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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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Uniforms and Dress-Code Policies
Does the old adage "clothes make the man" apply to in the school? That is, can the way students dress have an impact on...
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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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Can Music Instruction Affect Children's Cognitive Development?
Several studies have examined the effects of music instruction on children's abilities in other disciplines. Other...
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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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Cooperative Learning is a Brain Turn-On
Although I attended school for 21 years before entering the University of California Santa Barbara Graduate School of...
Topics: Learning Styles and Differences -
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 -
Student Dress Codes
In recent years, schools across the country have experienced violence, gang activity, and thefts of clothing and...
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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...
Topics: Preteen Years (9-13) | Reading -
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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