Research at Small Canadian Universities

Transforming Science Education at Large Research Universities

Merit Pay in Canadian Universities

Montréal. Il a pour mission la promotion et la valorisation de la recherche. Érudit offre des services d'édition numérique de documents scientifiques depuis 1998. Pour communiquer avec les responsables d'Érudit : [email protected] Article "Academic Contests? Merit Pay in Canadian Universities / Le salaire au mérite dans les universités canadiennes / Concursos Académicos ?: Sueldo de acuerdo a...

The Role of Universities in Small Satellite Research

The investigation of fundamental scientific problems is a core mission of the university. Professors and researchers have had a long, successful history as principal investigators for such projects. Now, because technological advances have made small spacecraft less expensive and more capable, universities can offer their services in the area of spacecraft design and development as well. This i...

Approaches to R education in Canadian universities

Introduction: R language is a powerful tool used in a wide array of research disciplines and owes a large amount of its success to its open source and adaptable nature. The popularity of R has grown rapidly over the past two decades and the number of users and packages is increasing at a near exponential rate. This rapid growth has prompted a number of formal and informal online and text resour...

Establishing Good Laboratory Practice at Small Colleges and Universities†

Misconceptions, also known as alternate conceptions, about key concepts often hinder the ability of students to learn new knowledge. Concept inventories (CIs) are designed to assess students' understanding of key concepts, especially those prone to misconceptions. Two-tiered CIs include prompts that ask students to explain the logic behind their answer choice. Such two-tiered CIs afford an oppo...