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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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Zambo, Debby; Zambo, Ron – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2011
Information from neuroscience is readily available to educators, yet instructors of educational psychology and related fields have not investigated teachers' beliefs regarding this information. The purpose of this survey study was to uncover the beliefs 62 teachers held about neuroscience and education. Results indicate there were three types of…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Teacher Attitudes, Neurology, Scientific Research
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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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Peskin, Joan; Katz, Steven; Lazare, Gerald – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2009
Although there has been research on "professional learning communities" (PLCs) in schools, little attention has been paid to them in contexts of higher education. This article chronicles the development of a PLC, involving the 18 instructors who teach educational psychology each year to 1,400 preservice teacher candidates. Through questionnaires…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Educational Psychology