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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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Is Victor Better than Victoria at Maths?
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Georgiou, Stelios N.; Stavrinides, Panayiotis; Kalavana, Theano – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2007
The aim of this study was to examine whether there are gender differences in actual maths achievement, in attitudes towards maths, and in relevant achievement attributions among early adolescents. The participants were 255 eighth grade students (mean age 14.2) from 10 randomly selected public junior high schools in Cyprus. They completed a…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Student Attitudes, Females, High Achievement
Prevention Is Better than Cure: Coping Skills Training for Adolescents at School
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Frydenberg, Erica; Lewis, Ramon; Bugalski, Kerry; Cotta, Amanda; McCarthy, Cathy; Luscombe-Smith, Neringa; Poole, Charles – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2004
Children and adolescents today face a plethora of stressful problems, including family and relationship conflict, death of close family members or friends, and academic and social pressures. Such problems have been found to contribute to an increased risk of various emotional-social-cognitive difficulties in adolescence. These include academic…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Adolescents, Stress Management