anjanie; Lee, Kang – Developmental Psychology, 2011
The way children evaluate the reporting of peers' transgressions to authority figures was investigated. Participants, ages 6-11 years (N = 60), were presented with a series of vignettes, each of which depicted a child who committed either a minor transgression (such as not finishing the vegetables at lunch) or a more serious transgression (such as…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Moral Values, Investigations, Children
Peters, Ray DeV.; Bradshaw, Alison J.; Petrunka, Kelly; Nelson, Geoffrey; Herry, Yves; Craig, Wendy M.; Arnold, Robert; Parker, Kevin C. H.; Khan, Shahriar R.; Hoch, Jeffrey S.; Pancer, S. Mark; Loomis, Colleen; Belanger, Jean-Marc; Evers, Susan; Maltais, Claire; Thompson, Katherine; Rossiter, Melissa D. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
Although comprehensive and ecological approaches to early childhood prevention are commonly advocated, there are few examples of long-term follow-up of such programs. In this monograph, we investigate the medium- and long-term effects of an ecological, community-based prevention project for primary school children and families living in three…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Quasiexperimental Design, Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
Duchesne, Stephane; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Poitras, Sarah-Caroline; Drouin, Evelyne – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
This study examines how attachment to mother and father predicts worries about academic demands and relationships with teachers generated by the transition from elementary to middle school through its contribution to adolescents' emotional problems (depression and anxiety). The study sample includes 626 young adolescents (289 boys and 337 girls)…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Middle Schools, Mothers, Structural Equation Models
Peer reviewedLinchevski, Liora; Livneh, Drora – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1999
Interviews 53 sixth grade students individually in an attempt to discover whether wrong interpretations of the algebraic structure found in an algebraic context occurs in a purely numerical context. Concludes that students' difficulties with the algebraic structure were also found in purely numerical contexts. (Contains 27 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Computation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMa, Xin – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2002
Examines individual and school characteristics of victims and offenders of bullying in grades 6 and 8 in New Brunswick middle schools. Finds, among other things, that gender is the most significant characteristic of both victims and offenders of bullying. Students are bullied less in middle schools with positive disciplinary climate and strong…
Descriptors: Bullying, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Hadden, Keith W. – 1999
Canada is experiencing a dramatic growth in interest in and implementation of the middle school concept. Currently needed is information on the specific characteristics of the middle school as it develops in Canada and information validating the practices that are accompanying restructure efforts. This study investigated the relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Peer reviewedGreen-Milberg, Patricia – Canadian Social Studies, 1999
Provides activities for grades 6 to 8 that will promote student awareness and understanding of the use of hydropower in Canada, the benefits and drawbacks to hydropower, and also the drawbacks of electricity transmission lines. Explains that the activities focus on the James Bay Hydro Project in Canada. (CMK)
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Educational Strategies, Electricity, Foreign Countries
Phillips, Linda M. – 1989
This report describes the development and validation of the Test of Inference Ability in Reading Comprehension: a scaled-answer, multiple-choice test intended for use in Grades 6, 7, and 8. The report discusses the need for and conceptualization of assessment of inference ability; proposes standards and principles of inference appraisal; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Gardner, Philip; Carpenter, Robert – 1985
The purpose of this study was to assess both the needs of students in transition from elementary to middle school and the extent to which those needs were being met. A questionnaire was used to obtain the perceptions of 117 sixth-grade students, 64 parents of sixth-grade students, 37 parents of fifth-grade students, nine sixth-grade teachers, and…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries
Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment, Regina. Curriculum and Instruction Branch. – 1994
This bibliography, organized in seven sections, provides a comprehensive overview of Canadian arts education resources useful in the instruction of junior high school students. (1) "Titles and Descriptions" provides information, sources, annotations, and suggested subject integration for alphabetically arranged items. (2) "Community…
Descriptors: Art Education, Audiovisual Aids, Canada Natives, Community Resources
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development and Implementation Branch. – 1988
This 10-chapter report presents information on the 1986 assessment of students' science performance in the province of Manitoba in Canada. The assessment was intended to provide a broad base of accurate information on the performance of grade 3, 6, and 9 students. The program of studies for Manitoba schools is designed to educate the student in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Elementary School Science
