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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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Kuyper, Hans; Dijkstra, Pieternel – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009
The present study examined the "better-than-average" (BTA) effect among secondary school students during 3 consecutive years. It was hypothesized that boys would overestimate their abilities relative to their classmates more than girls and that comparative evaluations of liking would be positively related to comparative evaluations of ability.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Followup Studies, Gender Differences
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Guldemond, Henk; Bosker, Roel; Kuyper, Hans; van der Werf, Greetje – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This study addresses the question whether highly gifted students have particular school-related problems. To answer this question, 4 categories of gifted students are compared, consisting of above-average intelligent students (IQ between 110-119), mildly gifted students (IQ between 120-129), moderately gifted students (IQ between 130-144), and…
Descriptors: Gifted, Intelligence Quotient, Underachievement, Comparative Analysis
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Veenstra, Rene; Kuyper, Hans – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2004
The school careers in secondary education are influenced by individual and environmental characteristics. Using longitudinal data on 7,000 students from 450 classes in 150 schools in The Netherlands, we present results on the importance of student and family characteristics for achievement (text comprehension and mathematics combined in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Family Characteristics