THESES     

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Author Title Year Institution
 
Mary Margaret Wadden
Development and implementation of a program monitoring model for Cabot College of Applied Arts, Technology and Continuing Education using Stufflebeam's Context Evaluation.
1995
Memorial University
Patricia Mary Wadsworth
*A study of the perception of the nurses and the patient in identifying his learning needs.
1970
University of British Columbia
Roy Wagner
*The development and pilot evaluation of an instructional instrument designed to teach differential diagnosis.
1970
University of Saskatchewan
Gail E. Wainwright
The effectiveness of the Counterpart Rotation Process to upgrade Kuwaiti physiotherapy practitioners.
2000
Dalhousie University
David Robert Walker
Computer-aided collaboration in a graduate-level music analysis course: an exploration of legitimate peripheral participation.
2001
University of Toronto
Delcy A. Walker
Homogeneity as a consequence of attrition in an interior design program.
1994
University of Calgary
Karen Lynn Wall
The use of intuition by expert clinical nursing teachers in the assessment of the clinical performance of nursing students.
1998
University of Manitoba
Kathleen Margaret Wall
Foreground: autobiographically based stories of teaching and learning.
1994
University of Alberta
Margaret E. Wall
The centrality of self in women's learning experiences during graduate study.
1992
University of New Brunswick
Shannon E. Wall
Language and literacies in the workplace: towards an integrated approach.
2002
University of Toronto
Elizabeth Wallace Williams
Between ecstasy and terror: manifestations of marginality in the experiences of Ontario school board teachers of adults.
1999
University of Toronto
Yvonne Walmsley
A case study of participant experience in an adult education program.
1985
University of Alberta
Kelly Walraven
Female graduate students' perceptions of the environment at the University of Guelph.
1995
University of Guelph
James Thomas Walton
Being accepted: an evaluation of the Aboriginal student policy in a Canadian university.
1996
University of Alberta
Anthony Wan
*A report on the production and utilization of a documentary film.
1974
St. Francis Xavier University
Chunling Wang
The state-administered Higher Educational Examinations for Self-Taught Students in China.
1997
University of Toronto
Tianhong Wang
Learning in all dimensions: a study of how contemporary Chinese adults learn outside formal institutions.
1996
University of Toronto
Victor Yongchun Wang
Factors influencing one Canadian graduate student and two Chinese graduate students' comprehension of some simple metaphors in English language.
1994
University of Alberta
Xinchun Wang
Training Mandarin and Cantonese speakers to identify English vowel contrasts: long-term retention and effects on production.
2002
Simon Fraser University
Ignacy Waniewicz
The clientele for adult part-time learning in Ontario and obstacles to learning.
1979
University of Toronto
Carol Watt
*The role of a change agent as a factor in resource development in a reserve community.
1973
University of Alberta
Chamnan Wattanasiri
Cooperatives in rural development: a case study of a Group for Production Credit cooperative in northeast Thailand.
1996
University of Alberta
Elsie Ina Watts
The freshman year experience, 1962-1990: an experiment in humanistic higher education.
1999
Queen's University
Lesley A. Watts
Towards learner independence: using action research to facilitate critical thinking skills in a community college setting.
2002
St. Francis Xavier University
Richard Ernest Watts
*Citizen participation in the planning process.
1967
University of Toronto
Wendy Weaver
An interpersonal coping skills program for student nurses.
1978
University of Toronto
John Keith Webb
*Factors affecting participation in continuing education among a group of registered professional engineers in Saskatchewan.
1978
University of Saskatchewan
Claudia Webber
*An attitudinal study on a French cultural immersion experience for adults.
1979
Dalhousie University
Kenneth J. Weber
*The attitudes, occupational aspirations and self-perceptions of non-academic slower learning secondary school students.
1975
University of Guelph
Lisa Y. Weber
Placing my bet on adult learning principles
2003
Royal Roads University
Loyola Cathleen Webster
Effects of a multi-modality treatment program on the institutionalized functionally impaired aged.
1981
University of Toronto
Enid Weiner
The meaning of education for university students with mental illness: an exploratory qualitative study.
