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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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Family Environment and Cognitive Development: Twelve Analytic Models
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Walberg, Herbert J.; Marjoribanks, Kevin – Review of Educational Research, 1976
The review indicates that refined measures of the family environment and the use of complex statistical models increase the understanding of the relationships between socioeconomic status, sibling variables, family environment, and cognitive development. (RC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Ethnic Groups
Exceptional Performance.
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Walberg, Herbert J.; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1984
This paper demonstrates the variety of positive-skew phenomena and discusses their theoretical, research, and practical implications in education. (PN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Research Problems, Scores
Improving School Science in Advanced and Developing Countries.
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Walberg, Herbert J. – Review of Educational Research, 1991
Research on science education (case studies, cost-effectiveness estimates, surveys, and experiments), particularly for primary and secondary schools in low- and middle-income areas, is reviewed. Meta-analysis suggests that science education in developing countries can be made more productive. Effective ways of promoting science education are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Toward a Knowledge Base for School Learning.
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Wang, Margaret C.; Haertel, Geneva D.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Review of Educational Research, 1993
Identifies and estimates the influence of educational, psychological, and social factors on learning, using evidence from 61 research experts, 91 meta-analyses, and 179 handbook chapters and narrative reviews. Results suggest an emergent base for school learning, with proximal (psychological, instructional, and home environment) variables exerting…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Toward a Knowledge Base: Why, How, for Whom?
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Wang, Margaret C.; Walberg, Herbert J.; Haertel, Geneva D. – Review of Educational Research, 1993
Explores the role and purpose of research synthesis, and defends the conclusions drawn about school learning. The selection of the broad outcome "school learning" was an attempt to show that educational research and development can answer important questions about schooling. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching