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Gube, Maren; Shore, Bruce M. – Online Submission, 2018
From the 1990s until 2017 the High Ability and Inquiry Research Group (HAIR) at McGill University in Montreal, received C$1.3M in research funds from Canadian, Quebec, and US agencies to support its research and graduate training in education and educational psychology. Their research encompassed two principal areas, Inquiry in Education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Educational Objectives, Academic Ability
Gustafson, Brenda; MacDonald, Dougal; d'Entremont, Yvette – Alberta Education, 2007
This report presents a literature review of elementary science and design technology education research. The review is intended to provide direction to the elementary science working groups charged with the responsibility to revise the "Alberta Elementary Science Program" (1996) by reflecting current ideas reported in research…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Programs, Scientific Principles, Problem Solving
Wilkinson, John W. – Australian Science Teachers' Journal, 1999
Discusses the meaning of a "contextual approach" to teaching physics. Advances a model of contextual physics teaching that can also be applied to other science disciplines. (Contains 54 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Learning Theories
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Ellis, Edwin S.; Rock, Marcia L. – Exceptionality, 2002
Being strategic at facilitating change in the quality of accommodations employed on behalf of students with learning disabilities means focusing on teacher-specific variables. This article provides a critical analysis of these variables, presents a triadic synergistic model for implementing change, and discusses the development of software for…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software