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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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Schmidt, Michelle E.; McVaugh, Brittany; Jacobi, Jennifer – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2007
This study examined whether mentoring influenced children's self-concept, anxiety, depression, and relationships with parents and peers over an 18-month period. We examined 31 mentored children (50% female) and a comparison group of 22 nonmentored children (50% female) at the beginning of a mentoring program in the fall of the fourth-grade year…
Descriptors: Mentors, Grade 4, Grade 5, Individual Development
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Schmidt, Michelle E.; Marks, Jaime L.; Derrico, Lindsay – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2004
Colleges are increasingly interested in ways to better engage students in their academic careers. This article reports 20 college students' experiences as mentors for at-risk fourth-graders through a mentoring program called The Learning Connection (TLC), run by the Community Services Office at Moravian College. The study describes students'…
Descriptors: Community Services, College Students, Mentors, Service Learning