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- Title
- The use of inspiration as a multimedia plenary activity for improving the cognitive assimilation of Biology 12 students.
- Contributors
- Christopher Barnett (author), Andrew Kitchenham (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
- Abstract
- Unit plenary activities are review activities used at the end of an educational unit. This thesis examined the effects of using Inspiration, a concept mapping computer program, as a plenary activity on summative assessment scores, compared the effectiveness of Inspiration to Review Worksheets/Discussion, explored the effects of Inspiration on Understanding, Knowledge and Higher Order Process, examined time on-task behaviours and plenary completion rates, and examined student perception of the effectiveness of Inspiration as a plenary with two classes of Biology 12 students. An action research methodology was applied to collect data from two senior classes. Quantitative data was collected using pre-/post-test results, time on-task behavior, and assignment completion. Qualitative data was collected to identify student perception of the plenary and student study habits. The findings indicate that Inspiration statistically significantly improved summative scores, Understanding, Knowledge, time on-task behaviours, and plenary completion rates. The Inspiration and Review Worksheet/Discussion plenary activities were not statistically different in improving summative scores. --P. ii.
- Discipline
- Education-Multidisciplinary Leadership
- Content Model
- info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
- Date added
- 2011
- Title
- A study of the work experience commitments and academic achievements of high school students
- Contributors
- Anil Padayas (author), Bryan Hartman (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
- Abstract
- This research outlines a study of the relationship between the part-time work experience commitments and academic achievements of high school students in Alberta's Parkland School Division. Significant research conducted over the past two decades disagrees whether part-time work has adverse effects on student achievement. Economic conditions in Canada have tempted high school students to be employed in various labor roles based on a number of factors. Specifically, this study examines the relationship between the work experience hours and academic achievements of Parkland School Division's secondary school students. The author hypothesizes that when hours of work increase, student achievement decreases. An analysis of the 2009-2010 high school data of work experience hours submitted for high school credits toward attaining a diploma will be compared to student achievement in the School Division's high school, Spruce Grove Composite High. A quantitative investigation by means of a multi-variable regression analysis for each grade level, namely Grade 12, Grade 11, and Grade 10, exhibited no significant correlations among the dependent variables (English, Social Studies, and Mathematics marks) and the independent variable, Work Experience Hours. The results of the research analysis did not support the author's hypotheses that this relationship would be significantly negative and that it would increase in relation to the number of hours worked. The information acquired will be reported to assist Parkland School Division and other school jurisdictions to improve educational programming for secondary students. --Leaf ii.
- Discipline
- Education
- Content Model
- info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
- Date added
- 2014
- Title
- An evaluation of the supplemental instruction program implemented in a first-year calculus course.
- Contributors
- Vivian Fayowski (author), Peter MacMillan (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
- Abstract
- No abstract available.
- Discipline
- Education-Curriculum and Instruction
- Content Model
- info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
- Date added
- 2006
- Title
- Work habits evaluation: A closer look.
- Contributors
- Marion Cecile Hofmann (author), Bryan Hartman (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
- Abstract
- No abstract available.
- Discipline
- Education-Counselling
- Content Model
- info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
- Date added
- 1999
- Title
- Electronic portfolios: Tools for supporting the teacher's need for assessment and the student's need for deep learning.
- Contributors
- Mark Newbery (author), Andrew Kitchenham (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
- Abstract
- The purpose of this thesis was to examine the question Can electronic portfolios be used to support the teacher's need for assessment and the students' need for deep learning? Students (n=12) in a grade 11/12 Comparative Civilizations course built electronic portfolios. One was a working portfolio and the other was a showcase portfolio. All assignments were assessed and stored in their working portfolios. Students then selected work that they believed best met the prescribed learning outcomes for the course and stored this work in their showcase portfolios. Quantitative data gathered from a five-point Likert scale questionnaire, and qualitative data extracted from a personal reflective journal, interviews with six students, and student written comments on self-evaluations forms. The data revealed that electronic portfolios can be used to support both the teacher's need for assessment and the students' need for deep learning. --P. ii.
- Discipline
- Education-Multidisciplinary Leadership
- Content Model
- info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
- Date added
- 2012
- Title
- The relationship between entry age and academic achievement for UNBC's graduation cohorts
- Contributors
- Traci Michelle Albee (author), Bryan Hartman (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
- Abstract
- No abstract available.
- Discipline
- Education-Curriculum and Instruction
- Content Model
- info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
- Date added
- 2004