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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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Assessing Our Students Assessing Their Students: Support and Impact of Preservice Teachers on P-5 Student Learning
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Arrington, Nancy M.; Lu, Hsiu-Lien – Teacher Educator, 2015
This study examines and analyzes the impact and support of preservice teachers on 74 featured P-5 students' learning outcomes during units of instruction in three practicum tiers in an early childhood education program. The quantitative results indicate a significant difference in the P-5 students' gains on the pre- and post-assessment…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Effectiveness
Beyond Exposure to Collaboration: Preparing General-Education Teacher Candidates for Inclusive Practice
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Hamman, Doug; Lechtenberger, DeAnn; Griffin-Shirley, Nora; Zhou, Li – Teacher Educator, 2013
Preparation of new teachers to work effectively in inclusion settings has not kept pace with demands created by recent reforms. General-education candidates typically receive limited exposure to inclusion strategies at the preservice level, and often their only meaningful preparation comes in the practicum setting. The purpose of this article was…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs
Making Critical Connections between Social Studies Teaching and Student Achievement Using NAEP Data Explorer
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Fitchett, Paul G.; Heafner, Tina L. – Teacher Educator, 2013
In this analysis of promising practice, we demonstrate how social studies methods instructors can incorporate data analysis of the 2010 United States History National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP-USH) to facilitate pedagogical aims, engage teacher candidates in critical discourse, and investigate the contexts of teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Social Studies, National Competency Tests, Correlation
Preparing Teachers for Success with English Language Learners: Challenges and Opportunities for University TESOL Educators
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Peter, Lizette; Markham, Paul; Frey, Bruce B. – Teacher Educator, 2012
This study investigates the role that a socioculturally grounded university English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program played in shaping teachers' work with English Language Learners (ELLs). Subjects were a group of teachers at "Wheatland Elementary School," a newly designated ESOL site for a school district in Kansas. From an analysis…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Assignments
Do Your "Aides" Aid Instruction? A Tool for Assessing the Use of Paraprofessionals as Instructional Assistants.
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Green, James E.; Barnes, Donald L. – Teacher Educator, 1989
The role of paraprofessionals in schools has evolved from a primarily clerical function to their current status as instructional assistants. An assessment instrument (designed to determine functions, training needs, and effectiveness of instructional assistants) is included and discussed. (IAH)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Should I Become a Teacher?
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Hullihan, William F. – Teacher Educator, 1982
Two tests are provided for those considering a teaching career: (1) a one-question, multiple-choice examination in which the respondent is informed of the status of public school education, and (2) an eight-question test that measures the effectiveness of teacher education programs that aspiring teachers may attend. (CJ)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness
Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments: A "Personalized" Approach to Staff Development.
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Weller, L. David – Teacher Educator, 1982
A "personalized" staff development project conducted by the University of Georgia's Department of Professional Laboratory Experiences and local schools used the Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI) to assess beginning teachers' latent competencies and indicate potential areas of improvement. Both the TPAI and the staff development…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education