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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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Baird, Jo-Anne; Black, Paul – Research Papers in Education, 2013
Much has already been written on the controversies surrounding the use of different test theories in educational assessment. Other authors have noted the prevalence of classical test theory over item response theory in practice. This Special Issue draws together articles based upon work conducted on the Reliability Programme for England's…
Descriptors: Test Theory, Foreign Countries, Test Reliability, Item Response Theory
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Black, Paul; Swann, Joanna; Wiliam, Dylan – Research Papers in Education, 2006
The Learning How to Learn (LHTL) Projects study of learning was comprehensive in attempting to explore learning practices from several different perspectives. This paper reports one of these explorations: into the beliefs and attitudes of pupils. This was carried out using questionnaires composed of questions exploring beliefs about, and attitudes…
Descriptors: Learning, Age Differences, Student Attitudes, Grade 5
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James, Mary; Black, Paul; McCormick, Robert; Pedder, David; Wiliam, Dylan – Research Papers in Education, 2006
This article provides an introduction to the TLRP Learning How to Learn Project and a context for the articles that follow in this special issue. The origins of the research, in a concern to investigate the organizational and network conditions that support innovation in teaching and learning, and in a perceived need to align research on pedagogy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Research Design, Data Analysis
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Black, Paul; McCormick, Robert; James, Mary; Pedder, David – Research Papers in Education, 2006
This paper stems from the ESRC TLRP Learning How to Learn--in Classrooms, Schools and Networks Project, and explores how Assessment for Learning (AfL) relates, conceptually, to learning how to learn (LHTL). The term LHTL was intended to draw attention to a primary focus on learning practices, and we have related the processes of AfL to LHTL. A…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Intentional Learning, Learning Theories