M.Tech.

Les approches contemporaines de l’éducation doivent répondre à un nombre de tensions suscitées par les changements technologiques, sociaux et économiques. Les questionnements sur la vision de l’apprentissage qui en découlent ont justifié l’implantation des programmes par compétences. Ce changement de paradigme a impliqué des réajustements sur le plan de l’évaluation des apprentissages. À la lumière de ces réalités, il est impératif de se pencher sur les dispositifs de formation au jugement évaluatif et de les bonifier. Inspiré par les points de convergence entre le développement du jugement clinique des médecins et celui du jugement en évaluation, Dionne (2005) a développé un instrument intitulé le test de jugement professionnel en évaluation des apprentissages (TJPEA). Composé de situations authentiques, il vise à mesurer le niveau de jugement des étudiants à la formation des maitres en contexte formatif. Cette étude exploratoire qualitative interprétative a été menée auprès de douze participants catégorisés en trois profils différents : quatre étudiants de première année à la formation des maîtres au secondaire (novices), quatre enseignants d’expérience oeuvrant dans une école secondaire québécoise (praticiens) et quatre professeurs universitaires spécialisés en évaluation des apprentissages (experts). Les données recueillies via la passation orale d'un TJPEA ont permis de (1) contribuer à identifier les différents facteurs susceptibles d’influencer le jugement professionnel en évaluation des répondants, (2) de comprendre davantage la dynamique de progression du développement de la compétence à évaluer, notamment en identifiant les différents schèmes de pensée entre les profils de répondants et (3) ressortir les différents obstacles à l’exercice du jugement évaluatif des sujets. Même si nous sommes conscients que les résultats obtenus à cette étude ne sont pas généralisables en raison de son échantillon limité, il est tout de moins possible d’en faire découler de nouvelles avenues de recherche. Cela nous permettra éventuellement de proposer des solutions à la relève enseignante et de favoriser le développement d’un jugement en évaluation juste et équitable pour les élèves.

This paper discusses several proposed methods for estimating undrained shear strength from cone penetration tests. This correlation has been studied in the past, however, most have focussed only on the cone bearing. In addition to discussing these traditional methods, this paper evaluates recently proposed methods of estimating Su from CPT pore pressure data. The results of field vane and cone penetration tests from five lower mainland sites are presented in relation to the different proposed correlation techniques. The results show that there is no unique cone factor for estimating Su from CPT for all clays, however, a reasonable estimate of Su can be made by comparing the predictions from several of the proposed methods. With local correlations these techniques can be quite reliable. The results also show that the estimation of Su from CPT is influenced by various factors relating to: the choice of a reference Su, cone design, CPT test procedures and the soil characteristics. In particular, the estimation of Su from CPT is strongly influenced by such soil parameters as stress history, sensitivity and stiffness. Increases in OCR and sensitivity were reflected by increases in the traditional cone factors Nc and Nk. The use of pore pressure data appears to be a promising means of estimating. Su from CPT. Expressions have been developed that predict excess pore pressures based on cavity expansion theory and attempt to include the effects of sensitivity, stress history and stiffness. In addition, comparisons between friction sleeve measurements and Su and a method for estimating sensitivity from friction ratios are presented. Lastly, recommended procedures for estimating Su from CPT are given. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Civil Engineering, Department of / Graduate

M.A. (Clinical Psychology) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

This study has as its objectives: (1) the determination of the degree of relationship between achievement in the study of English as measured by a standardized English achievement test and achievement in the study of foreign languages as measured by teacher's grades; (2) the determination of the amount of contribution to such a relationship of the achievement in various functional areas in the study of English as measured by the subtests of the English achievement test.

Since the premises and history of the Draw-A-Man (DAM) seem to indicate a relationship between this technique and adjustment/maladjustment, and since Leary defines maladjustment in terms of interpersonal behavior, the problem to be studied is to attempt to quantitatively relate DAM scores with some objective measure of social adjustment or maladjustment in children.

Bibliography: pages 131-140. / Kinetic Family Drawings (KFDs) are Projective drawings which require the drawer to give 'action' to the depicted figures. A number of studies have been conducted following its inception in 1970. (Burns & Kaufman, 1970; 1972). Upon examination of these studies, however, it is evident that those studies pertaining to aspects of family functioning obtained significant results to a greater degree. It was the contention of the present study, that the KFD may be measuring aspects of family functioning. The present study thus incorporated a measure of family functioning, the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) (Epstein, Baldwin & Bishop, 1983), to assess whether KFD depictions were indices of family functioning. The results were obtained through KFDs of 96 individuals who constituted 24 families. These individuals consisted of (n=48) parents and (n=48) adolescents. Due to constraints of research design, there were unequal numbers of males and females i.e. 38 males and 58 females.

This thesis deals with questions which are related to the creation of case studies for statistical data analysis using applied computer technology. The main aim is focused on showing the solution of statistical case studies in the field of electrical engineering. Solved case studies include task, exemplary solution and conclusion. Clarity of explained theory and the results understanding and interpretation is accentuated. This thesis can be used for practical education of applied statistical methods, it’s also supplemented with commented outputs from Minitab. Trial version of Minitab has been used for solution of case studies.

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The purpose of the present study was to develop further a semistructured nonverbal projective test to measure juvenile delinquency proneness. The goal in developing this test was to have a measure which would be free of the many limitations found in existing tests and scales of this nature.