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Parent and child attitudes towards educational and occupational achievement as a function of acculturation
(2001)As individuals and families move from India to Canada, they bring with them the values, attitudes, and beliefs they held in their native country. During the process of building new lives in a new country the immigrants ... -
Parent perceptions of safe hockey and their child's participation in physical activity / by Alyshia Landry
(2007)Background: Ice hockey, a very popular sport in Canada, is enjoyed by the young and old alike. However, like any other sport, participating in hockey exposes players to the possibility of injury. The majority of injuries ... -
Parent, teacher and administrator perceptions of the benefits and costs to students participating in an integrated program
(2005)The primary purpose of this qualitative case study is to examine the benefits and costs to students participating in an integrated program. The data were collected through participant observation and informal interviews ... -
Parental involvement as a teaching strategy : attitudes, opinions, and perceptions in Thunder Bay
(1988)During the 1970s and into the 1980s the communications media and educational theorists have reported and analyzed public dissatisfaction with school systems. One cause of this dissatisfaction is that school systems ... -
Partial synthesis of chaksine
(1976)This thesis is concerned with the preliminary studies in the synthesis of a monoterpenoid alkaloid, chaksine, Ethyl 2-methylcyclohexanone-6-carboxylate (XI) was hydroxymethylated with formaldehyde to give Ethyl 2-me ... -
Participatory action research as a tool for community development : experiences from Northwestern Ghana
(1998)This study reports on a community development project conducted in Charia, a small village in northwestern Ghana. The primary intent of the study was to field-test the participatory action research approach of actively ... -
Participatory approach to community-based curriculum development for the Living With Elephants outreach program in Botswana
(2003)There are increasing conflicts arising between humans and elephants throughout Africa and Asia. The Republic of Botswana, which has one of the world’s largest elephant populations, is no exception. One strategy for ... -
Pattern and chronology of prebasic moult in wood-warblers (Parulidae)
(2003)This study compared the pattern and chronology of the prebasic moult in seven warbler species (Parulidae) at two locations in Ontario. Yellow Warblers {Dendroica petechia) were the earliest to start flight feather moult. ... -
Patterns of allozyme variation in tamarack (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch) from northern Ontario
(1988)Roots from approximately 30 trees from each of 44 populations across the range of tamarack (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch) in northern Ontario were analyzed electrophoretically for allozymic variation in 14 enzyme systems ... -
Peer acceptance and self-esteem in gifted children
(1987)The present study examined how well gifted children in regular classrooms were accepted by their classmates. Fifty-four gifted and 681 normal IQ children in Grades two through eight were given peer ratings by their classmates ... -
Peer acceptance, deviancy training, and victimization as predictors of adolescent problems : a search for personality moderators / by Hilary Cartwright.
(2006)"More recently, the importance of peer relationships with respect to the development of behavioural and emotional difficulties in children and adolescents has been acknowledged ... The extent to which individuals' experience ... -
Perceived exertion and work capacity during the menstrual cycle
(1984)The purpose of this study was to identify and confirm biochemically three phases of the menstrual cycle in 14 well conditioned athletes and then to examine the effects of the various phases on work capacity, perceived ... -
Perceived importance, causal attributions and history of teasing as moderators of the relationship between appearance esteem and global self-esteem / by Cindy Larocque.
(1993)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between perceived importance of physical appearance and weight control, appearance esteem, and global self-esteem. Past research has found that perceived ... -
Perceived stress among Alzheimer support group members : a broader perspective
(2004)This study examines the experience of Alzheimer caregiver support group members in relation to their perceived levels of stress. Thirty-three participants from the six Alzheimer Society sites in the jurisdiction of ... -
Perceptions of Catholic administrators and trustees regarding Bill 30's impact on the mission of separate schools
(1992)This study examines the perceptions of Catholic Administrators and Trustees about Bill 30's impact on the ability of Separate School Boards in Ontario to retain their distinctive mission. The conceptual lens for this ... -
Perceptions of conformity during the student teaching placement
(2001)The purpose of this study was to examine the issue of conformity and the relationship between student teachers and associate teachers during the pre-service practicum. The three questions that guided this research included: ...