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Tkach, Rochelle; Gallagher, Tiffany L. – Reading Horizons, 2020
Research on this intervention program aimed to address whether digital technology (i.e., apps on tablets) contributes to struggling early readers' (4-6 years old) on-task behavior and level of engagement while learning prerequisite emergent literacy skills (e.g., phonemic awareness, phonics, word recognition and decoding). The research also…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Handheld Devices, Technology Integration, Multimedia Instruction
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Deslandes, Rollande; Rivard, Marie-Claude – School Community Journal, 2013
The new Québec curriculum is different from other curriculum reforms in that it is based on a competency approach, both cross-curricular and disciplinary. It thus means a move from knowledge-based to competency-based assessments which represents a real challenge to parents who may find it hard to understand learning assessments and their child's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
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Smylie, Lisa; Maticka-Tyndale, Eleanor; Boyd, Dana – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2008
The effectiveness of a multidimensional Canadian sex education programme was evaluated using 240 Grade Nine students. The intervention was offered by representatives from various community groups and involved instructional classes on anatomy/physiology of the reproductive system and sexually transmitted infections, a video and group discussion on…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Contraception, Group Discussion, Intervention
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Walker, Evangeline – Urban Review, 1975
Discusses a series of workshops run by The Early Childhood Resource Bank in London, Ontario, desgned to enable adults to live more joyously with children through an increased understanding of themselves, their children, social pressures, and lastly, through the development of real practical skills which in turn will make for freedom to develop…
Descriptors: Homemaking Skills, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Counseling
LaTorre, Ronald A. – 1982
The Personal Safety Project was conducted at an elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia to prevent child sexual misuse/abuse. Awareness and information workshops were held for teachers and parents, while a personal safety workshop was given for children to help them to identify exploitative touch situations and to call for appropriate…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Responsibility, Childhood Attitudes, Elementary Education
Estey, Nancy; MacIsaac, Maitland; Rendell, Sandra – 1999
Based on the understanding that the capacity to learn is optimized in the early years, Early Learning Canada (ELC) is a community workshop program for parents and adults who work with children from birth to age 6 and their families to facilitate life-long learning. This workshop leader guide explains the ELC principles, examines learning styles…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Early Experience, Foreign Countries