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The Promise of Internal Evaluation as a Method of Systematic Inquiry for Program and Organizational Improvement in Higher Education
(2014-09-24)
In an era of greater accountability and fiscal responsibility in higher education, there has been an urgent need for student affairs divisions to evaluate programs and to use findings to inform policy and practice. The ...
What and How University Student Leaders Learned in One Peer Education Program
(2012-10-16)
The purpose of my study was to explore what and how university students learned from their experiences working as peer educators. In my study, I was only interested in investigating peer educators working in formal peer ...
International Male Students’ First-Year Experience
(2012-09-20)
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of four racialized, male, first-year, international students attending a university in southern Ontario and living in university residence. Through four one-on-one ...
The Peer Assessment Process: a Case Study of University Students Receiving Peer Feedback
(2013-01-04)
The ability to receive regular peer feedback on learning should, in theory, be valuable to learners. A formative view will be presented in this study in which information is collected and used as feedback for student ...
Implementation of an Online Quiz Program to Support Learning For All Students in a First-Year Course
(2015-09-22)
Information and communications technology (ICT) is increasingly being incorporated into undergraduate courses to use resources efficiently without compromising teaching and learning quality. While instructors have started ...
A Comparison of Higher Education and Previous Work Experience on Military Police Academy Performance
(2014-03-24)
This research is an attempt at understanding the value of higher education with respect to police officer performance. This study used a sample of 331 Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP) recruits who attended the ...
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Organizational Factors and the Learning Experiences of International Graduate Students
(2013-07-24)
Many higher education institutions in Canada are enrolling international graduate students as part of their internationalization strategy. However, once international graduate students arrive at their host institution, ...
Formative Computer-based Assessments: The potentials and pitfalls of two formative computer-based assessments used in professional learning programs
(2009-01-28)
A case study approach is used to examine two formative computer based assessments (CBAs) used in a School of Medicine and Faculty of Education at a Canadian university. Both assessments contained primarily scenario-based, ...
Transformative Effects of Learning & Assessment-Focused Educational Development
(2012-04-25)
This heuristic inquiry outlines the chronology of my own theory-building, developing awareness and understanding of my educational development practice; I define my practice as learning&assessment-focused educational ...
Non-Full-Time College Professors: a Narrative Inquiry Into the Non-Full-Time Faculty Role
(2016-09-21)
The rate of non-full-time faculty members has increased rapidly over the last decade (Louis, 2009; MacKay, 2014; Meranze & Newfield, 2013), as the post-secondary landscape of fluctuating enrolment, fiscal and operational ...