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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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Boscolo, Pietro; Ariasi, Nicola; Del Favero, Laura; Ballarin, Chiara – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This study investigated the flow of interest in a reading-to-write activity. It was hypothesized that (a) different contents in a text would stimulate different types of interest and (b) different writing tasks would impact differently students' use of interesting text segments. Participants were 247 11th- and 12th-grade students, who were divided…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, Expository Writing, Persuasive Discourse, Reading Processes
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Hong, Eunsook; Peng, Yun – Learning and Instruction, 2008
The effect of Chinese students' perceived test value on test performance was examined with motivational and metacognitive regulation during test preparation as mediating constructs. Participants were 7th (N = 326) and 11th graders (N = 391) in China. Two path models were examined. Students' perceived test value had a significant direct effect on…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Age Differences, Metacognition, Path Analysis
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Shachar, Hanna; Fischer, Shlomit – Learning and Instruction, 2004
One hundred and sixty eight students from five 11th grade chemistry classes participated for 2 months in an experiment that examined the effects of the Group Investigation (GI) method of cooperative learning on students' achievement, motivation and perceptions of their experience. An achievement test and Harter's Motivation Questionnaire were…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Teaching Methods, Chemistry, Achievement Tests