Calvin Kalman, Concordia University

Research

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Latest funding

Personal epistemologies as barriers and facilitators to learning by science and engineering undergraduate students
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$139,654
What university students know and do not know about inquiry-based teaching and learning: the alignment of teacher education and science education with a model of inquiry
SSHRC · 2008 · Co-investigator
$190,687
The interaction of inquiry instruction and learning: context and process
SSHRC · 2003 · Co-investigator
$114,075

All 5 grants and awards

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Personal epistemologies as barriers and facilitators to learning by science and engineering undergraduate students

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Kalman, Calvin S.

Keywords: epestemological change; writing-to-learn; collaborative groups; conceptual conflict

$139,654

What university students know and do not know about inquiry-based teaching and learning: the alignment of teacher education and science education with a model of inquiry

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Shore, Bruce M.

Keywords: inquiry; teacher education; higher education; student knowledge; instruction; learning; teaching; alignment

$190,687

The interaction of inquiry instruction and learning: context and process

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Shore, Bruce M.

Keywords: inquiry; instruction; teaching; learning; science; teacher education; constructivism; classroom processes; classroom discourse; higher education; motivation; abilities; multiple intelligences; qualitative research

$114,075

Application of grand unified left-right supersymmetry to current experiments

Principal investigatorNSERC1995Subatomic Physics Envelope - Individual

Principal investigators: Kalman, Calvin

$31,570

Application of supersymetric field theory to calculations of anomalous magnetic moments the electric dipole moment of the neutron neutral currents and CP violation

Principal investigatorNSERC1990Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kalman, Calvin

$16,800

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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