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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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Job Design Theory: School Structure, Teachers' Job Characteristics and Microeconomic Resource Allocation in Classrooms.
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MacPhail-Wilcox, Bettye; Dreyden, Julia I. – Educational Considerations, 1992
The Teacher Job Questionnaire distributed to 3,150 elementary teachers received 31 percent response identifying teacher job interests and characteristics. Results demonstrate that it is critical for policymakers, administrators, teachers, and teacher educators to recognize the effects of their decisions on the design of teaching jobs and outcomes…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary School Teachers, Job Development, Motivation
An Investigation of Paideia Program Effects on Students' Critical Thinking Skills.
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MacPhail-Wilcox, Bettye; And Others – Educational Considerations, 1990
A control-group, quasi-experimental study measured the effects of the Paideia Program on secondary students' critical thinking skills as measured on the Cornell Critical Thinking test. Findings reveal how shallow the knowledge base undergirding critical thinking is. (JOW)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Secondary Education