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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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Emotional Literacy Support Assistants' Views on Supervision Provided by Educational Psychologists: What EPs Can Learn from Group Supervision
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Osborne, Cara; Burton, Sheila – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2014
The Educational Psychology Service in this study has responsibility for providing group supervision to Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSAs) working in schools. To date, little research has examined this type of inter-professional supervision arrangement. The current study used a questionnaire to examine ELSAs' views on the…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, School Psychology, Supervisory Methods, Teamwork
Change in Myself-as-a-Learner Scale (MALS) Scores as Pupils Transfer to and Progress through Secondary School
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Norgate, Roger; Osborne, Cara; Warhurst, Amy – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2013
Longitudinal changes in pupils' academic self-perception (as measured by Myself-As-a-Learner Scale [MALS]) were investigated between Year 6 and Year 10. The possibility of there being gender and attainment differences was also explored. There was a significant drop in mean MALS scores between Years 6 and 7. There was a further drop between…
Descriptors: Self Concept Measures, Scores, Secondary School Students, Change
An Evaluation of Consultation Sessions for Foster Carers and Adoptive Parents
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Osborne, Cara; Alfano, Julia – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2011
The aim of the study was to examine whether consultation sessions provided by educational psychologists (EPs) offer a useful way of supporting foster and adoptive parents. Feedback was collected from 101 EPs and 78 foster and adoptive parents through the use of a short questionnaire at the end of each session. As might be expected, educational…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Adoption, Foster Care
Common Assessment Framework (CAF)--Early Views and Issues
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Norgate, Roger; Traill, Maria; Osborne, Cara – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2009
This study explores the profile of Common Assessment Framework (CAF) assessments and the perceptions of assessors during the early phase of its implementation. Whilst there was diversity in who completed CAFs, schools undertook the most. Headteachers and other school staff completing the assessment felt that the questions tended to be intrusive…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Student Attitudes, Models