jeudi 27 septembre 2018 par Jia Li, Robin Kay, Louise Markovich
Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs in many Ontario colleges offer adult learners who have low literacy and basic skills with opportunities to improve their employment skills as well as results on prerequisite courses for entrance into post-secondary education. LBS students encounter many (...)
This paper presents a descriptive case study where infographics—visual representation of data and ideas—have been used as cognitive tools to facilitate learning with multiple representations in the context of secondary school students’ science news reporting. Despite the complementary nature of (…)
mercredi 9 mai 2018 par Michael Paskevicius, Liesel Knaack
This paper presents the case of how a department of applied science went about implementing a tablet initiative in a two-year diploma program. Tablets were a required tool for entry into the program with a goal of reducing textbook purchase costs for students, mirroring industry standard (...)
Cette recherche s’intéresse aux compétences en littératies numériques d’élèves de la 9e à la 11e année du sud, de l’est et du nord de l’Ontario (n=215). Le nombre d’heures que les élèves passent en ligne pour leurs travaux scolaires, le nombre de personnes qui offrent du soutien aux élèves et le (…)
mercredi 9 mai 2018 par Normand Roy, Alexandre Gareau, Bruno Poellhuber
Largement débattu dans la littérature, il existe tout un débat autour des générations dans la société. Souvent utilisé pour caractériser les individus, les réflexions basées sur les générations peuvent devenir problématique lorsque les décideurs orientent leur décision sur des théories non (…)
mercredi 9 mai 2018 par Amélie Desmeules, Christine Hamel, Marie-Catherine St-Pierre, Chantal Desmarais
L’apprentissage de compréhension de lecture (CL) est déterminant pour la persévérance et la réussite scolaires. Les enseignants se sentent peu outillés pour soutenir cet apprentissage et plus précisément le développement des habiletés inférentielles (St-Pierre et al., 2015). Cette (…)
samedi 5 mai 2018 par Joshua DiPasquale, William Hunter
Enhancing critical thinking is a common goal of higher education. Designing and facilitating learning environments in which critical thinking may develop is a key responsibility for instructors. In this paper, we seek to inform future research and practice by investigating instructional (...)
lundi 1er janvier 2018 par Kimberly Maich, Tricia Van Rhijn, Heather Woods, Kimberly Brochu
This study examined the perceptions of teachers in rural Newfoundland (NL) about their current ability to support the use of assistive technology (AT) in their classrooms, and identified possible training needs that could be accomplished remotely. Thirty-two educators from rural areas of NL (...)
lundi 1er janvier 2018 par Jay R Wilson, Marc Gobeil
This research project examined the impact on student engagement of a makerspace approach in an all-First Nations high school. First Nations learners have many factors limiting their success in the K-12 system such as lack of connection to the curriculum, limited cultural relevance of course (...)
lundi 1er janvier 2018 par Gabriel Dumouchel, Thierry Karsenti
While Quebec’s students mainly use Web search engines like Google to find information for their studies, teachers are tasked with giving them the proper training to do it efficiently. But are future teachers well prepared to accomplish their mission? This study analyzes the information seeking (...)