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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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Hora, Matthew T.; Millar, Susan B.; Arrigoni, Jessica; Kretchmar, Kerry – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2009
This paper describes the analysis of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program's January 2008 Learning Network Conference (LNC). This study focuses on the methodologies used by the MSP community to generate evidence and seeks to understand topics of interest to the 320 LNC participants. The data set for this…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Science Education, Evidence, Educational Research
Grant, Timothy S.; Nathan, Mitchell J. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2008
Confidence intervals are beginning to play an increasing role in the reporting of research findings within the social and behavioral sciences and, consequently, are becoming more prevalent in beginning classes in statistics and research methods. Confidence intervals are an attractive means of conveying experimental results, as they contain a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Intervals, Research Methodology, Figurative Language
Clifford, Matthew; Millar, Susan B. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ3), 2008
Federal programs, such as the National Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership program, are promoting partnerships between K-12 school districts and higher education institutions (K-20 partnerships) in hopes of fostering greater alignment and cooperation among participating institutions and pooling resources to address persistent…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Hora, Matthew T.; Millar, Susan B. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2007
This report on the SCALE Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) Case Studies line of work provides preliminary findings about SCALE activities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison). This study focuses on the structural and behavioral dynamics influencing the implementation of the four core SCALE strategies for effecting change in…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Preservice Teacher Education, Case Studies, Undergraduate Study
Halverson, Richard; Thomas, Christopher N. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2007
This paper explores the ways in which school leaders are turning to student services staff as local experts in data analysis and use to meet the demands of high-stakes accountability. The authors have been collecting data, as part of a 5-year National Science Foundation-funded study, on how school leaders create data-driven systems to improve…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Inclusive Schools, Student Personnel Workers, Student Personnel Services
Nathan, Mitchell J.; Jackson, Kristi – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2006
The prominent role of Boolean classes in qualitative data analysis software is viewed by some as an encroachment of logical positivism on qualitative research methodology. The authors articulate an embodiment perspective, in which Boolean classes are viewed as conceptual metaphors for apprehending and manipulating data, concepts, and categories in…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Qualitative Research, Coding