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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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Ulmanen, Sanna; Soini, Tiina; Pyhältö, Kirsi; Pietarinen, Janne – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2014
This study explores strategies students use to construct their academic engagement in the social environment of school. The study is based on group interview data collected from 161 sixth (78) and eighth (83) grade students. Students reflected both engaging and disengaging episodes. Data were content analysed. The results show that students…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Educational Environment, Social Environment, Grade 6
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Lester, Leanne; Cross, Donna; Shaw, Therese; Dooley, Julian – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2012
This study aimed to investigate the causal pathways and factors associated with being involved in bullying behaviour as a bully-victim using longitudinal data from students aged 11-14 years over the transition time from primary to secondary school. Examination of bully-victim pathways suggest a critical time to intervene is prior to transition…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Bullying, Early Adolescents, Victims
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Anderberg, Elsie; Akerblom, Annika – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2011
The article investigates the interplay between the meaning given to certain key expressions and pupils' understanding of science subject matter, in a qualitative study of learning.The intentional-expressive approach to the epistemological role of language use served as a theoretical frame, within the wider context of phenomenographic research on…
Descriptors: Language Role, Epistemology, Language Usage, Science Education