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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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Miller, Paul; Kargin, Tevhide; Guldenoglu, Birkan – Journal of Research in Reading, 2014
The present study investigates differences in the word-reading process between individuals reading in a deep (unpointed Hebrew) and a shallow orthography (Turkish). The participants were 120 students evenly and randomly recruited from three levels of education (primary = 3rd-4th graders; middle = 6th-7th graders; high = 9th-10th graders). The…
Descriptors: Turkish, Semitic Languages, Reading Processes, Elementary School Students
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Jacobs, Gloria E. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2012
This article uses the analytic lens of power relations and models of power to examine how the participation of two students in an urban US eighth-grade English language arts class was symbolically and literally deleted. The researcher asks why do some students fail despite being placed in a technologically rich educational environment that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Urban Schools, Literacy
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Sainsbury, Marian; Schagen, Ian – Journal of Research in Reading, 2004
A survey was conducted with the aim of identifying attitudes towards reading amongst upper primary pupils, and establishing whether these attitudes had changed over the five-year period from 1998 to 2003. A sample of 5076 pupils in Years 4 and 6 completed questionnaires. Attitudes were generally positive, but declined somewhat between the younger…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Literacy, Reading Attitudes
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Moss, Gemma; Mcdonald, John W. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2004
This paper explores whether analysis of school library borrowing records can reveal any insights into the reading habits of junior age children. Data in the form of computerised library-borrowing records were collected from a cohort of 90 Year 6 (age 10-11 years) children over the full course of the academic year. Two-thirds of the cohort were…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, School Libraries, Reading Habits, Research Methodology