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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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Galletly, Susan A.; Knight, Bruce Allen – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2011
The highly regular orthographies (spelling systems) of many nations expedite literacy development, and their children experience a rapid transition from early literacy (learning to read and write) to sophisticated literacy (reading and writing to learn). In contrast, English orthographic complexity impedes literacy development, particularly for…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Literacy Education, Autism, Disadvantaged
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Galletly, Susan A.; Knight, Bruce Allen; Dekkers, John – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2010
Decision-making regarding intensive instructional support for children with special needs should build from children's instructional needs, and not from diagnostic labelling and criteria for funding eligibility. Cognitive referencing, the use of results on intelligence and language quotients to decide children's academic options and funding…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students