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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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Seifert, Kelvin – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2010
In this study the feasibility and educational value of students' writing their own textbook was explored for a particular course in which commercial textbooks had become a normal feature. The course itself was about introductory educational psychology--a common requirement for preservice teachers in training. In lieu of buying a commercial text,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Instructional Development, Preservice Teachers, Textbooks
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Reynolds-Keefer, Laura – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2010
This study evaluates the impact of teaching basic qualitative methodology to preservice teachers enrolled in an educational psychology course in the quality of observation journals. Preservice teachers enrolled in an educational psychology course requiring 45 hr of field experience were given qualitative methodological training as a part of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Educational Psychology, Research Methodology, Course Content
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Hanich, Laurie B. – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2009
This article describes the construction and development of a course assignment that uses student interviews as an instructional tool to bridge the gap between theory and practice in a graduate educational psychology course. The first part of the article describes the student interview assignment used to examine theories of motivation. The second…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Psychology, Theory Practice Relationship
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Gallagher, Tiffany L. – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2009
The belief systems with which teacher candidates enter their preservice programs powerfully shape their perceptions about teaching and learning. Data were gathered from 412 teacher candidates over the course of 5 academic years. Each of the participants posed 2 questions at the beginning of their course that they would like to be answered during…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Psychology, Beliefs, Teacher Educators