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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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Yan, Zheng; Fischer, Kurt W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2004
How do children and adults learn to use computers? What developmental processes are involved in learning to use computers? This chapter reviews current understanding of these issues and presents empirical studies demonstrating how to advance that understanding. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Adult Learning, Children, Individual Development
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Sharma, Dinesh; Fischer, Kurt W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1998
Proposes a cultural framework for examining socioemotional development of infants and young children across cultures. The framework recommends three distinct yet interrelated units of analysis for research on socioemotional development across cultures: cultural contexts, cultural complexity, and cultural pathways. (JPB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
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Fischer, Kurt W.; Wang, Lianquin; Kennedy, Bruce; Chen, Ching-Ling – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1998
Describes a biological and cultural framework that examines species-specific and culture-specific characteristics for the development of human emotions with evidence from Korea, China, and the United States. Discusses how emotions fall into broad families and dimensions across cultures, with both commonalities and differences. Notes that…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences