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Rosove, Bruce; Hawkins, Keira – 1980
This PLACE Sourcebook on the World of Work provides clients in employment counseling with information about occupations, the norms of the labor market, and sources that clients can consult to find additional information on the parts of PLACE related to identifying an occupation and fitting the requirements. For each employment-related topic in the…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Education
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1972
The goal of this curriculum development project is to promote student initiated research into problems of the inner city. Initial project planning is reported in ED 055 012. Emphasis in this annual report is placed on the teacher's role in program development. The first section clarifies how the developers believe teachers should be involved in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Inner City
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Leith, Sylvia; Sientz, Kenneth – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1984
To identify the most effective teaching strategies for use with Cree-speaking children, 1six student teachers taught lessons in 25 grade one-four classrooms in eight northern Manitoba schools using six strategies organized under four major approaches. Most effective were group problem solving at elementary levels and individual assignments at…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Assignments, Canada Natives
Chick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The third volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains full research report papers. Papers include: (1) Students' Use of ICT Tools: Choices and Reasons (Anne Berit Fuglestad); (2) Interaction of Modalities in Cabri: A Case Study (Fulvia Furinghetti, Francesca Morselli, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Research Reports, Mathematics Instruction
Goho, James; Webb, Ken – 2000
This paper analyzes planning at Red River College in Manitoba. The paper suggests that the decision-making process be effectively linked with analytics. The fundamental role of institutional research and planning in postsecondary education is to provide the analytic and planning inputs that can facilitate decision-making. It is necessary to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Czerneda, Julie E., Ed. – 1996
This book is an updated and enhanced version of a breakthrough resource originally entitled "Springboards to Technology." It shows how technology can be presented in every elementary school classroom, with the aim of linking all curriculum areas in a natural and cohesive manner. The design and technology activities in this book serve as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Design
Liedtke, Werner W. – 1999
The framework of the new British Columbia mathematics curriculum for grades 1-7 includes willingness to take risks and expanded tolerance of ambiguity as goals of mathematics learning. Two projects in Victoria (British Columbia) elementary schools explored ways to promote positive student attitudes toward mathematical tasks and problem solving.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Attitude Change, Classroom Research, Elementary Education
Styles, Ken; Cavanagh, Gray – Education Canada, 1982
Presents 15 teachers' viewpoints on discipline; parent, teacher, and student thoughts on the causes of discipline problems; a federal discipline policy statement; a list of common discipline problems; eight questions to ask when exploring practical solutions; and approaches to discipline problems. (AH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Check Lists, Discipline, Discipline Policy
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Paul, Karin; Kuhlthau, Carol C.; Branch, Jennifer L.; Solowan, Diane Galloway; Case, Roland; Abilock, Debbie; Eisenberg, Michael B.; Koechlin, Carol; Zwaan, Sandi; Hughes, Sandra; Low, Ann; Litch, Margaret; Lowry, Cindy; Irvine, Linda; Stimson, Margaret; Schlarb, Irene; Wilson, Janet; Warriner, Emily; Parsons, Les; Luongo-Orlando, Katherine; Hamilton, Donald – School Libraries in Canada, 2003
Includes 19 articles that address issues related to library skills and Canadian school libraries. Topics include information literacy; inquiry learning; critical thinking and electronic research; collaborative inquiry; information skills and the Big 6 approach to problem solving; student use of online databases; library skills; Internet accuracy;…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Dickie, Leslie O.; Kato, Carolyn K. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1996
A study with nine physics students in a Quebec university found they saw themselves learning primarily outside the classroom as they solved assigned problems, saw few new concepts being introduced, and felt they had moved beyond memorization to application of concepts to problem solving. Students' perceptions were sometimes at odds with teachers'…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Science, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Riffel, J. Anthony – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1994
It is argued that, although Canadian universities face serious problems of money, morale, and purpose, their main problem may be that they are ill-equipped for constructive, institutionwide problem solving because of a preoccupation with finances, lack of useful decision-making or decision-implementing structures, and neglect of their own…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
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Sereda, Jane – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1993
As part of Alberta's provincial initiative, teacher-researchers in two Calgary school districts developed and field-tested quality indicators for assessment of student artwork and mathematical problem solving. The resulting qualitative materials depend on informed professional judgment and student involvement in self-assessment; celebrate…
Descriptors: Action Research, Art Education, Art Expression, Educational Indicators
McCoubrey, Sharon – BCATA Journal for Art Teachers, 1994
This theme issue reviews and confirms the connection between thinking skills and art education. Articles offer possible teaching approaches and specific lesson plans dealing with thinking skills. The issue includes: (1) "Editor's View" (Sharon McCoubrey); (2) "Critical and Creative Thinking and Making Art" (Carol Fineberg); (3)…
Descriptors: Art Education, Built Environment, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking
Sheehan, Bernard S. – 1982
Ideas that have been developed in the decision support systems (DSS) literature that seem particularly relevant to institutional research, planning, and analysis (IRPA) are reviewed. In addition, a survey of practitioners in Canadian universities that provides new information on the rapidly changing current state of information technology,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making
STREUFERT, SIEGFRIED; AND OTHERS – 1967
TO DETERMINE THE THEORETICAL IMPORT OF TWO KINDS OF LEADERS, SIMPLE AND COMPLEX, A GAME EXPERIMENT SIMULATING INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS WAS CONDUCTED WITH 20 DYAD NEGOTIATION TEAMS (10 HAVING MEMBERS WITH SIMPLE CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE AND 10 HAVING MEMBERS WITH COMPLEX CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE) SELECTED FROM 350 MALE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN AN…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Theories, Collective Bargaining, Conceptual Schemes
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