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Frith, Vera; Lloyd, Pam – Pythagoras, 2016
The ability to reason about numbers in relative terms is essential for quantitative literacy, which is necessary for studying academic disciplines and for critical citizenship. However, the ability to reason with proportions is known to be difficult to learn and to take a long time to develop. To determine how well higher education applicants can…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Higher Education, Benchmarking, Multiple Choice Tests
Humphries, Jennifer, Ed.; Knight-Grofe, Janine, Ed.; Klabunde, Niels, Ed. – Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2009
The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) regularly evaluates the experience of international students in Canada through a benchmarking survey. Canada First 2009 represents the fourth time CBIE has conducted this research. Previous editions appeared in 1988, 1999 and 2004. This year's survey used a revised questionnaire similar to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Benchmarking, Student Experience