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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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Rappolt-Schlichtmann, Gabrielle; Watamura, Sarah E. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2010
More than ever before, leaders within the field of education are looking to research on basic processes to inform and improve educational practices. Success requires building a reciprocal relationship between the field of education and research on learning and development, similar to what exists between biology and medicine. Key to this effort is…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Educational Research
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Rappolt-Schlichtmann, Gabrielle; Ayoub, Catherine C.; Gravel, Jenna W. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2009
Despite the promise of scientific knowledge contributing to issues facing vulnerable children, families, and communities, typical approaches to research have made applications challenging. While contemporary theories of human development offer appropriate complexity, research has mostly failed to address dynamic developmental processes. Research…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Educational Practices, Genetics, Adolescents
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Rappolt-Schlichtmann, Gabrielle; Willett, John B.; Ayoub, Catherine C.; Lindsley, Robert; Hulette, Annmarie C.; Fischer, Kurt W. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2009
The purpose of this research is to explore the dynamics of cortisol regulation in the context of center-based child care by examining the impact of social context (large classroom vs. small group) and relationship quality with caregivers (conflict with mothers and teachers). We extend the research on children's physiologic stress system…
Descriptors: Poverty, Mothers, Conflict, Caregivers
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Rappolt-Schlichtmann, Gabrielle; Tenenbaum, Harriet R.; Koepke, Margy F.; Fischer, Kurt W. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2007
Contextual support for performance and understanding plays an important role in learning and teaching. This study investigated the temporal course of the effects of support--how it affects complexity and correctness of judgments about density in kindergarten (n = 35) and second-grade (n = 29) children. In the experimental group, a teacher provided…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Children, Grade 2, Kindergarten