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Harvey Social Research, Ltd., Sherwood Park (Alberta). – 1983
The 1978 evaluation of the Early Childhood Services program found that the coordination of services needed to be strengthened at all levels but particularly at the regional level. Alberta Education launched a pilot study in 1980 into the means of increasing coordination of services for young children and families in the province, by granting…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Committees, Coordination, Early Childhood Education

Simair, Denis J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1982
Describes the construction and implementation of a pilot project involving the use of microcomputers in secondary school administration in Canada. Reactions of students, parents, and school administrators to the computerized scheduling and attendance programs are evaluated. Sample printout pages are included. (JJD)
Descriptors: Attendance Records, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Cheng, Maisy; Brown, Robert S. – 1992
The Teacher Peer Support Program (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) described in this report was monitored for 2 years, from its inception in the 1990-1991 school year. The main objective of the research was to ascertain the degree of success of a formal induction program. Sources of information included questionnaire data from two cohorts of novice and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
Literacy Field Research Group, Dundas (Ontario). – 1995
This document contains six papers describing program-based research from rural literacy program in Ontario, Canada. Some of the reports describe action research from pilot projects. The papers raise questions about responding to the special challenges of rural needs, such as whether there is an additional expense to providing service of equal…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Canadian Health Libraries Association. – 1998
Nine Canadian health libraries participated in a pilot test of the Benchmarking Tool Kit between January and April, 1998. Although the Tool Kit was designed specifically for health libraries, the content and approach are useful to other types of libraries as well. Used to its full potential, benchmarking can provide a common measuring stick to…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Lucas, W. Geoffrey; Cooney, Daniel – 1976
The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate the methods by which the Physical Education Committee Pilot Teachers institute the "Conceptual Guide" (Alberta 1974) in teaching secondary school physical education in experimental classes in Alberta schools. The study evaluates the impact of the conceptual guide and discovery approach…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Evaluation, Lesson Plans
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2005
In October of 2002, Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) announced that it would participate in a $246.5 million Government of Canada initiative to support workers and communities in regions of high unemployment. The $71 million HRSDC portion was composed of three primary components: (1) Work Sharing While Learning (WSWL)--This new program…
Descriptors: Evidence, Job Sharing, Summative Evaluation, Program Evaluation
Graham, Brian – Educom Review, 1995
Discusses a pilot project headquartered at an Ottawa (Canada) high school in which 2 Arctic explorers are connected by satellite to 300 elementary and secondary school sites around the world. Highlights include equipment description, fund raising, areas of curriculum development, the question answering system, uses for university researchers, and…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Educational Benefits
Karsenti, Thierry – Education Canada, 2001
An 18-month pilot project established a compulsory Web-based course in a teacher education program at a Quebec university. Analysis of synchronous conversations, interviews, and 5,300 e-mails showed that student teachers had to acquire a new way of learning which seemingly increased their motivation and enhanced development of critical thought due…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Technology
Ives, Cindy; McWhaw, Katherine; De Simone, Christina – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2005
It is widely assumed that developments in information and communication technologies are fundamentally transforming and improving higher education. As a part of an ongoing evaluation of technology-supported pedagogy in one university, our three-year research project was designed, on the one hand, to determine if and how selected technologies were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Innovation, Pilot Projects, Educational Technology
Philipps, Jane – 1995
Most academic libraries undertake the collection and reporting of statistical information on activity levels for many aspects of both technical and public services. Data on reference activity are used for a variety of purposes within the library, primarily to facilitate planning and improve delivery of reference services, and also externally,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Buck, George H. – 1999
A verbal and e-mail survey was conducted of 30 senior high teachers in Alberta who teach computer programming courses in the Career and Technology Studies curriculum, in order to ascertain what courses at the intermediate and advanced levels were being offered, what programming languages were being used, why teachers selected the particular…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education
Rideout, David – Education Canada, 2002
A rural Alberta school division is experimenting with three different ways of using wireless laptop computers in K-12 classrooms. Teachers receive intensive training and support and are made aware of thousands of online curriculum resources. The impact of technology on student achievement, stakeholder perceptions, professional development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Karsenti, Thierry; Garnier, Yves Daniel – Education Canada, 2002
A pilot project that created a school Web site and e-mail service demonstrated the importance of information technology to Montreal (Quebec) 4th-grade students and their teachers. E-mail allowed teachers to have more efficient and less time-consuming communications with parents and allowed parents to more closely engage in their children's school…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1995
This information packet presents guidelines developed collaboratively by the Manitoba (Canada) Ministries of Education and Training, Family Services, Health, and Justice for the coordination of services for children/adolescents with severe to profound emotional/behavioral disorders. The protocol mandates a shared interdepartmental multisystem case…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Children