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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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Okpala, Comfort O.; Hopson, Linda; Fort, Edward; Chapman, Bernadine S. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
In this study, data from pre-service school administrators, faculty, and online documents were used to: 1) analyze how pre-service school administrators perceive the online preparation process, 2) analyze how faculty perceive the online preparation of school administrators, and 3) determine the extent to which quality administrators are prepared…
Descriptors: School Administration, Administrator Education, Online Courses, Doctoral Programs
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James, Ioney; Okpala, Comfort O. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
In this era of accountabilities and complex ecologies, it is important to highlight results from metacognitive scaffolding, aimed at enhancing the learning strategies of a group of college freshmen preparing for the Praxis 1 examination. The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of the use of metacognitive scaffolding used to enhance the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Instructional Effectiveness
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Okpala, Comfort O.; Sturdivant, Leon; Hopson, Linda – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2009
Research studies on service learning and teacher education have concluded that one of the major challenges is the lack of assessment studies that document the impact of service learning on students' academic development. In this research study, the perceptions of 65 preservice teachers on service learning were assessed. The major goals of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Service Learning, Program Effectiveness