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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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Yildiz, Ali – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
In the present study, the comprehension levels of special relativity theory in prospective teachers who take the Introduction to Modern Physics lesson in the faculty of education science teaching department and the effect of writing for learning on their achievement is researched. In the research, a control group pre-test post-test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Grade 2
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Topkaya, Ece Zehir; Yavu, Aysun – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This study investigated democratic values of pre-service English language teachers in relation to their teacher self-efficacy perceptions in a Turkish context. It also examined the possible relationships between gender, grade and democratic values and self-efficacy perceptions. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 294 pre-service teachers.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Democratic Values, English
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Kara, Ahmet – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
People can improve themselves cognitively, professionally, academically, and in terms of their quality of life by continuous learning. Teachers, who are charged with bringing up new members of society, have to be aware of the importance of developing the ability to learn. This study examined how their knowledge of learning theories affected the…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Student Attitudes, Quality of Life, Lifelong Learning
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Galletly, Susan A.; Knight, Bruce Allen; Dekkers, John; Galletly, Tracey A. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Late-emerging reading-accuracy difficulties are those found present in older students not showing reading-accuracy difficulties when tested in earlier years (Leach, Scarborough and Rescorla, 2003). This paper discusses the constructs of reading-accuracy and late-emerging reading-accuracy difficulties. It then discusses data from a cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Low Achievement, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties