Events
Tags: CONFERENCES & conventions; CURRICULA (Courses of study); LITERACY; MATHEMATICAL ability; LEARNING; EDUCATION
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- events. // Literacy Today;Mar2003, Issue 34, p29
The article provides information about certain events centered on literacy. The events include the Federation of Children's Book Groups annual conference and the Library and Information Show in April, the National Share-a-Story Month, Reading for All by the National Centre for Language and...
- Developing Better Understanding of Children and Youth. Sherer, Lorraine // Educational Leadership;Feb1954, Vol. 11 Issue 5, p279
This article focuses on the creation of a good learning environment for study. In March hundreds of supervisors and curriculum directors from all over the country will meet to study the big problem of creating a good learning environment. Fourteen groups plan to approach this main problem from...
- Not Just Adding Aboriginal Contents to a Non-Aboriginal Curriculum: Preparing Saskatchewan Teachers for the Rising Aboriginal School Population. Witt, Norbert W. // International Journal of Learning;2005/2006, Vol. 12 Issue 10, p347
By 2016, more than 40% of Saskatchewan's students will be of Aboriginal origin according to Statistics Canada. Educators will face the challenge to meet the educational needs of the rising Aboriginal population. The dual goal of reinforcing Aboriginal identity and to provide training necessary...
- The Use Of Metacognitive Scaffolding To Improve College Students' Academic Success. James, Ioney; Okpala, Comfort O. // Journal of College Teaching & Learning;Nov2010, Vol. 7 Issue 11, p47
In this era of accountabilities and complex ecologies, it is important to highlight results from metacognitive scaffolding, aimed at enhancing the learning strategies of a group of college freshmen preparing for the Praxis 1 examination. The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of the...
- Political and Cultural Influences on Perceptions of Learning in Western Ukraine. Raine, I. LaVerne; Linek, Wayne M.; Szabo, Susan; Shutova, Irina; Shutov, Aleksander // Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin;Fall2012, Vol. 79 Issue 1, p32
The curricula of schools are directly influenced by government directives, but what are the impressions of ordinary students and citizens concerning literacy attainment and literacy practices during very different governmental agendas? The authors conducted informal ethnographic interviews,...
- Exam overhaul to boost skills. Persaud, Joy // People Management;2/26/2004, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p10
Deals with an interim report into education for 14- to 19-year-old students aimed at addressing the concerns of British employers over standards of core literacy and numeracy skills. Plan to introduce a diploma system; Integration of vocational qualifications; Support of manufacturing employers...
- WEIGHING UP THE INFLUENCE OF CONTEXT ON JUDGEMENTS OF MATHEMATICAL LITERACY. Meaney, Tamsin // International Journal of Science & Mathematics Education;Dec2007, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p681
Mathematical literacy, viewed as a set of ideas involving applications of mathematics to real-world contexts, has recently featured in curricular discussions about the aims for mathematics education. This article explores the effect that differences in the way that a mathematical task is...
- From the Editor. Shipp, Cara // ACT: ACTivATE;Mar2011, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p2
An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including Australian curriculum, the AATE National Conference held in Perth, West Australia, and inquiry learning.
- THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTIVATING GENERAL IDEAS IN ARITHMETIC. Wheat, Harry G. // Education;Apr1932, Vol. 52 Issue 8, p450
The article argues that arithmetic can be effectively taught by wholes rather than by parts. Phases of contention that arithmetic is a unified system of ideas and not a multiplicity of details was presented . Developing an understanding of the meaning and usage of fundamental ideas in...
