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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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Harward, Stan; Peterson, Nancy; Korth, Byran; Wimmer, Jennifer; Wilcox, Brad; Morrison, Timothy G.; Black, Sharon; Simmerman, Sue; Pierce, Linda – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2014
This qualitative study explored reasons K-6 teachers did or did not engage students regularly in writing. Interviews with 14 teachers, classified as high, transitional, and low implementers of writing instruction, revealed three themes: hindrances and helps, beliefs concerning practice, and preparation and professional development. Both high and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Writing Assignments, Qualitative Research
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Bernfeld, L. Elizabeth Shirley; Morrison, Timothy G.; Sudweeks, Richard R.; Wilcox, Brad – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2013
The purpose of this study was to rate oral retellings of fifth graders to determine how passages, raters, and rating occasions affect those ratings, and to identify what combination of those elements produce reliable retelling ratings. A group of 36 fifth grade students read and orally retold three contemporary realistic fiction passages. Two…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Story Telling, Reading Comprehension
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Morrison, Timothy G.; Wilcox, Brad; Billen, Monica Thomas; Carr, Sarie; Wilcox, Garrett; Morrison, Davey; Wilcox, Russell T. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2011
The purpose of this study was to identify trends and issues in 50 years of research in "Literacy Research and Instruction", the journal of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER). For the 1,099 articles examined, the authors, methods, participants, and topics were recorded. A trend was noted toward multiple authorship and from…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Literacy, Periodicals, Content Analysis