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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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Kim, Minchi C.; Hannafin, Michael J. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
In response to the calls to improve and deepen scientific understanding and literacy, considerable effort has been invested in developing sustainable technology-enhanced learning environments to improve science inquiry. Research has provided important guidance for scaffolding learning in mathematics and science. However, these reports have…
Descriptors: Evidence, Classroom Research, Grade 6, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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West, Richard E.; Hannafin, Michael J. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
Creativity researchers have drawn on cognitive principles to characterize individual innovation. However, few comprehensive frameworks have been developed to relate social innovation to social cognition research. This article introduces the Communities of Innovation (COI) framework and examines its applications in a culture designed to promote…
Descriptors: Expertise, Creativity, Innovation, Social Cognition
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Kim, Hyeonjin; Hannafin, Michael J. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2009
Recent work in case-based reasoning (CBR) reinforces the importance of situated learning, expert cases, and authentic tasks and activities for novice learners. As novices engage CBR environments, they apprentice in the experts' practices while developing the understanding, knowledge and skill of a given community. This study examined how…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Case Studies, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Preservice Teachers