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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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Coladarci, Theodore – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2007
In my 15th and final year as JRRE editor, I identify methodological and substantive shortcomings in the rural education research literature and, in turn, suggest strategies for improvement. I structure my observations around the following considerations: describing the rural context of research, making the rural argument, framing the research…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Rural Education, Research Methodology, Research Problems
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Coladarci, Theodore; Hancock, Julie – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2002
A review of the limited evidence regarding grade-span configuration effects on academic achievement and other outcomes indicates that achievement in middle grades is higher in schools with an elementary-wide configuration than a middle-grades configuration. Continuity of experience may explain this finding, but more research is needed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Developmental Continuity, Early Adolescents
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Coladarci, Theodore; Cobb, Casey D. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1996
Analysis of National Education Longitudinal Study data found that students attending small high schools (less than 800 students) had higher extracurricular participation than students attending large high schools (more than 1600 students). Participation was significantly related to 12th-grade self-esteem but not to academic achievement. However,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Extracurricular Activities, High School Students, High Schools