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50 Years of ERIC
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Risk or Resilience? What Makes a Difference?
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Boon, Helen J. – Australian Educational Researcher, 2008
Dropping out of school has been associated with a student's ethnicity, socioeconomic status, challenging behaviours and low academic achievement. This paper describes research conducted with 1050 students aged 12-15, in three North Queensland urban high schools to investigate issues related to Indigenous and non-Indigenous students at risk of…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Academic Achievement, High Risk Students, Family Structure
Professors Negotiating Borders: The Courage To Lead.
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Gonzalez, Maria Luisa – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2003
Four types of "borders"--alienated, coexistent, interdependent, and integrated--are discussed and applied to the university environment. University professors need to demonstrate leadership in negotiating borders. Whether the focus is on changing relationships with faculty or students or promoting equitable treatment for all people in their…
Descriptors: College Environment, Collegiality, Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Student)
Appropriate Educational Applications of the World Wide Web Today.
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Malm, Loren D.; Malone, Bobby G.; Nay, Fred W.; Oliver, Brad E.; Saunders, Nancy G.; Thompson, Jay C., Jr. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1998
Arguments relevant to higher education institutions and their faculty are discussed for delaying versus going ahead with development of Web pages and their related technologies. A model is outlined for logical progression of educational Web development in four phases: experimentation, template development, reexamination and redevelopment, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development, Higher Education
"Future Proofing" Faculty: The Struggle To Create Technical Lifelong Learners.
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Nay, Fred W.; Malm, Loren D.; Malone, Bobby G.; Oliver, Brad E.; Saunders, Nancy G.; Thompson, Jay C., Jr. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1998
Offers college faculty a "future proof" approach to staying in step with technological progress and choosing appropriate technologies to integrate into instruction. Discusses factors in technology planning: market dominance of a technology, ease of use, suitability as a medium for best practices in teaching and learning, technical assistance…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Decision Making
Competency Based Education: Organizational Issues and Implications
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Spady, William G.; Mitchell, Douglas – Educational Researcher, 1977
Although state policy makers have been setting new standards for public school promotion and graduation under the rubric of Competency Based Education (CBE), they have used the concept of CBE in two different ways; one involves focusing school activities and graduation requirements on various competencies, whereas the other specifies how education…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Competency Based Education, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives
Curriculum--A Field Shaped by Different Faces
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McNeil, John D. – Educational Researcher, 1978
A view of the field's current method and substance is presented through an account of curricular activity in school settings and in policymaking and implementation. (EB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems, Curriculum Research, Educational Improvement
Can Comprehension Be Taught? A Quantitative Synthesis of "Metacognitive" Studies.
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Haller, Eileen P.; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1988
Meta-analysis was used to assess the effect of metacognitive instruction on reading comprehension. Twenty studies from the reading research literature were compiled and quantitatively synthesized. Results affirm the effectiveness of metacognitive strategies, especially for junior high school students. Textual inconsistency awareness,…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Whole Language and the Need for Open Inquiry: A Rejoinder to Edelsky.
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McKenna, Michael C.; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1990
Replies to Carole Edelsky's response to the authors' article on the schism between proponents of whole language and traditional language arts instruction. Defends the questions posed by the authors' research agenda, and suggests that diverse research methodologies can be employed in tandem to address them. Calls for collaboration among…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Elementary Education