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Effects of Transcription Mode on Word-Level Features of Compositional Quality among French Immersion Elementary Students

open access: yesLanguages
Transcription is an important component of the writing process that affects the quality of children’s compositions. However, little is known about how transcription mode influences productivity or spelling accuracy, two word-level markers of ...
Michelle Chin   +5 more
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Changing the Educational Culture of the Home to Increase Student Success at School

open access: yesSocieties, 2015
Parent involvement in their children’s learning is widely acknowledged as having a positive effect on student academic success. Of particular relevance is the finding that the influence of parent engagement can mitigate differences in socioeconomic ...
Kenneth Leithwood, Penny Patrician
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Understanding Chinese students’ success in the PISA financial literacy: A praxeological analysis of financial numeracy

open access: yesAsian Journal for Mathematics Education, 2022
The goal of this article was to investigate how Chinese mathematics curriculum policies and textbook tasks could help explain the results obtained by Chinese students in the 2012 and 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) financial ...
Alexandre Cavalcante, Huiyu Huang
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Student Achievement Trajectories in Ontario: Creating and validating a province-wide, multi-cohort and longitudinal database

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2023
Introduction Longitudinal data that tracks student achievement over many years are crucial for understanding children's learning and for guiding effective policies and interventions.
Jeanne Sinclair   +2 more
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Domestic Violence in the Canadian Workplace: Are Coworkers Aware?

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2016
Background: Domestic violence (DV) is associated with serious consequences for victims, children, and families, and even national economies. An emerging literature demonstrates that DV also has a negative impact on workers and workplaces.
Jennifer C.D. MacGregor   +2 more
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The Perceptions of University Students as to the Benefits and Barriers to Using Immersive Virtual Reality in Learning to Work with Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

open access: yesEducation Sciences
The aim of this study is to understand the experiences of university students who took part in a pilot program for an experiential learning opportunity in immersive virtual reality (iVR). Experiential learning opportunities are essential for students who
Nicole Luke   +4 more
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Explaining Wealth-Based Disparities in Higher Education Attendance: The Role of Societal Factors

open access: yesSocial Sciences
This article examines factors associated with wealth-based inequalities in higher education attendance at the national level. We draw on data from 99 countries to calculate two distinct country-level indicators for the extent of wealth-based inequality ...
Yara Abdelaziz, Elizabeth Buckner
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Factors structuring estuarine and coastal fish communities across Japan using environmental DNA metabarcoding

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2021
Estuarine and coastal ecosystems are important habitats for many fish species. Large-scale patterns of estuarine and coastal fish communities can be affected by geographical factors, such as water temperature and latitude, that limit or allow fish ...
Manabu Kume   +10 more
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The 60 Years of Queer and Trans Activism and Care Project: Learning to Conduct Archival Research and Write Dramatic Verbatim Monologues

open access: yesArts
This reflective essay describes a research course which provided undergraduate students with an opportunity to conduct archival research on six decades of queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (QTBIPOC) activism and care that have ...
Tara Goldstein, Jenny Salisbury
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High-Performing Young Musicians’ Playing-Related Pain. Results of a Large-Scale Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
The present study examines the prevalence, localization, frequency, and intensity of playing-related pain (PRP) in a sample of high-performing young musicians. We also address coping behavior and communication about PRP between young musicians, teachers,
Heiner Gembris   +3 more
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