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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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From School Effectiveness and School Improvement to Effective School Improvement: Background, Theoretical Analysis, and Outline of the Empirical Study.
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Creemers, Bert P. M. – Educational Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on Theory and Practice, 2002
Describes the project "Effective School Improvement," designed to investigate the relationship between effectiveness and improvement in eight European countries. Presents a framework for the analysis of the case studies on school improvement projects in this special issue. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Modeling Educational Effectiveness in Classrooms: The Use of Multi-Level Structural Equations To Model Students' Progress.
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Rowe, Kenneth J.; Hill, Peter W. – Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), 1998
Illustrates an approach to modeling educational effectiveness in classrooms by combining multilevel analysis and structural equation modeling in a two-step process. Data from a longitudinal study of 4,558 students in 334 class groups show how progress can be accounted for by the grouping effects of students within classes and schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Instructional Effectiveness
Effects of Training in the Use of Social and Cognitive Strategies: An Intervention in Secondary Mathematics in Co-Operative Groups.
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Hoek, Dirk; Terwel, Jan; van den Eeden, Pieter – Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), 1997
Reports on a study of the effects of training in the use of social and cognitive strategies on the learning outcomes of students in secondary mathematics education. Results with 511 Dutch students show the positive effects of teaching cognitive and social strategies, with particular benefits for low-achieving students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Learning Strategies