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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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Effects of Chinese Parental Practices on Adolescent School Outcomes Mediated by Conformity to Parents, Self-Esteem, and Self-Efficacy
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Shen, Yuh-Ling – International Journal of Educational Research, 2011
This study examines how the parental support and control affected school outcomes through conformity to parents, self-esteem, and self-efficacy in adolescence in Mainland China. The sample included 350 junior and senior high school students age ranging from 12 to 19 years, 48% of them were males. Using path model analysis, results showed that…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Social Behavior, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
Impact of Curriculum Reform: Evidence of Change in Classroom Practice in the United States
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Moyer, John C.; Cai, Jinfa; Wang, Ning; Nie, Bikai – International Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The purpose of the study reported in this article is to examine the impact of curriculum on instruction. Over a three-year period, we observed 579 algebra-related lessons in grades 6-8. Approximately half the lessons were taught in schools that had adopted a "Standards"-based mathematics curriculum called the Connected Mathematics Program (CMP),…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Grade 6
Developing Argumentation Ability as a Way to Promote Technological Literacy
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Choresh, Cilla; Mevarech, Zemira R.; Frank, Moti – International Journal of Educational Research, 2009
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of three instructional methods on students' technological literacy (TL) and argumentation ability. Participants were 285 seventh grade Israeli boys and girls (12-13-year-old) who studied in 18 technology classes in four junior high schools. The three teaching methods were: (a) teaching…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Persuasive Discourse, Grade 7, Methods
Politics and History Curriculum Reform in Post-Mao China
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Jones, Alisa – International Journal of Educational Research, 2002
In post-Mao China, wide-ranging reform programmes have affected almost every sphere of life. History education has been no exception, and in addition to attempts to revise teaching, learning and assessment methods, there have been preliminary forays into textbook pluralism and gradual devolution of curriculum development. History education…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Methods
Identity Issues in Taiwan's History Curriculum
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Liu, Meihui; Hung, Li-Ching – International Journal of Educational Research, 2002
As a result of Taiwan's peculiar political situation, national identity has become a crucial and controversial issue in the history curriculum. This chapter analyzes the changing role of nationalism in the history curriculum from 1980 onwards, focusing on the ways in which politics has affected the history curriculum. In particular, it examines…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Nationalism, Textbooks, Foreign Countries
Bringing the Internet on Campus: Lessons Learned from China and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
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Gu, Wei; Liu, Chun; Lin, Hui-Fen – International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 2005
As one of the popular and promising instructional technologies, Internet is playing a more and more important role in educational field all over the world. Bringing Internet into classrooms is encouraged in many countries; however, their policy initiatives to achieve this vary. The present paper is an empirical and exploratory study, trying to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Internet, Educational Policy