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Collis, Betty; And Others – 1988
A nationwide survey of over 3,000 grade 11 students (approximately equal numbers of males and females) representing major urban areas in all ten provinces was undertaken to obtain baseline data on access to and usage of computers in each of three categories--recreational, nonrecreational home usage, and school--and to test a "manifold…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, High Schools

Byrne, Barbara M. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1990
The extent to which convergent and discriminant validity of 4 self-concept traits and the method effects associated with 3 measurement scales that were equivalent across gender was studied. Data from 832 students (412 boys and 420 girls) in grades 11 and 12 in suburban Canada were analyzed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Grade 12

Close, David – Canadian Journal of Education, 1984
Describes the results of survey of 1,100 grade 5, 8, and 11 students to determine their knowledge of and attitudes toward world affairs. Notes that age, sex, and class were the most important correlates and that children were only marginally more knowledgeable about domestic politics than international affairs. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
Collis, Betty; And Others – 1988
The interactions between computer use and access by adolescents and their computer-related opinions and values are presented in the framework of a "manifold model" of computer interactions. This model emphasizes the complexity and multidimensional nature of the system of variables in which such interaction is embedded. For this study,…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Literacy, Developed Nations, Equal Education
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Measurement and Evaluation Branch. – 1981
This seven-chapter report presents information on the 1980 assessment of students' science performance in the province of Manitoba. Chapter I describes the nature of and steps involved in the assessment. Chapters II, III, and IV present, analyze and discuss achievement and attitude results for grades 5, 8, and 11, respectively. Achievement results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Elementary School Science
Taylor, Alison – 2003
In 2000, a government-supported foundation called Careers the Next Generation (CNG) in Alberta, Canada, began coordinating summer internships for high school students in information and computer technology (ICT). The participating firms represented a mix of large and small private and public organizations in high-tech and other industries in the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Grade 11

Ebenezer, Jazlin V.; Zoller, Uri – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Compared the science attitudes of tenth-grade students from British Columbia, Canada, in 1986 with those from tenth-grade students in 1989 after a three-year science-technology-society instructional period. No positive change in students' attitudes toward science was registered. (13 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Computer Uses in Education, Conservation (Environment)