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Symons, Sarah L.; Colgoni, Andrew; Harvey, Chad T. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
We describe interim results of an ongoing longitudinal pedagogical study investigating the efficacy of the Honours Integrated Science Program (iSci). We describe the pedagogical methods we use to prompt research skill development in a model from instructor-dependence to independent original research. We also describe a tool we use to help students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Skills, Honors Curriculum, College Science
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Cartwright, Lyndsay A.; Cvetkovic, Maja; Graham, Spencer; Tozer, Douglas; Chow-Fraser, Patricia – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2015
Due to increasing urbanization, wetlands and streams within city limits are being altered, filled in, and degraded. The habitat that remains is critical for providing urban areas with ecosystem services and maintaining biodiversity, yet is often insufficiently monitored by environmental agencies due to a lack of resources. To help fill this void,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Programs, Urban Programs, Outreach Programs
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Mehrizi-Sani, A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
A summer academy is held for grade 9-12 high school students at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, every year. The academy, dubbed the Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program (DEEP), is a diverse program that aims to attract domestic and international high school students to engineering and sciences (and possibly recruit them). DEEP…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Enrichment Activities, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Broks, Gloria; And Others – 1984
In September 1982, a science school began operation at the Ontario Science Centre to provide programs, personnel, facilities, and resources to help students achieve their potential in physical, intellectual, emotional, social, cultural, and moral development, especially as these relate to scientific knowledge and to the needs of society. This…
Descriptors: High Schools, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, School Effectiveness
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1997
In 1996, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) Youth Strategy introduced summer career placement programs, science and technology camps, and cooperative education programs for First Nations and Inuit youth in Canada. This evaluation focuses on the initial year of implementation, and is based on 100 telephone interviews…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Career Exploration, Cooperative Education