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Hoffman, Michelle – Science & Education, 2013
This paper considers the adoption of general science courses in two Canadian provinces, Ontario and Quebec, during the 1930s. In Ontario, a few science teachers had followed the early general science movements in the United States and Britain with interest. During the 1930s, several developments made the cross-disciplinary, applied thrust of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Private Schools
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Adamuti-Trache, Maria; Bluman, George; Tiedje, Thomas – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
This paper considers school factors that contribute to a successful transition from high school to first-year university Physics courses at the University of British Columbia by employing a two-level hierarchical model. It is assumed that there is a relationship between student performance and the high school they graduated from. It is shown that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, College Science, Physics