1997
University of Toronto
Robin Weir
*Treatment and outcome as a function of patient-staff interaction.
1978
University of Toronto
Kristopher David Wells
Understanding difference differently: sex-and-gender OUTlaws in Alberta schools.
2003
University of Alberta
Mildred Emmons Wener
The continuing education of dental hygienists: their beliefs, attitude, and intentions
1986
University of Manitoba
Joan Wensel
*The Alberta Women's Bureau: a community development approach.
1977
University of Alberta
Kenneth C. Werbin
The electronic learning community: a framework for design and development.
1998
Concordia University
Jill M. Werle
Influencing public health nurses to transfer learning to their educational practices: a case study.
2001
St. Francis Xavier University
Tooryalai Wesa
The Afghan agricultural extension system: impact of the Soviet occupation and prospects for the future.
2002
University of British Columbia
Marjorie Bingham Wesche
The good adult language learner : a study of learning strategies and personality factors in an intensive course.
1975
University of Toronto
P. A. Westhues
*Immigration and modernization in Paraguay.
1974
University of Guelph
Robert Westwater
*Study of work in Canada and Newfoundland of Canadian Legion Educational Services.
1949
University of Toronto
B. Whale
*Develpment and validation of a programmed course in basic communication theory.
1964
University of Guelph
Thomas Randall Whalley
Toward a theory of culture learning: a study based on journals written by Japanese and Canadian young adults in exchange programs.
1995
Simon Fraser University
Blanche M. Whelan
The impact of counselling services at a small community college: multiple perspectives.
2000
Memorial University
M. Joan J. Whelan
Enhancing self-esteem in adult basic education.
1993
University of Toronto
Mark D. Whelan
Graduate education student beliefs related to Internet usage.
1998
University of Windsor
Cheryl White
The uncertain journey: a reflective exploration of the teachable moment.
1998
University of Lethbridge
David L. White
*Citizen participation and community development: the case of the Charette.
1972
University of Alberta
Heather White
Reflections on university learning: one group's experience.
1999
Memorial University
Judith White
*Survey of graduates in adult education at the University of British Columbia.
1974
University of British Columbia
Margaret White
Getting the story out: four adults learning to write.
1990
University of Alberta
Ronald George White
Psychological distress and the coping behaviour of college students.
1970
York University
Ellen Whybrow-Howes
Technology access and equity issues for financially disadvantaged adult learners in post-secondary programs.
2000
University of Alberta
Janiece Wiberg
A study of duties and training needs of nursing attendants who care for the elderly.
1988
University of Alberta
R. E. Y. Wickett
Adult learning projects related to spiritual growth.
1977
University of Toronto
Ada Maude Wideman
*Income and opportunity:  a study of young adult achievement patterns in working class families.
1967
University of Toronto
Brigitte S. Wiebe
Creating success as a student and a mother: a qualitative analysis of reentry into university.
1993
University of Manitoba
Vi Wiens
 Factors influencing decision making during patient care: nursing students' perceptions.
1992
University of Lethbridge
Faye P. Wiesenberg
Analogical pictures in adult learning.
1990
University of Alberta
Rhordon Craig Wikkramatileke
An annotated script: conversations with continuing educators about the creation of continuing education programs in a university setting.
2003
University of Victoria
Erik Wikman
Experiences of chronic procrastination.
2001
University of Alberta
Norma E. Wildeman
A study of self-evaluation of clinical performance by diploma nursing students.
1990
University of Regina
Beverly Williams
The self-directed learning readiness of baccalaureate nursing students and faculty after one year in a problem based undergraduate nursing program.
2002
University of Alberta
Diane Lynn Williams
Evaluating the university environment from a comprehensive system perspective: the college/university environment scale.
1997
Acadia University
Karen B. Williams
 A critical interpretation of undergraduate female student experience: discourse, subjectivity, resistance and adjustment.
1990
University of Toronto
Richard Marshall Williams
*Applications of the pedagogical theory of Paulo Freire in the Canadian socio-economic context.
