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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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Gibson, Sharan A. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2011
This study analyzed coaching conversations and interviews of four coach/teacher partnerships for specific ways in which kindergarten and first-grade teachers, and coaches, conceptualized instructional scaffolding for guided reading. Interview transcripts were coded for coaches' and teachers' specific hypotheses/ ideas regarding instructional…
Descriptors: Expertise, Educational Opportunities, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Coaching (Performance)
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Davies, Randall S.; Cress, Susan – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2010
Most people agree that young children benefit academically from attending kindergarten; however, some research suggests that any academic advantage attributed to attending full day kindergarten compared to half-day programs will disappear as early as third grade. Based on the results of this study which looked at students in typical classroom…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Kindergarten, Young Children, Low Achievement
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Holt, Janet K. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2006
Educational policy frequently refers to change in some form and accountability measures are enacted to ensure the change is occurring. Yet, the most critical education decisions that alter the educational landscape are often made with static test score data and do not take into account the pattern of growth that may be occurring, even though…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Accountability, Educational Research