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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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Ford-Connors, Evelyn; Paratore, Jeanne R. – Review of Educational Research, 2015
Increasing the vocabulary knowledge of young adolescent and adolescent students has been a focal point of educational research and many teacher professional development initiatives. Yet many teachers continue to use traditional, but generally ineffective, methods of classroom-based vocabulary instruction. Synthesizing the literature around the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Lee, Bridget Kiger; Patall, Erika A.; Cawthon, Stephanie W.; Steingut, Rebecca R. – Review of Educational Research, 2015
The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities report heartily supported arts integration. However, the President's Committee called for a better understanding of the dimensions of quality and best practices. One promising arts integration method is drama-based pedagogy (DBP). A comprehensive search of the literature revealed 47…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Integrated Curriculum, Drama
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Reljic, Gabrijela; Ferring, Dieter; Martin, Romain – Review of Educational Research, 2015
The effectiveness of bilingual programs for promoting academic achievement of language minority children in the United States has been examined in six meta-analyses. The present meta-analytic study investigates this topic for the first time in the European context. Thorough literature searches uncovered 101 European studies, with only 7 meeting…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Language Minorities, Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries
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Berkovich, Izhak; Eyal, Ori – Review of Educational Research, 2015
The aim of the present article is to review the international evidence about emotional aspects related to educational leaders. The review focuses on empirical studies published in peer-refereed educational journals between 1992 and 2012. First, we address the importance of researching emotions for understanding educational leaders. Next, we…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Administrators, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Intelligence