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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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McNaught, Keith; Hoyne, Gerard – Issues in Educational Research, 2013
In response to staff concerns about literacy and numeracy standards of commencing students, the School of Health Sciences at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) Fremantle campus worked with academic support staff from the University's Academic Enabling and Support Centre (AESC) to develop a Post Entrance Numeracy Assessment (PENA).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Sciences, Student Evaluation, Numeracy
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Page, Angela; Smith, Lisa F. – Issues in Educational Research, 2012
This study used mixed methods to compare perceptions of relational aggression (RA) of adolescent girls (n = 282) and their teachers (n = 15) in New Zealand, and to explore strategies for teachers to effectively manage RA in the classroom. Results indicated that younger adolescent girls view physical aggression as more acceptable than older girls,…
Descriptors: Females, Interpersonal Relationship, Aggression, Mixed Methods Research
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Hodgson, David – Issues in Educational Research, 2007
This paper is concerned with research into early school leaving. A narrative interview approach was used to document and analyse the experiences, processes and decisions that a small sample of boys made prior to leaving school, in this case, before completing year 10 and 11. Data collected in 2004 indicate that schools along with students…
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Dropouts, Dropout Characteristics, Interviews