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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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Building Leadership Skills in Middle School Girls Through Interscholastic Athletics
Participation in sports supports leadership by teaching girls to cooperate with their teammates and opponents as well as...
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Academic Redshirting and Young Children
The term redshirting originally referred to postponing a college athlete's participation in regular season games for one...
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Assessing the Development of Preschoolers
It's only natural for parents to wonder occasionally if the development of their preschooler is going well. Here's a...
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He Has a Summer Birthday: The Kindergarten Entrance Age Dilemma
Is it a disadvantage to be among the youngest, rather than the oldest, in a kindergarten class? What does the research...
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Helping Middle School Students Make the Transition into High School
Learn how educators can ease students transition into high school by providing challenging and supportive middle school...
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Beginning Reading
For many children, learning to read is neither natural nor easy. The teaching of beginning reading is of supreme...
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Recent Research on All-Day Kindergarten
Find out about the academic, social, and behavioral effects of all-day kindergarten, as well as parents' and teachers'...
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Full-Day Kindergarten Programs
Recent research supports the effectiveness of full-day kindergarten programs. Here are some of its benefits as compared...
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Measuring Kindergarteners' Social Competence
Social competence is the degree to which children adapt to their school and home environments. Social competence in...
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Strengthening Transitions by Encouraging Career Pathways
In order to be economically self-sufficient, youth need some education beyond high school. Nonetheless, persisting in...
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