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Accommodating Students on Classroom and Large-scale Assessments: Teachers’ Perspectives and Validity Issues
(2015)The objective of this research was to examine teacher perspectives of accommodation practices in the classroom, on large-scale assessments, and their effect on the validity of large-scale assessment data in Ontario ... -
Chronic student absenteeism
(2019)Chronic student absenteeism, defined as a student missing 10% or more of the school year, is a significant issue for educators. This portfolio is a practical resource guide for school administrators seeking to reduce ... -
Does this count for marks? : a mixed methods analysis of teacher opinion of counting a large-scale assessment toward class grades
(2012-11-10)The objective of this research was to gain insights on teacher opinions related to the practice of counting a portion of a large-scale educational assessment (LSA) for students' grades. [The author] anaylized the responses ... -
The Education Data Issues Model : using a knowledge mobilization framework to examine teachers' engagement with large scale assessment data as a means to enhance student learning
(2012-11-10)The purpose of this research was to examine the Education Data Issues Model (EDIM), as a useful conceptual framework through which to study teachers' engagement with large scale assessment data as a means to enhance student ... -
The effect of removing examinees with low motivation on item response data calibration
(2014-01-22)Many item-response models (IRM) used to estimate student abilities and test item parameters in large-scale assessments (LSA) do not account for the effect of student low motivation. This effect may pose a threat to the ... -
Evaluation of the Good Readers' Club : an early literacy intervention program
(2006)Programs reviewed include : Success for All, Reading Recovery, the 5th Block Program and the Good Readers' Club at the Lakehead District School Board (Thunder Bay, Northwestern Ontario). 29 grade two students from ten ... -
Formative evaluation of "Humanities 101 : a Lakehead University community initiative" : the perspective of the students
(2006)In the Fall of 2005, the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University implemented a twelve-week program aimed at providing non-traditional students an experience in higher education. The purpose of this study was to ... -
Online competency-based resident assessment for the discipline of anesthesiology: a needs assessment
(2019)In Canada, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) are implementing a model of competency-based medical education (CBME) for all specialty-training programs called Competence by Design (CBD). ... -
Online learning as a social environment — toward the refinement of practice
(2023)The 2020 publication of The Distance Learning Playbook implores us to “never let a crisis go to waste” (Fisher et al., 2020, p. 169). This quote is applicable to the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis from which we continue to ... -
Physician teacher perceptions of undergraduate medical students' four week integrated community experience / by Marsha Ann Reinikka.
(2008)The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of Northern Ontario physician-teachers with regard to second-year medical students who participated in a Northern Ontario Medicine (NOSM) four-week integrated community ... -
Reflective learning cycle of new teachers who are teaching ESL via desktop videoconferencing
(2005)The purpose of the thesis research was to understand and describe new teachers’ experiences teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) via desktop videoconferencing (DVC) by applying a conceptual model of the reflective ...
