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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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Harnisch, Delwyn L.; Comstock, Sharon L.; Bruce, Bertram C. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2014
The development of critical scientific literacy in primary and secondary school classrooms requires authentic inquiry with a basis in the real world. Pairing scientists with educators and employing informatics and visualization tools are two successful ways to achieve this. This article is based on rich data collected over eight years from middle…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Cooperative Learning, Secondary School Science, Middle Schools
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Olmanson, Justin; Abrams, Sandra Schamroth – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
In this article, the authors trace teachers' experiences while participating in an educational technology development and research project focused on the creation and use of an online writing and peer review environment. They follow teachers from their initial expectations of the program, to their response to professional development training…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Peer Evaluation, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology
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Kline, Sonia; Letofsky, Kirsten; Woodard, Rebecca – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
This article is intended to highlight peer response discourse trends and to initiate a dialogue about the ways in which educators, and designers of educational environments, can play a central role in creating more democratic discourse in classrooms. We report on a research and development project involving education experts, computer engineers,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Grade 8, Feedback (Response), Peer Evaluation
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Abrams, Sandra Schamroth – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
Through a Foucauldian lens, this article examines the affordances and constraints of an online peer-review program in four special education English language arts classes in two New York City middle schools. Data from classroom observations, teacher interviews, and online student spaces and artifacts provide insight into the technologies of power…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Power Structure, Special Education, English Instruction
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Carlin-Menter, Shannon – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
The purpose of this exploratory study was to analyze the writing experiences of eighth-grade students in three social studies classrooms while using a Web 2.0 online writing workspace. Participants included one social studies teacher and 69 eighth-grade students in a selective admission public high school. Furthermore, three of the eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Literacy, Social Studies, Web 2.0 Technologies