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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Spencer-Cavaliere, Nancy; Dunn, Janice Causgrove; Watkinson, E. Jane – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This study investigated the application of an expectancy-value model to children's activity choices on the playground at recess. The purpose was to test the prediction that expectancies for success and subjective task values are related to decisions to engage in specific recess activities such as climbing, playing soccer, or skipping rope.…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Playground Activities, Prediction, Playgrounds
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Nadirova, Anna; Burger, John – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
One of the challenges facing school educators is motivating students to learn science. This study is part of an evaluation of enriched science curriculum introduced in five western Canadian (Alberta) urban schools. The objective was to develop a multidimensional instrument suitable for evaluating the attitudes of students toward science with a…
Descriptors: Experimental Curriculum, Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Berg, Derek H. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2004
The present study set out to develop a self-report instrument, the Depressive Symptoms Questionnaire (DSQ), for assessing depressed mood in school-aged children. Included were items based on research that reported symptoms of depressed mood in children, items related to negative psychosocial functioning, and items related to self-perceived…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology), Academic Failure, Gender Differences