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Adult college students perceptions on science education : reclaiming lost ground in science education in preparation for health science programs / by Anita Graham.
(2008)
This study was based upon the issues surrounding science education and how they impact students’ further science education as well as their everyday lives. The research was a qualitative study that used an interview guide. ...
Adapting the Ontario teacher performance appraisal manual to video-based teacher assessment / by Eric Fredrickson.
(2008)
This study asks if a teacher appraisal tool, the Ontario "Teacher Performance Appraisal Manual" (TPAM) can be modified toward the assessment of pre-service teacher competencies as viewed in archived videoconference lessons. ...
Buffering against the negative effects of body image media exposure : a comparison of social psychological interventions
(1999)
Evidence of sociocultural influences on the development and maintenance of body image
comes from shifting media trends and cross-cultural differences in the prevalence of eating
disorders. Further, previous research has ...
Testing of nitride-semiconductor-based sensors for monitoring in control systems / by Hang Yu.
(2008)
"Sensors have become integrated into control system, for either mechanical, optical, chemical, or biological applications. The new materials for the sensor designing, diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS), are attractive ...
Relationship of sedentary behaviour and physical activity patterns to certain aspects of the family food environment with the risk for overweight in 3- to 5- year old children in a rural environment / by Andrea Dawn Schroeder.
(2008)
The primary objective of this study was to assess for a relationship between sedentary and physical activity patterns to certain aspects of the family food environment with child body mass index (BMI) in children ages 3 ...
Impact of benzodiazepines and opioid analgesics on safe driving / by Sacha Dubois.
(2008)
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to relieve anxiety and aid sleep; opioid
analgesics are prescribed to relieve severe or chronic pain. Both medications act as central nervous system depressants and can impair ones ability ...
Investigation into the attention profile of boys with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder / by Laura Anne Sheehan.
(2009)
Attention problems have been identified as an associated problem in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), using the Child Behaviour Checklist, and the Covert Orienting of Visuospatial Attention Task. ...
Advocacy, stress, and quality of life in parents of children with developmental disabilities
(1999)
Research has consistently demonstrated that parents of children with developmental disabilities
experience more stress than parents of non-disabled children (Beckman, 1991; Dyson, 1991). In
order to face the challenges ...
Perfectionism, motivational orientation and academic performance
(2001)
The present study examined the association between perfectionism and academic
performance, as well as how motivational orientations (fear of failure and achievement
motivation) and achievement goals (performance-approach, ...