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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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Thomas, Karen F. – Reading Horizons, 2007
In December of 2006 and again in February of 2007, fifty Literacy Professors representing almost every college and university in Michigan met in a collegial forum to discuss and advocate for all students involved in reading instruction/education. This advocacy spans students from prekindergarten through college undergraduates and graduates. The…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Higher Education, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
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Bintz, William P.; Dillard, Jill – Reading Horizons, 2007
This article describes findings from a classroom-based action research project conducted by two in-school teachers, a literacy coach and a 4th grade teacher, implementing a new integrated literacy and social studies curriculum and the changes they made in curricular practices and beliefs over a three-year period of time. A university professor…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Teacher Researchers, Research Methodology, Educational Change
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Linek, Wayne M.; Sampson, Mary Beth; Raine, I. Laverne; Klakamp, Kimberly; Smith, Brenda – Reading Horizons, 2006
This manuscript documents a year-long descriptive case study of preservice teachers specializing in reading. The objectives of this study were to (a) better understand the development of literacy beliefs and change processes in preservice teachers with reading specializations engaged in the final year of their field-based teacher education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reading Programs, Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes
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Atkinson, Terry S.; Williams, Sarah C. – Reading Horizons, 2006
Ten university graduate students created electronic case studies describing the learning of struggling readers as a part of this study designed to yield insights about literacy education and the efficacy of electronic case study development. A variety of data, analyzed through a qualitative content analysis, revealed understandings regarding…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Content Analysis, Case Studies, Reading Instruction