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Terrion, Jenepher Lennox; Daoust, Jean-Luc – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2012
The University of Ottawa (UofO) in Ottawa, Canada offers a formal supplemental instruction program, called the residence study group program (RSGP), to residence students registered in first year courses that are associated with a high degree of failure or attrition. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of this program by comparing…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Motivation, Program Effectiveness
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Ercikan, Kadriye; Roth, Wolff-Michael; Asil, Mustafa – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background/Context: Two key uses of international assessments of achievement have been (a) comparing country performances for identifying the countries with the best education systems and (2) generating insights about effective policy and practice strategies that are associated with higher learning outcomes. Do country rankings really reflect the…
Descriptors: Inferences, International Education, International Studies, Case Studies
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Baporikar, Neeta, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region becomes increasingly intertwined in the global economy, investment continues to be made in the educational sector. Multidimensional approaches to higher education have greatly influenced the state of business and government in the region. The "Handbook of Research on Higher Education in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Developing Nations, Educational Research
Urbanski, Monika – Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012
The Spring 2012 SQR: "Framing Campus Sustainability," features stories that frame the evolving concept of sustainability in higher education. Included in this issue are a snapshot of ratings-to-date, a focus on credits within the Operations (OP) category, and insights into how institutions are defining and interpreting the evolving…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Campuses, Higher Education
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Tierney, Robin D.; Simon, Marielle; Charland, Julie – Educational Forum, 2011
Knowing that grades can have long-term consequences for students, teachers voice concern about being fair in the grading process. However, their interpretations of fairness are varied and sometimes contradictory. This study looked at how teachers in one standards-based educational system determined secondary students' grades, focusing specifically…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Academic Achievement, Grading, Educational Principles
Froese-Germain, Bernie – Canadian Teachers' Federation (NJ1), 2011
This paper presents some of the major issues raised in Education International's preliminary analysis of the overall PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2009 study. Some of these issues are: (1) PISA has serious limitations. The study does not cover the full curriculum, focusing on a narrow set of subject areas, neglecting such…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation
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Brooks, Charmaine – Policy Futures in Education, 2009
Foucault's concept of governmentality frames a critical discourse analysis of Grade Level of Achievement (GLA) Reporting in Alberta. GLA requires teachers to report to the provincial government a whole number that represents their judgment of each student's achievement in meeting the mandated curricular outcomes in grades 1 to 9 language arts and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Discourse Analysis, State Government
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Symbaluk, Diane G.; Howell, Andrew J. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
We examined web-based ratings and open-ended comments of teaching-award winners (n = 120) and research-award winners (n = 119) to determine if teaching-award winners received more favourable ratings and comments on RateMyProfessors.com. As predicted, students rated teaching-award winners higher than research-award winners on measures of teaching…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Awards, College Faculty
Fredua-Kwarteng, Eric – Online Submission, 2011
The paper takes a critical look at the different metrics that could be used to measure First Nations student success. The paper concludes that more than one metric is needed given the holistic worldview of First Nations Aboriginal people. A framework undergirding First Nations student success is presented and discussed.
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Success, Outcome Measures, Holistic Approach
Education Week, 2012
"Quality Counts 2012," the 16th edition of "Education Week"'s annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Public Education, Educational Quality, Competition
Froese-Germain, Bernie – Canadian Teachers' Federation (NJ1), 2010
Large-scale assessment regularly takes place in most jurisdictions across Canada, a fact not lost on the Fraser Institute and other right wing think tanks such as AIMS (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies) which use the test results as the primary basis for compiling school rankings at both the elementary and secondary level (see Gutstein,…
Descriptors: Test Results, Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Educational Indicators
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Robitaille, David F.; Sherrill, James M. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1979
This report on the 1977 mathematics assessment of British Columbian students in grades 4, 8, and 12 describes the item specification model; test administration procedures; results for each grade level; and overall results correlated to sex, mother tongue, and parental level of schooling. (SJL)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12
Wilson, Robert J.; Rees, Ruth – 1990
Policies and procedures for student achievement within a provincial system are described and compared to a theoretical model of systemwide policy devolution. Student evaluation activity is examined at the following levels: province, district, school, department, and classroom. Methodology involves analysis of documents from four elementary and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
Test components and results of the Grade 6 Social Studies Achievement Tests in Alberta, Canada administered to 28,566 students are described in this booklet. All questions were drawn from three prescribed topics: Topic A--"How People in Earlier Times Met Their Needs"; Topic B--"How People in Eastern Societies Meet Their Needs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Competence
Prokop, Manfred – 1974
The hypothesis that monolingual and bilingual German-Canadian speakers differ in their attitudes toward German language and culture and in their achievement in the study of German was tested. The results were compared to those obtained by Gardner and Lambert in their French-American studies, in which it was found that home language background is…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Bilingualism
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