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Direct linkCiaran Evans; William Cipolli; Zakary A. Draper; John-Tyler Binfet – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2023
Engaging and motivating students in undergraduate statistics courses can be enhanced by using topical peer-reviewed publications for analyses as part of course assignments. Given the popularity of on-campus therapy dog stress-reduction programs, this topic fosters buy-in from students whilst providing information regarding the importance of mental…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Learning Motivation, Undergraduate Students, Data Analysis
Clandinin, D. Jean; Long, Julie; Schaefer, Lee; Downey, C. Aiden; Steeves, Pam; Pinnegar, Eliza; McKenzie Robblee, Sue; Wnuk, Sheri – Teaching Education, 2015
Early career teacher attrition has most often been conceptualized as either a problem associated with individual factors (e.g. burnout) or a problem associated with contextual factors (e.g. support and salary). This study considered early career teacher attrition as an identity making process that involves a complex negotiation between individual…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Semi Structured Interviews, Working Hours
Abdel Azim Zumrawi; Leah P. Macfadyen – Cogent Education, 2023
Student Evaluations of Teaching (SETs) gather crucial feedback on student experiences of teaching and learning and have been used for decades to evaluate the quality of teaching and student experience of instruction. In this paper, we make the case for an important improvement to the analysis of SET data that can further refine its interpretation.…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Student Attitudes, Reliability
Download full textStephen Downes – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2023
Data literacy is the ability to collect, manage, evaluate, and apply data, in a critical manner. It is a relatively new field of study, dating only from the 2010s. It includes the skills necessary to discover and access data, manipulate data, evaluate data quality, conduct analysis using data, interpret results of analyses, and understand the…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Data Analysis, Ethics, Data Use
An Environmental Scan of Fatalities Involving Canadian Minors Engaged in Outdoor Learning Activities
Ritchie, Stephen D.; Priest, Simon; Jackson, Jeff – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2023
The purpose of our study was to systematically compile fatality data in Canada involving minors in school and youth groups engaged in outdoor learning, and then compare these incidents to other available data related to risk of fatalities, fatality rates, patterns, and contributory causes. This mixed methods study involved collecting fatality data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Outdoor Education
Barbara Laster; Rebecca Rogers; Tiffany Gallagher; D. Beth Scott; Sheri Vasinda; Pelusa Orellana; Joan Rhodes; Theresa Deeney; Rachael Waller; Mary Hoch; Leslie Cavendish; Tammy Milby; Melinda Butler; Tracy Johnson; Shadrack Msengi; Cheryl Dozier; Shelly Huggins; Debra Gurvitz – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2024
Literacy clinics have a long history of providing supplemental assessment and instruction to students with literacy needs, but they were tested during the COVID-19 pandemic, as many pivoted from a face-to face format to three-way remote learning. This study provides a window into how literacy clinics at this moment of transformation in education…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Literacy, Foreign Countries
Ekol, George – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2015
This paper analyses introductory statistics students' verbal and gestural expressions as they interacted with a dynamic sketch (DS) designed using "Sketchpad" software. The DS involved numeric data points built on the number line whose values changed as the points were dragged along the number line. The study is framed on aggregate…
Descriptors: Statistics, Introductory Courses, Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication
Cruz, Edward Venzon; Quicho, Rosario F.; Ibañez, Edwin D. – Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2022
The purpose of this study is to explore a practical nursing bridging program's education environment and the role transition of internationally educated nurses (IENs) who were enrolled full-time at a community college in Toronto, Canada, during the winter semester of school year 2018-2019. A survey questionnaire consisting of three parts was used…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Program Descriptions, Correlation, Predictor Variables
Casabianca, Jodi M.; Lewis, Charles – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2018
The null hypothesis test used in differential item functioning (DIF) detection tests for a subgroup difference in item-level performance--if the null hypothesis of "no DIF" is rejected, the item is flagged for DIF. Conversely, an item is kept in the test form if there is insufficient evidence of DIF. We present frequentist and empirical…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Hypothesis Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Analysis
Mercier, Julien; Frederiksen, Carl – Computers & Education, 2008
Research on help seeking with a computer coach providing on-demand help has not produced fully adequate models of the process from a cognitive perspective. The present study postulates a model of help seeking from a cognitive perspective and tests this model in a learning situation characterized as problem-based and computer-supported. The…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Help Seeking, Computer Assisted Instruction, Problem Based Learning
Hall, Nathan; Bradford, Brent; da Costa, José; Robinson, Daniel B. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2020
Background and Purpose: Despite widespread evidence suggesting the numerous benefits from being active in outdoor environments, children in many Western nations have recently been spending less time outdoors. This cross-sectional exploratory study provides a descriptive examination of physical education teachers' embracement of alternative…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Outdoor Education, Learning Activities
Andres, Lesley – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2022
The purpose of this article is to examine if educational homogamy patterns are associated intergenerationally, the extent to which today's couples are homogamous, and how this translates into levels of family income and financial and overall well-being. To examine these relationships, 28 years of longitudinal data from the British Columbia…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Marriage, Family Income, Well Being
Andrews, J. W.; Murry, A.; Istvanffy, P. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2023
The aim of this manuscript is to present and discuss an attempt at transformative change in an on-reserve school in northern Saskatchewan. Myriad studies and government statistics have stated that on- reserve Indigenous students occupy the lowest levels of success in Canada as it relates to almost any recognized metric. In response to the ongoing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, American Indian Reservations, Reservation American Indians
Kuntz, Jeff; Manokore, Viola – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2022
Objectives: The main objective of this study was to explore students' experiences of the emergency virtual remote teaching, which was implemented as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: 439 students enrolled at a community college in Canada responded to a survey that had Likert-scale and open-ended questions. Anderson's model for online…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Lorusso, Jenna R.; Schaefer, Lee – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
To inform a response to recent critiques of physical and health education (PHE) research activity within Canadian universities, this research inquired into peer-reviewed PHE publications by Canadian-based authors between 2010 and 2015 via an analysis of published research method framed within a 'health' metaphor. The three-phase method involved:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Health Education, Higher Education
