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Towards a Theory for Supporting Creativity in Schools
Education recognizes that creativity is important for students and society. However, teachers have scant direction about how to support it, in part because current understanding of what works is piecemeal, as is the empirical ... -
Stakeholder voices: Validity argument for score meaning and use of the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) in international business workplaces in South Korea
Competent English communication skills are essential to success within international business workplaces. To assess employees’ qualifications for international businesses, international companies have used the Test of ... -
A Pedagogy of Selflessness: a Multiple Case Study Exploring the Cultivation and Expression of Student Selflessness in an Ontario Grade 6 Classroom
In a society where self-indulgence is aggressively promoted, sapping the vitality of our youth and adults, educators have a moral obligation to react. This study offers a reaction through a pedagogy of selflessness. A ... -
The Internationalization of Education and its Effects on the Self-Efficacy of Rural Secondary Mathematics Teachers in Supporting English Language Learners
The internationalization of education is happening in secondary schools across Canada. Between 2015 and 2017, the number of international students arriving in Canada increased by 41 percent. Ontario alone hosted over 121,000 ... -
A Grounded Theory of Creative Identity
It is no small irony that studies of creative identity have themselves tended to lack creativity. Drawing on interviews with participants who self-identify as creative, this study goes beyond conventional notions of creative ... -
Chronic Health Conditions in the Classroom: A Pan-Canadian Assessment of Adolescent Psychosocial Functioning
Due to a variety of factors (e.g., absence from school, being physically unable to take part in certain activities), students with Chronic Health Conditions (CHCs) are at a greater risk of low academic achievement and less ... -
An Historical Examination of the Secondary Mathematics Curriculum in Ontario Through Two Lenses: Curriculum Policy Documents and Reflections of Leaders in the Field
The secondary mathematics curriculum in Ontario has gone through many revisions and renewals during the past 60 years. Current curriculum and policy documents are readily available, yet previous documents are not easily ... -
Preparing Elementary Preservice Teachers to Integrate Information and Communications Technology in Teaching and Learning: Exploring the Intended, Enacted, and Experienced Curriculum
The goal of this case study was to understand and identify the supporting factors to prepare elementary preservice teachers to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning. My interest ... -
Exploring the Washback Effects of the Chinese National Matriculation English Test (NMET) on Student Learning and Their Test Anxiety
Washback refers to the effects of language testing on teaching and learning (Alderson & Wall, 1993). Washback studies have been frequently conducted in educational fields in the past several decades (Alderson & Wall, 1993; ... -
Exploring the Alignment of the Secondary School Certificate English Examination with Curriculum and Classroom Instruction: a Washback Study in Bangladesh
In the nearly three decades of research, washback research has explored a range of factors such as teachers, students, and social contexts in order to understand how testing influences teaching and learning globally. ... -
A Study of Immigrant International Medical Graduates’ Re-Licensing in Ontario: Their Experiences, Reflections, and Recommendations
This study is about the lived re-licensing experiences of immigrant international physicians in Ontario who are commonly referred to as International Medical Graduates (IMGs). The study had a two-fold purpose, the first ... -
A scoping review of research on play-based pedagogies in kindergarten education
(Wiley, 2017-05-08)Across a number of countries, play-based learning is the mandated pedagogy in early years’ curricula. However, a lack of consensus remains both in research and practice regarding the value and role of play in children's ... -
Elementary students as active agents in their learning: an empirical study of the connections between assessment practices and student metacognition
(Springer Nature, 2018-03-01)This study explored how elementary teachers leveraged and structured student-involved formative assessment to promote metacognition and self-regulation. Research has suggested a connection between formative assessment ... -
Assessment in play-based kindergarten classrooms: An empirical study of teacher perspectives and practices
(Informa UK Limited, 2017-09-03)Kindergarten education is changing. Current reforms have increased accountability structures requiring teachers to integrate assessments throughout their instruction to support academic learning while retaining developmentally ... -
Does Theory Translate into Practice? An Observational Study of Current Mathematics Pedagogies in Play-Based Kindergarten
(Springer Nature, 2019-05-01)There is rising concern in research and practice to improve early years mathematics education as initial mathematical mastery sets the foundation for future academic success. In response to these concerns, this study used ... -
Context and Implications Document for: A scoping review of research on play-based pedagogies in kindergarten education
(Wiley, 2017-05-08)This guide accompanies the following article: Pyle, A., DeLuca, C., & Danniels, E. (2017) A scoping review of research on play-based pedagogies in kindergarten education. Review of Education, https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3097 -
Teacher assessment literacy: a review of international standards and measures
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016-08-01)Assessment literacy is a core professional requirement across educational systems. Hence, measuring and supporting teachers’ assessment literacy have been a primary focus over the past two decades. At present, there are a ... -
Re-conceptualizing classroom assessment fairness: A systematic meta-ethnography of assessment literature and beyond
(Elsevier BV, 2018-03-01)Conceptualizing fairness in student assessment at classroom levels has been an area of focus in recent years given the growing emphasis on assessment-driven teaching and educational accountability across educational systems. ... -
Approaches to Classroom Assessment Inventory: A New Instrument to Support Teacher Assessment Literacy
(Informa UK Limited, 2016-10-01)Teacher assessment literacy has become a central priority across many educational systems in North America and elsewhere in response to growing accountability demands. Although many scholars have aimed to measure teacher ... -
Supporting evidence use in networked professional learning: the role of the middle leader
(Informa UK Limited, 2017-04-03)Background: In Canada, contemporary collaborative professional learning models for educators utilise multiple forms of evidence to inform practice. Commonly, two forms of evidence are prioritised: (a) research-based evidence ...
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