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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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Ingram, Jay; Cangemi, Joseph – Education, 2012
When people think of emotions, usually they think of different states of being, such as happiness, sadness, or anger. However, emotions generate very powerful chemicals that can create positive feelings, such as motivation and enthusiasm, or they can create more negative responses, such as offending and even attacking others. When an emotionally…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Metacognition
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Curtis, Carol – Education, 2012
This study examined the reasons that mathematics teachers enter the teaching profession, and compared those reasons with the reasons for leaving the teaching profession. Participants in a national study were surveyed and interviewed, with results broken into categories of gender, age, ethnicity, and region of the country. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation), Mathematics Teachers, Career Choice
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Bowman, Stephanie L.; Plourde, Lee A. – Education, 2012
Teens and young adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) meet the criteria of teen and adult learners chronologically, but may be deficient in many other areas of teen and adult learning. The spectrum of intellectual and adaptive capabilities among teens and adults with ID is vast, with each individual being unique. There are specific teaching…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy, Best Practices
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Arora, Tina – Education, 2012
Perseveration comprises repetition of actions, verbalization, and interacting with objects in an alternate manner, and exists throughout the lifespan of people with autism spectrum disorder. The article discusses perseveration in autism, autism and its incidence in public schools, description of perseveration in the classroom, significance,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Public Schools
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Al-Zboon, Mohammad Saleem; Hasan, Manal Subhi – Education, 2012
The study aimed to measuring the applying degree of the strategic school planning stages at the Governmental high schools from the educational supervisors and principals perspective in the directorates related to Amman city, the study society was formed of the educational supervisors and principals working at Educational directorates related to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Strategic Planning, Faculty
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Akpochafo, G. O. – Education, 2012
This study investigated the most prevalent sources of occupational stress and also the demographic variables of gender, age and length of service among primary school teachers in Delta State. Two research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The study used a descriptive survey design. The population was the primary school teachers in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Teaching Conditions, Age Differences
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Safar, Ammar H.; Alqudsi-Ghabra, Taghreed M.; Qabazard, Nedaa M. – Education, 2012
Information and communication technology (ICT) has been integrated as an educational tool in the late 1950's and the beginnings of 1960's. Many research and conceptual papers over the past decades have documented its importance on enhancing students' education and learning across all subject areas and grade levels. Our twenty-first century modern…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Visual Learning, Computer Software
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Al Ali, Mohammad A.; Olaimat, Fatima M. – Education, 2012
This study aimed at evaluating the textbook used for teaching Arabic for speakers of other languages at the International Institute for Teaching Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages at the University of Jordan from the perspective of instructors who taught the book and the students who studied it. The study aimed at identifying the points of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Second Language Instruction, Textbooks
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Isiklar, Abdullah; Sar, Ali Haydar; Celik, Aslihan – Education, 2012
This research was carried out to examine perceived social support in adolescence and bullying. 112 females and 171 males (in total 283) attending different types of high schools were used in this research. The sample group includes students who were referred to guidance and counseling service as bullies. According to the research results; when…
Descriptors: Bullying, Social Support Groups, Family Relationship, Correlation
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Roby, Douglas E. – Education, 2012
In this study, 142 graduate school teachers working in schools throughout southwestern Ohio assessed their human relation skills. A human relations survey was used for the study, and results were compared with colleagues assessing the teachers in the study. The survey was developed using a Likert-type scale, and was based on key elements affecting…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Human Relations, Teacher Leadership
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Bowman, Richard F. – Education, 2012
Where trust is an issue, there is no trust. Trust in diverse organizations has never been lower. A shadow of doubt stalks one's every decision to trust collegially and institutionally. Still, colleagues sense intuitively that institutions cannot function optimally without a bedrock level of trust. In academic life, trust is a form of social…
Descriptors: Human Relations, Teacher Leadership, Trust (Psychology), Colleges
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Green, Gregory; Riley, Clarence; Hargrove, Brenda – Education, 2012
One of the reasons American children and adolescents gain weight over the generations is that children expend significantly less energy on a daily basis than their parents and grandparents did at their age. Today's youth spend many hours participating in sedentary activities. Additionally, we eat more fast food and vending machine food than we…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Adolescents, Food, Physical Education Teachers
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Reglin, Gary; Akpo-Sanni, Joretta; Losike-Sedimo, Nonofo – Education, 2012
The problem in the study was that at-risk elementary school students had too many classroom disruptive behaviors. The purpose was to investigate the effect a Professional Development Classroom Management Model would have on reducing these students' misbehaviors. The study implemented a classroom management model to improve the classroom management…
Descriptors: Methods Research, Faculty Development, Research Design, Student Behavior
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AlKandari, Nabila – Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine students' communication in the college classroom through faculty-led methods of enhancing classroom participation. The students in this study perceived that faculty members work to engage them in various classroom activities and enhance their participation through discussions, debates, dialogue, group…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Educational Change, Classroom Communication
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Lyubartseva, Ganna; Mallik, Uma Prasad – Education, 2012
Numerous studies suggest that attendance may be one of the key factors which influence student performance. Although there have been many studies in introductory science courses, there have been virtually no studies which analyze and compare students' performance from different types of institutions as well as different level of classes. Our study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Courses, Program Effectiveness, Biochemistry
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