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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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van der Meulen, Kevin; Granizo, Laura; del Barrio, Cristina – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2010
Peer victimization has received much attention from researchers and educators over the last decade, since it is a problem that affects children and adolescents. As more time-extensive programs do not seem to be used in schools, in this article the "EQUIP" program for "Educators" is proposed as an instrument for the prevention of peer bullying and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Peer Relationship
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van der Velden, Floor; Brugman, Daniel; Boom, Jan; Koops, Willem – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2010
A quasi-experimental pretest/posttest study using a control group was conducted to investigate the effects of EQUIP for Educators--implemented as a universal prevention program--on prevalence of antisocial behavior, attitude towards antisocial behavior, self serving cognitive distortions, and moral judgment of young adolescents. Participants were…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Incidence, Antisocial Behavior
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Corrigan, Michael W.; Klein, Thomas J.; Isaacs, Thelma – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2010
This study highlights the efforts of a U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools Partnerships in Character Education Program grant awarded to an Appalachian region state education agency to study the effect of the integration of character education models into rural schools. More specifically, this study focuses on data…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Trust (Psychology), Student Attitudes, Educational Attitudes
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Mariano, Jennifer Menon; Savage, Jessica – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2009
This study used an exploratory mixed methods design to address the questions: (1) "Is there a positive language of youth purpose, and if so, what is it like?" and (2) "Which kinds of purpose best predict reports of positive states and coping styles?" Qualitative coding identified references to positive states and coping strategies in 172…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Language, Goal Orientation