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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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Anderson, Angelika; Thomas, David R.; Moore, Dennis W.; Kool, Bridget – Learning Environments Research, 2008
School improvement initiatives are needed to better meet the needs of underprivileged students, to reduce underachievement and to break a continuing cycle of disadvantage. This article describes part of a school improvement initiative in New Zealand that provided additional funding for school nurse and social worker services in nine secondary…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Low Achievement, Foreign Countries, Welfare Services
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Anderson, Angelika; Hamilton, Richard J.; Hattie, John – Learning Environments Research, 2004
For some children, school failure is attributed to a lack in motivation. This article reports a study of motivation from an ecological perspective, considering the individual in interaction with the meaningful environment. Unlike much of the motivational literature that measures motivation in terms of constructs that are assessed largely via…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Classroom Environment, Secondary School Students, Interaction