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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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Addressing Low U.S. Student Achievement in Mathematics and Science through Changes in Professional Development and Teaching and Learning
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Tabernik, Anna Maria; Williams, Paul R. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2010
"When compared with high-achieving countries around the world, the U.S. appears to be significantly behind in providing certain kinds of professional learning opportunities" (Wei, Darling-Hammond, Andree, Richardson, & Orphanos, 2009, p. 39). The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between sustained, targeted professional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Faculty Development, Low Achievement
Adaptation of the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS) to Turkish Students: Factorial Validity and Reliability
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Cikrikci-Demirtash, R. Nukhet – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
The study presented in this article was conducted to determine psychometric features of scales for Turkish students by adapting the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS) developed by Midgley and others (2000) to the Turkish language in order to measure personal and classroom goal orientations. The scales were developed to test…
Descriptors: Family Life, Student Motivation, Psychometrics, Foreign Countries
The Blackboard Jungle: Junior High School Students' Perceptions of Crime in School and to and from School
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Bruchman, Avi; Kim, Israel – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
The problem of juvenile delinquency in general and violence among youth in particular has been topping the public agenda in recent years. The phenomenon of violence is widespread among various groups, one of the major arenas being that of the school premises. Kenney and Watson (1989) aptly define violence in schools through the metaphor "the…
Descriptors: Violence, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students