1974
University of Toronto
R.H. Williston
*Admission of adult students to university programs: the use of predictors
1981
University of Toronto
Jacquelyn Gale Wills
Efficiency, feminism and cooperative democracy [microform] : origins of the Toronto Social Planning Council, 1918-1957.
1989
University of Toronto
Wendy Wiles
The effects of a metacognitive strategies program on academic performance, perceived success and control for adults returning to school for academic upgrading.
1997
University of Alberta
Deborah Ellen Wildish
 Interpreting the experience of adults engaged in self-directed learning of the Internet.
1995
University of Toronto
Paul Allan Wilkinson
Against the tide: community-initiated development, the Evangeline experience.
1994
University of Toronto
Linda C. Willms
Application of knowledge of three adaptive modes of Roy's theory by student and staff nurses as reflected in chart audits.
1989
D'Youville College
Bernice Wilson
Major issues of older adults confronting institutional living: what to keep and what to give away.
1983
University of Toronto
Blair Wilson
*An evaluation of a human relations program for engineers.
1975
University of British Columbia
Chris Wilson
*Patterns of human response to the demands of starting new employment.
1972
University of Toronto
Christopher Wilson
*The continuing learning activity of managers in industry.
1977
University of Toronto
Daria J. Wilson
Visionary leadership of chief student affairs officers and its impact on partnership initiatives with academic affairs and student retention.
1998
United States International University
Dave Camden Wilson
Factors related to the continuing education needs of a selected group of professional engineers in British Columbia.
1974
University of British Columbia
Erika Wilson
Navigating competing discourses: narratives of womanhood in Bamako, Mali.
2000
Simon Fraser University
Margaret Wilson
The learning needs of dental hygienists: content and delivery.
1999
University of Alberta
Robert James Wilson
*Southern Ontario landowners' attitudes toward hunting on private land.
1979
University of Guelph
Trevor Douglas Wilson
*A comparison of behavioral and economic characteristics of selected commercial and limited resource farmers.
1979
University of Guelph
W.A. Wine
*A cybernetic approach to communication.
1968
University of Toronto
Karen L. Winsor
An investigation of selected variables affecting stay-ins and early leavers in adult basic education.
1990
University of Regina
Gail Dianne Winter
Breaking the camel's back: factors influencing the progress of First Nation postsecondary students studying in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
1996
University of Toronto
Angelina Teresa Wong
*A study of the relationship between the English proficiency and cultural background of Chinese immigrant students and their educational and social development.
1977
University of Toronto
Cindy L. Wood
Program evaluation of the Diploma in Adult Education at the University of Prince Edward Island.
2001
University of Prince Edward Island
Dean D. Wood
Faculty, student and support staff participation in college governance: a study in the politics of organizations.
1991
University of Alberta
Karen Wood
Role play : an inquiry.
2000
Queen's University
Natalie Wood
Empowerment, quality of life and art with adults with disabilities: a descriptive analysis of an holistic arts approach.
2000
University of Toronto
Susan Woodruff
A comparison of the achievement and basic skills levels of college students tutored in the student learning centre with students in four treatment groups.
1984
McGill University
Paul A. Woolner
The power processes of a public sector organizational change: towards a grounded theory.
1982
University of Toronto
Iwona Woroniecka
A nonnative student's reactions to instructor's feedback on his papers: a case study of an undergraduate history student.
1998
University of Toronto
Susan Jennifer Wright
The collaborative development of a physical activity program for women: a case study of a community college endeavour.
2002
St. Francis Xavier University
David McIntyre Wright
*An interpretation of a community's behaviour based on concepts relating to learning environment.
1973
University of Toronto
Patricia A. Wrighton
Variable ratio punishment with a milk punisher to decrease persistent undesirable behaviour during posture training with profoundly retarded adult females.
1974
University of Manitoba
Brian Thomas Wrightson
The responsive college: rhetoric and reality.
1994
University of Alberta
Judy F. Wyspianski
Relationship of personality types to the outcome of a values-based workplace seminar expressed as commitment to the principles taught.
2001
University of Ottawa

 

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