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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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Inquiry-Based Learning in China: Do Teachers Practice What They Preach, and Why?
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Dai, David Yun; Gerbino, Kathryn A.; Daley, Michael J. – Frontiers of Education in China, 2011
China is undergoing an education reform that calls for a change from a rigid, fixed curriculum and didactic pedagogy to a more flexible, school-based curriculum and more inquiry-based pedagogy. This study investigated the extent to which Chinese middle and high school teachers (a) endorse an inquiry-based approach and underlying learning…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Inquiry, Active Learning, Educational Change
Assessing the Quality and Equality of Hong Kong Basic Education Results from PISA 2000+ to PISA 2006
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Ho, Esther Sui-Chu – Frontiers of Education in China, 2010
This paper seeks to examine the quality and equality of basic education of Hong Kong based on the first three cycles of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Results from these three assessments suggested that the Hong Kong students have an outstanding performance in mathematics, science and reading. In particular, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Performance Factors, Educational Quality
Fostering Mathematical Reflective Abilities through High School Teaching Activities
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Zhang, Dingqiang; Zhao, Hongyuan; Yang, Hong – Frontiers of Education in China, 2009
The reflective ability in mathematics is a highly individual mental process, which is engaged in the course of certain types of mathematics activity. This article describes the basic meaning, characteristics, and developmental features of reflectivity in mathematics. It is suggested that reflective ability in mathematics and its relations with…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Mathematics Instruction, High School Students
A Survey on the Democratic Qualities of High School Students and the Schooling for Democracy
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Xu, Rui – Frontiers of Education in China, 2009
Using the method of purpositive sampling, this research makes an empirical study on the relationship between the schooling for education and democratic qualities of public high school students in Beijing. The results show that the democratic qualities of the students in public high school of Beijing are better as a whole, but they are still lack…
Descriptors: Democracy, Academic Achievement, Multiple Regression Analysis, Correlation
A Preliminary Investigation into Critical Thinking of Urban Xi'an High School Students
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Zhou, Qing; Wang, Xiang; Yao, Linna – Frontiers of Education in China, 2007
This paper reports the development of critical thinking of urban high school students in the Chinese city of Xi'an. It presents the assessment of the students' two components of critical thinking: dispositions towards critical thinking and critical thinking skills, using the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory and the California…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, High School Students, Urban Schools
China's New National Curriculum Reform: Innovation, Challenges and Strategies
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Guan, Qun; Meng, Wanjin – Frontiers of Education in China, 2007
This paper presents systematically China's New National Curriculum Reform (CNNCR). It covers the background, origin, essence, goals, features, evolvement, schedule, implementation, the alignment in primary, secondary and middle schools' curricula and inter-subjects, the outcomes and the challenges and strategies of CNNCR.
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Middle Schools, Educational Change
Demand for Education in the Urbanization Process: Prediction and Analysis
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Li, Zu-chao; Xu, Wen – Frontiers of Education in China, 2006
According to records from 2002, there will be a continuous increase in the number of classes, full-time teachers and teaching staff in urban primary and junior secondary schools during the period 2005-2020. At the same time, the demand for classes and teachers of non-compulsory education will decrease yearly. It is estimated that the budgetary…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Educational Demand, Urban Areas, Urban Schools