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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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Organized Out-of-School Activities and Peer Relationships: Theoretical Perspectives and Previous Research
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Fredricks, Jennifer A.; Simpkins, Sandra D. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
The goal of this volume is to show how organized activities provide an ideal setting for developing a deeper understanding of peer relations, as well as offering a context for a more positive study of peers. The chapters in this volume focus on youth 10 to 18 years of age. In this introductory chapter we first describe the reasons why organized…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Extracurricular Activities, Team Sports, Art Activities
Games for Learning: Vast Wasteland or a Digital Promise?
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Levine, Michael H.; Vaala, Sarah E. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
Research about emerging best practices in the learning sciences points to the potential of deploying digital games as one possible solution to the twin challenges of weak student engagement and the need for more robust achievement in literacy, science, technology, and math. This chapter reviews key cross-cutting themes in this special volume,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Educational Games, Educational Change, Best Practices
Creating New Social Identities in Children through Critical Multicultural Media: The Case of "Little Bill"
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Hurtado, Aida; Silva, Janelle M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008
Multicultural education emerged from the political struggles of the 1960s and 1970s and advocated the inclusion of women and ethnic and racial groups in school curricula and children's media. Recently multiculturalism has evolved to include a critical perspective by focusing on stigmatized social identities such as race, class, sexuality,…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Popular Culture, Mass Media Effects
Core Competencies and the Prevention of School Failure and Early School Leaving
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Bradshaw, Catherine P.; O'Brennan, Lindsey M.; McNeely, Clea A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008
There is an increasing awareness that school failure and early school leaving are processes, rather than discrete events, that often co-occur and can have lasting negative effects on children's development. Most of the literature has focused on risk factors for failure and dropout rather than on the promotion of competencies that can increase…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Educational Environment, Competence, Academic Achievement
Core Competencies and the Prevention of Youth Violence
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Sullivan, Terri N.; Farrell, Albert D.; Bettencourt, Amie F.; Helms, Sarah W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008
We discuss how the five core competencies for healthy adjustment in adolescence (a positive sense of self, self-control, decision-making skills, a moral system of belief, and prosocial connectedness) are represented in theories of aggression and youth violence. We then discuss research supporting the relation between these core competencies and…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Competence, Decision Making
How Children and Adults Learn to Use Computers: A Developmental Approach
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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
Science Success, Narrative Theories of Personality, and Race Self Complexity: Is Pace Represented in the Identity Construction of African American Adolescents?
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Winston, Cynthia E.; Rice, David Wall; Bradshaw, Brandi J.; Lloyd, Derek; Harris, Lasana T.; Burford, Tanisha I.; Clodimir, Gerard; Kizzie, Karmen; Carothers, Kristin Joy; McClair, Vetisha; Burrell, Jennifer – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2004
Narrative theories of personality help elucidate the complexity of success. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Personality, Adolescents, Science Achievement, African American Students