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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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DeBacker, Teresa K.; Crowson, H. Michael – Educational Psychology Review, 2009
A primary goal of educational systems is to provide learners with the information, skills, and dispositions needed to be an effective member of a complex and information-rich society. To effectively address this goal, educators and educational psychologists need to understand both the ability and the willingness of learners to grapple effectively…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Learning Processes, School Psychologists, Educational Improvement
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Greene, Barbara A.; DeBacker, Teresa K. – Educational Psychology Review, 2004
Literature on future orientation and motivation was examined for gender differences. Research revealed gender differences from five theoretical orientations: achievement motivation, future time orientation, possible selves, expectancy-value, and social-cognitive. Some of those differences seemed best explained in terms of generational differences…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Gender Differences, Achievement Need, Goal Orientation