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Academic Writing: A Self-Assessment Strategy for Cadence, Fluency, and Vocabulary Choice
(CreateSpace, 2011)Entering graduate students typically demonstrate a wide range of academic writing competencies. The purpose of the instructional practice described in this chapter is to close the writing literacy gaps and raise the standard ... -
Accommodation access by Southern California Community College students with specific learning disabilities
(2019-12-18)Despite the increase of students with disabilities (SWD) attending college, students who self-identify with specific learning disabilities (SLD) are not accessing the accommodations needed to assist them with their academic ... -
Action Plan for Integrating Information Literacy Instruction
(2006-04)Document details a vision formulated in 2006 for the information literacy program at City University (CityU) as a fully integrated, university-wide program that addresses core information literacy competencies and that ... -
Active Online Learning: Implementing the Case Study/Personal Portfolio Method
(CreateSpace, 2011)Students in online classrooms must be prepared with the skills necessary to be successful in the twenty-first century. Pink (2005) stressed that educators must provide learning that not only engages the left-brain thinkers ... -
Adapting the Islands of Safety Model for LGBTQ2S+ Communities
(2016-10-24)The purpose of this study was to gain initial feedback from lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, two-spirit and other gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ2S+) counsellors, social workers and anti-violence workers on the ... -
Addressing Bullying Behaviours Without Labeling the Individual
(2018-05-31)This thesis explores ways of addressing bullying behaviours without labeling the individual. There is a lot of information in the news, research and the media about helping victims of bullying but there seems to be little ... -
Addressing Faith in the Counselling Room: A Phenomenological Exploration of Lived Experience
(2019)Since a large percentage of the world’s population identifies with some sort of religious practice, I believe that as counsellors we need to feel comfortable and competent working not only with those from diverse ethnic ... -
Addressing Internalized Oppression in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy: Towards a Liberating and Inclusive Clinical Practice
(2016)This document consists of five chapters that attempt to integrate liberating and anti-oppressive concepts and Cognitive-Behavioural principles in psychotherapy. Its purpose is to develop guidelines for cognitive behavioural ... -
Addressing the effects of social media use on adolescents
(2019-11)Communication is humans’ most basic desire and as technology advances, mobile phones and social media provide this by allowing people to connect and by giving a sense of belonging. As of January 2017, approximately 37% of ... -
Adolescent Bereavement: A Nuanced Landscape of Loss
(2015-04)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the topic of adolescent bereavement within the scope of three essays which together comprise a manuscript thesis. Drawing upon both structuralist and postmodern theoretical frameworks, ... -
Advances In Exemplary Instruction
(CreateSpace, 2015)This book is the fourth in the Proven Practices in Higher Education series dedicated to sharing a collection of practices from a group of faculty members at a single university. City University of Seattle (CityU) is a ... -
An Alternative Education Program for At-Risk Students Implemented in a Rural Alberta High School
(2016-03)For over 50 years, schools across North America have implemented a variety of alternative education programs to help address the needs of students who have struggled in traditional school settings. Students who do not ... -
An Analysis of Successful Induction Programs for Early Career Teachers in Rural Central Washington State
(2016-06-25)This qualitative applied research study addressed the challenges public school principals in rural school communities face with regard to retention of provisional teachers. The two research questions that guided this study ... -
Andragogy and the Adult Learner
(CreateSpace, 2016)Pedagogy and andragogy are two theories of learning. Pedagogy requires the students to be dependent upon the teacher for knowledge, and any experiences students may have yield little value. On the other hand, andragogy is ... -
Are student support plans in middle schools effective in addressing social/emotional needs in young adolescents?
(2020-03)The purpose of this paper is to look at whether current student support plans in British Columbia middle schools are addressing the social/emotional needs of students. Adequate funding, teacher training, and social emotional ... -
The Art and Science of Videoconference Instruction
(CreateSpace, 2011)Videoconference instruction is a relatively new addition to the portfolio of delivery modes for instruction. This article summarizes recommendations from the literature and the experiences of faculty and students with the ... -
Asian Immigrant Women in Relationships with Caucasian Men: Possible Risk Factors for Domestic Violence
(2016-05-12)Over the past ten years, the numbers of interracial relationships between immigrant women and Caucasian men have increased rapidly in Canada. According the National Household Survey, “4.6% of all married and common-law ... -
Asking For It: The Sexualized Violence of Jian Ghomeshi as Depicted by Four Traditional Journalistic Media Sources
(2016-03-26)When the scandal surrounding ex-CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi first broke in the fall of 2014, the subsequent outpouring of public opinion, and the ongoing tension between victim sympathy and legal due process as captured ... -
Assessing Competencies for Integrating Religion and Spirituality into Counselling
(2010-06)This is a quantitative study using a self-administered survey as its methodology. The purpose of this study is to gain insight into how practicing therapists view the place and limits of religion and spirituality in ... -
The Attached Leader: The Development of Trust and How it Influences Leadership Styles
(2016-03)Throughout the last century, much work and research has been done to identify the personality styles and traits of effective leaders (Ainsworth & Bowlby, 1991; Towler, 2005; Lencioni, 2014; Sethuraman & Suresh, 2014; ...
