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Haque, Aisha; Meadows, Ken N. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2020
Graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training initiatives such as the Lead TA Program seek to enhance the instructional competence of GTAs at a disciplinary level. This paper outlines the results of a mixed-method study conducted to evaluate the perceived impact of the Lead TA Program on GTAs during a two-year pilot implementation stage at a large,…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students, Research Universities, Program Implementation
Maynard, Brandy R.; Solis, Michael R.; Miller, Veronica L.; Brendel, Kristen E. – Campbell Collaboration, 2017
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in schools have positive effects on cognitive and socio-emotional processes, but do not improve behavior and academic achievement. The use of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in schools has been on the rise. Schools are using MBI's to reduce student stress and anxiety and improve socio-emotional…
Descriptors: Perception, Metacognition, Intervention, Cognitive Ability
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Weeks, Lori E.; Villeneuve, Michelle A.; Hutchinson, Susan; Roger, Kerstin; Versnel, Joan; Packer, Tanya – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2015
We investigated the experiences of research assistants in their dual role as both employees and trainees, when they were employed in a complex, mixed-methods, Canadian study on the everyday experience of living with and managing a chronic condition. A total of 13 research assistants participated in one or more components of this study: a survey (n…
Descriptors: Mentors, Research Assistants, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries
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Yap, Margaret; Holmes, Mark Robert; Hannan, Charity-Ann; Cukier, Wendy – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between employees' perceptions of diversity training (DT) existence and effectiveness with organizational commitment (OC), and career satisfaction (CS). Design/methodology/approach: The analyses in this paper utilize survey data collected between 2006 and 2007 from over 11,000…
Descriptors: Employees, Job Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Investigations
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Bolduc, Jonathan – International Journal of Music Education, 2009
This research examines the effect of a music training programme on the development of phonological awareness among 104 Franco-Canadian kindergarten children. The experimental group (N = 51) participated in an adapted version of the Standley and Hughes music training programme, while the control group (N = 53) took part in the Ministere de…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Phonological Awareness, Auditory Perception
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Elbeck, Matt A.; Buchanan, Gary W. – Administration in Mental Health, 1987
Measured a psychiatric hospital's image, using qualitative and quantitative methods. Used data from the consumer public to illustrate the development and implementation of an image program stressing multi-public awareness, preference and utilization of the hospital's services vis-a-vis the hospital's mission statement. This study demonstrated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measurement, Perception, Program Content
Cheng, Maisy; Brown, Robert S. – 1992
The Teacher Peer Support Program (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) described in this report was monitored for 2 years, from its inception in the 1990-1991 school year. The main objective of the research was to ascertain the degree of success of a formal induction program. Sources of information included questionnaire data from two cohorts of novice and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Development