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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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Holloway, John H. – Educational Leadership, 2004
Researchers who have worked on administrator mentoring program reveal some benefits of mentoring. The various characteristics of a successful mentoring program are presented.
Descriptors: Mentors, Administrators, Program Effectiveness, Management Development
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Doyle, Denis P. – Educational Leadership, 2004
The issue of adopting information technology (IT) based education and performance-based education in schools is debated. The arguments supporting each of the education policy are presented.
Descriptors: Information Technology, Competency Based Education, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Methods
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Brooks, Jacqueline Grennon – Educational Leadership, 2004
Teachers must teach the students in the right way to prepare them to face the world in varied situations. The strategies demonstrating the competence and concepts of teaching for meaning purpose of the educational system in all disciplines are described.
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Teaching Methods, Relevance (Education), Teaching Styles
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Perkins, David – Educational Leadership, 2004
The strategies that expose learners to the large volume of knowledge, enables them for creative thinking, self-management and deep reading. The different ways of creating knowledge with the help of creativity, communication, organization, problem solving and decision-making are discussed.
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Educational Strategies, Self Management
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Intrator, Sam M. – Educational Leadership, 2004
The classroom observations to encourage strong link between teachers and young students using variety of approaches and techniques are discussed. The experience of a teacher to learn the accurate ways to read the minds of students during the 130 days spent in California high school is described.
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Classroom Observation Techniques, Teaching Experience
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Mctighe, Jay; Seif, Elliot; Wiggins, Grant – Educational Leadership, 2004
The effective ways of representing knowledge given the students and its use by teachers in departing the meaningful tasks are emphasized. An approach embodying five key principles like understanding big ideas, allotting tough assignments, thinking at high levels, problem solving and decision making ability are discussed.
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Decision Making Skills, Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness
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Wenglinsky, Harold – Educational Leadership, 2004
The relationship between basic instructional practices and a student's performance can be measured by using advance statistical techniques. The assessment done by National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) on different subjects like mathematics, science, reading and civics throughout United States suggest that instructions emphasizing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking, Academic Achievement
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Ancess, Jacqueline – Educational Leadership, 2004
In this article, urban students explore powerful ideas from multiple perspectives. It concludes that academical success and importance of maintaining good teacher-student ratio, reinforcing meaning, making learning encourages problem solving ability among the students. Exploring ideas from multiple sources like educational books, images, and…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Teacher Student Ratio, Learning, Problem Solving
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Wineburg, Sam; Martin, Daisy – Educational Leadership, 2004
The ability to judge quality of information published and importance of Internet in departing knowledge to the students is described. The awareness among the students about topics in history and ability to discuss the topics show that they are well-informed readers, writers and thinkers.
Descriptors: Internet, Reading Comprehension, Thinking Skills, Evaluative Thinking
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Wiske, Stone – Educational Leadership, 2004
The importance of updating students with new digital technologies, communicate and apply high quality of thinking is a tough goal that every teacher has to achieve. The benefits of new educational technologies and elements of understanding the framework to promote deeper learning among students are described.
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Thinking Skills, Computer Uses in Education
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Costa, Arthur L.; Kallick, Bena – Educational Leadership, 2004
Self-directed learning enables students to guide themselves and monitor their own progress towards specific goals. The positive approach towards self-management in developing alternative strategies to achieve the goals is discussed.
Descriptors: Independent Study, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Helm, Judy Harris – Educational Leadership, 2004
The use of sensory-motor approach of learning develops a long-term effect on young minds for future learning. The valuable ways of teaching students with projects that are multidisciplinary, thought provoking and emotionally involving are described.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Perceptual Motor Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Colburn, Alan – Educational Leadership, 2004
Inquiry-based instruction teaching helps students to think independently and scientifically, which in turn enables problem solving ability in them. Different approaches to encourage inquiry-based instructions like verification approach, and discovery approach are discussed by matching the background knowledge and reasoning skills among the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Inquiry, Thinking Skills
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Zull, James E. – Educational Leadership, 2004
The understanding of fundamental neurological processes that enables the brain to analyze good learning produces physical changes in brain. The use of several regions of brain in the learning process and problem solving techniques are discussed.
Descriptors: Brain, Learning Processes, Change, Problem Solving
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Renzulli, Joseph S.; Gentry, Marcia; Reis, Sally M. – Educational Leadership, 2004
The application of knowledge in authentic learning situations involves steps like finding and focusing on the problem, gathering information, critically analyzing and effectively communicating the results. The change in the teacher's approach and encouraging use of enrichment clusters system among the students is discussed.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teaching Styles, Group Activities, Problem Solving
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