Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.
The ERIC mission is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information that also meets the requirements of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.
Articles by Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Meeting the Needs of Gifted and Talented Minority Language Students
Students with special gifts and talents come from all cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Gifted students can be...
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Developing Metacognition
Metacognition is thinking about thinking, knowing "what we know" and "what we don't know." Just as an executive's job is...
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Academic Effects of After-School Programs
The current emphasis on performance standards and testing has led schools to look to the after-school hours as time...
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Bullying in Schools
Bullying in schools is a worldwide problem that can have negative consequences for the general school climate and for...
Topics: Middle Years (5-9) | Bullying and Teasing -
A Middle School Teachers' Guide for Selecting Picture Books
Picture books have traditionally been relegated to the domain of elementary school classrooms; however, the stigma...
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Research on Quality in Infant-Toddler Programs
Concern about the quality of infant-toddler care programs has grown recently in response to two factors. The first is...
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Assessing Young Children's Social Competence
During the past two decades, a convincing body of evidence has accumulated to indicate that unless children achieve...
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Early Transitions for Children and Families: Transitions from Infant/Toddler Services to Preschool Education
Transitions for young children can occur at a number of points: as the child moves from the hospital to the family's...
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Loneliness in Young Children
Loneliness is a significant problem that can predispose young children to immediate and long-term negative consequences....
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Self-Regulation and School Readiness
Self-regulation of behavior generally refers to controlled, cognitive monitoring of the actions and steps required to...
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