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Weaver, Kari D. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of short professional development interventions, covering core concepts in teaching and learning, on the self-efficacy of academic librarians in the teaching role. The participants in this study were six academic librarians at a large, research-intensive university in Canada for whom instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Self Efficacy, Teacher Role
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Tian, Fang; Roy, Marguerite; Streefkerk, Cindy; De Champlain, Andre F.; Anderson, Erin; Cuddihy, Helen – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of using a Competency-based Achievement System (CBAS) (a formative tool) in the practice ready assessment (PRA) of internationally-trained physicians seeking licensure to practice in Canada (summative assessment). The study was a retrospective analysis of over 5,000 FieldNotes completed…
Descriptors: Physicians, Foreign Medical Graduates, Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment
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Valois, Robert F.; Lewallen, Theresa C.; Slade, Sean; Tasco, Adriane N. – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the formative evaluation results from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Healthy School Communities (HSC) pilot project. Design/methodology/approach: This study utilized 11 HSC pilot sites in the USA (eight sites) and Canada (three sites). The evaluation question was…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Best Practices, Program Implementation
Volante, Louis; Beckett, Danielle – Canadian Journal of Education, 2011
Twenty teachers working in elementary and secondary schools were interviewed from 2 school districts in southern Ontario, Canada about their understanding and use of particular formative assessment strategies. Analysis of the interviews followed a constant comparison method and revealed a variety of emerging themes. Results suggested an imbalance…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Beckett, Danielle; Volante, Louis; Drake, Susan – Education Canada, 2010
Despite clear evidence that formative assessment creates vantage points throughout the teaching-learning cycle for both teachers and students, research suggests that teachers are not taking advantage of the full cadre of formative assessment strategies available to them--particularly those that have been associated with improved student learning…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), School Culture, Formative Evaluation, Questioning Techniques
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Stockley, Denise – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004
In this study, institution-wide strategic plans that were available online were examined in detail to determine how educational technology was referred to in these documents. Based on this data and the literature, a schedule of principles for supporting the implementation of educational technology in post-secondary teaching was developed.…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Technological Advancement, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education
Phelps, Julia; Reynolds, Ross – 1998
The EuroMET (European Meteorological Education and Training) project was created to address the education and training needs of professional meteorologists and students in tertiary education throughout Europe and more widely. Two courses, each modular in format, have been developed for the World Wide Web. The courses have been evaluated at three…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Course Evaluation