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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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Opting Out: Examining Teacher's Beliefs When Faced with Core Reading Programs
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Meidl, Tynisha D. – Current Issues in Education, 2013
This qualitative study focused on how teachers in a small, urban elementary school in Pennsylvania negotiate their beliefs and instructional delivery the classroom. In the area of literacy instruction, there has been an increased reliance on Core-reading programs in elementary school. Classroom teachers, caught in the middle, are charged with the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools, Elementary School Teachers
Using Question Answer Relationships in Science Instruction to Increase the Reading Achievement of Struggling Readers and Students with Reading Disabilities
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Kinniburgh, Leah H.; Baxter, Abigail – Current Issues in Education, 2012
The Question Answer Relationship (QAR) literacy strategy was integrated into science instruction in a fourth grade classroom. Ten students who struggled with reading, including some who were diagnosed with a reading disability, participated in this study. Significant gains were made in reading by the 10 student participants in comprehending…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Difficulties, Science Instruction, Grade 4
Is There a Relationship between Body Mass Index, Fitness, and Academic Performance? Mixed Results from Students in a Southeastern United States Elementary School
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Wingfield, Robert Joshua; Graziano, Paulo A.; McNamara, Joseph P. H., Janicke, David M. – Current Issues in Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between body mass index (BMI), physical fitness, and academic performance in elementary school students. Specifically, BMI and scores on the President's Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Awards Program, a physical fitness test, were compared to reading and mathematics scores on the…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Physical Fitness, Tests, Elementary School Students
Valuing Children's Voices
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Barksdale, Mary Alice; Triplett, Cheri F. – Current Issues in Education, 2010
This paper explores the voices of elementary children in public schools. Three databases were used including (a) interviews with 25 elementary students, (b) drawings and writings created by 225 third through sixth-grade students about their high stakes testing experiences, and (c) observations in two first-grade classrooms. The data demonstrate…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary School Students, Interviews, Student Attitudes
Student Gender and Teacher Gender: What Is the Impact on High Stakes Test Scores?
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Krieg, John M. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
A large literature establishes that boys and girls are treated differently in the classroom. Research suggests that this treatment depends upon the gender of the teacher. Using a large data set that observes a matched teacher/student sample over multiple years, this paper explores the impact of teacher and student gender differences on…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Standardized Tests, Grade 4, Grade 3
Children's Comprehension and Local-to-Global Recall of Narrative and Expository Texts
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Romero, Fernando; Paris, Scott G.; Brem, Sarah K. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
We examined underlying mechanisms for comprehension differences across expository and narrative text while controlling for factors confounded in the extant literature. Fourth grade students (n=32) read both an expository and a narrative text, and completed both a local comprehension assessment, and a global retelling assessment for each text.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Grade 4, Psycholinguistics, Models