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Aikenhead, Glen S. – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2017
Culturally responsive or place-based school mathematics that focuses on Indigenous students has an established presence in the research literature. This culture-based innovation represents a historical shift from conventional approaches to mathematics education. Moreover, it has demonstratively advanced the academic achievement for both Indigenous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Place Based Education
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Dossey, John A.; Funke, Joachim – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2016
This article presents an overview of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 Problem-Solving assessment. The assessment examined the capabilities of 15-year-olds in 40 nations and four large international cities, as well as the Canadian Provinces, to solve a set…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, International Assessment, Achievement Tests
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Sandilands, Debra; McKeown, Stephanie Barclay; Lyons-Thomas, Juliette; Ercikan, Kadriye – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2014
Minority Francophone students in predominantly English-speaking Canadian provinces tend to perform lower on large-scale assessments of achievement than their Anglophone peers and majority Francophone students in Quebec. This study is the first to apply multilevel modeling methods to examine the extent to which school-level factors may be…
Descriptors: French Canadians, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Foreign Countries