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Lashewicz, Bonnie; McGrath, Jenny; Smyth, Maria – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2014
This article is an examination of strategies for engaging students in programs of human services education. We describe an in class mask-making activity, used by three human services instructors at an undergraduate university in western Canada, as a means of engaging students to grow in individual and collaborative awareness and skills. We present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Student Surveys
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Symons, Douglas K.; Smith, Kathleen H. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2014
Students are very familiar with digital media and computers. The aim of this study was to take advantage of this skill-set and examine evidence of psychological engagement in a personalized web-based learning experience, given the more general interest in student engagement of students in Higher Education. In this study, 117 students each raised…
Descriptors: Evidence, Web Based Instruction, Learning Experience, Learner Engagement
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Levesque, Stephane; Ng-A-Fook, Nicholas; Corrigan, Julie – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2014
This exploratory study looks at how a sample of preservice teachers and historians read visuals in the context of school history. The participants used eye tracking technology and think-aloud protocol, as they examined a series of online primary source photographs from a virtual exhibit. Voluntary participants (6 students and 2 professional…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Photography, History Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Kaur, Berinderjeet – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2013
This study, employing hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), sought to investigate the student-level and school-level factors associated with the science achievement of immigrant and non-immigrant students among a national sample of 22,646 students from 896 schools in Canada. While student background characteristics such as home language, family…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
Liljedahl, Peter, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed.; Chapman, Olive, Ed.; Gourdeau, Frédéric, Ed.; Lajoie, Caroline, Ed.; Oesterle, Susan, Ed.; Simmt, Elaine, Ed.; Taylor, Peter, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2016
This special issue of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group/Groupe Canadien d'Étude en Didactique des Mathématiques (CMESG/GCEDM) Proceedings looks at CMESG/GCEDM's collective history, reflects on where the group has been, and who the members have become as an organization. Through a selection of excerpts from past proceedings, the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, History, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Fox, Janna; Cheng, Liying; Zumbo, Bruno D. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2014
Few studies have investigated the impact of English language programs on second language (L2) students studying in Canadian universities (Cheng & Fox, 2008; Fox, 2005, 2009). This article reports on questionnaire responses of 641 L2 students studying in 36 English language programs in 26 Canadian universities. The researchers identified…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Laronde, Gerald; MacLeod, Katarin – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2012
This research was conducted with 291 Junior/Intermediate (J/I) pre-service teachers in a ubiquitous laptop Bachelor of Education program at Nipissing University. The authors modeled a lesson using three different teaching styles using flight as the content medium, a specific expectation found in the Ontario Ministry of Education grade six Science…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries
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Fitzpatrick, Caroline; Pagani, Linda S. – Intelligence, 2012
Converging findings in psychology, neuroscience, education, and economics suggests that child persistence in learning represents an important determinant of academic success during the school years. Nevertheless, the developmental origins of productive learning behaviors are not well understood. Some findings suggest that executive function skills…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Short Term Memory, Executive Function, Kindergarten
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James, Wendy; Derksen, Dave; Alcorn, Kerry – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
Saskatoon Public Schools made the decision 10 years ago to undertake major changes in how it supports professional learning. The district began with two major priorities: increasing literacy in elementary schools and transforming high schools to increase student engagement. The district appointed a facilitator for each priority in central office,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Faculty Development, Elementary Schools
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Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Kikas, Eve; Shin, Hyeonsook; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Cefai, Carmel; Negovan, Valeria; Stanculescu, Elena; Yang, Hongfei; Liu, Yi; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Nelson, Brett; Zollneritsch, Josef – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
The objective of the present study was to develop a scale that is appropriate for use internationally to measure affective, behavioral, and cognitive dimensions of student engagement. Psychometric properties of this scale were examined with data of 3,420 students (7th, 8th, and 9th grade) from 12 countries (Austria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Estonia,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Psychometrics
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Ghafouri, Farveh – Education 3-13, 2014
This article reports on the findings of a recent qualitative grounded theory research study in a metropolitan area in the south-east of Canada examining one junior/senior kindergarten classroom's engagement with nature. It focuses on the role of the learners, the children and the teacher, in co-constructing two very different learning experiences.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Urban Areas, Kindergarten
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Bae, Soung; Cook-Harvey, Channa M.; Lam, Livia; Mercer, Charmaine; Podolsky, Anne; Stosich, Elizabeth Leisy – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
This paper examines the options available to states to redefine their accountability systems as they begin to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The new law provides the possibility that states can create more balanced systems of support and accountability focused on educating young people so they can become productive, engaged…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Program Implementation
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Arthur, Anne; Hannah, Erin – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2015
This qualitative combined methodology study was undertaken to identify key factors in re-engagement by students aged 18-21 years returning to Secondary School. It was conducted in classrooms providing educational programming for students in treatment, care, custody or correctional facilities. An interview approach was adopted since continuous…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Late Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Chu, Man-Wai – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Using Roberts' (1982, 1988, 1995, 1998, 2003) seven science curriculum emphases as its framework, this investigation into Alberta's physics program-of-study found that pre-service and novice teachers reported focusing on four of the emphases--"Structure of Science"; "Scientific Skill Development"; "Science, Technology, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Central Office Administrators
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Beach, Sara Ann; Ward, Angela – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2013
As an aspect of the confluence between schooling and lived experiences, children develop literate identities and build personal theories of literacy. The purpose of this study was to explore the construction or children's literate identity in different contexts. Four children, two from Canada and two from the United States, were interviewed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Reading Instruction, Context Effect
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