Today's educational changes necessitate that teachers have a broad range of knowledge,
values, skills, and competencies to provide effective instruction. Despite this, research on …

Large-scale assessment (LSA) is a tool used by education authorities for several purposes,
including the promotion of teacher-based instructional change. In Canada, all 10 provinces …

This qualitative study explores the factors affecting the teaching of Grade 9 Locally
Developed mathematics. This analysis focuses on what factors teachers perceived as …

In this chapter, we report on the results of a 4-year professional development projects
focusing on improving teaching and learning for grade 9 students in Ontario. The …

This study aims to explore goals of learning science and methods used for developing non-
cognitive skills in science classroom according to middle school teachers' perspectives …

This edited volume started off as a practical project of the first editor to fill a selfidentified void
of not having a singular Canadian text that could be used as a source of relevant literature in …

Overview: For the purposes of this Community of Practice, the third transition of focus is the
one between elementary and high school. The transition from Grade 8 to 9 is a challenging …