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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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The Power of Choice in Early Childhood Classrooms
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Hertzog, Nancy B. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2009
There are three practical ways to incorporate the principles of choice into early childhood classrooms: choice of language, choice of time, and choice within the curriculum. Early childhood educators need to reflect upon their instructional practices, document the types of decisions students make every day to foster their own learning, and examine…
Descriptors: Young Children, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
Life 101: Thinking out of the Box
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Leggett, Ann Alexander – Understanding Our Gifted, 2009
Cutler was their first child, so how could they know just how different he really was? As parents, they had heard others say that everyone thinks their own children are gifted. Gifted? That really wasn't a label they had even considered. Their son looked at things differently than others his age. He had intense passions and little quirky…
Descriptors: Gifted, Academically Gifted, Academic Achievement, Preschool Education
Success Express: Building on the Butterfly Effect
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Sisk, Dorothy – Understanding Our Gifted, 2006
This article describes Success Express, a program planned and implemented as part of a collaborative 1990 Javits project for gifted students between Lamar University and Texas A & M. The program has been continued by Lamar and Beaumont Independent School District as a two week summer program to identify high-potential, low-income 4-5 year olds and…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Summer Programs, Academically Gifted, Talent