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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The Shy Child
Shyness is a common but little-understood emotion. Everyone has felt ambivalent or self-conscious in new social...
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Young Children's Oral Language Development
The development of oral language is one of the child's most natural--and impressive--accomplishments. This digest...
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Young Children's Social Development: A Checklist
Early childhood educators have traditionally given high priority to enhancing young children's social development....
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Children's Peer Relationships
Children's friendships have inevitable ups and downs. Yet the feelings of satisfaction and security that most children...
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Early Childhood Violence Prevention
Consider these grim statistics regarding American children: every day, 10 are murdered, 16 die from guns, 316 are...
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Teens and Prescription Drugs: An Analysis of Recent Trends on the Emerging Drug Threat
A number of national studies and published reports indicate that the intentional abuse of prescription drugs, such as...
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Focus on After-School Time for Violence Prevention
An estimated eight million school-age children are home alone after school (U.S. Department of Education, 2001). These...
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The Effectiveness of Middle College High School
Program Description Middle College High Schools are alternative high schools located on college campuses that aim to...
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Video Games: Research, Ratings, Recommendations
Video games have remained popular since their introduction in the United States in the 1970s. A trend toward increased...
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Should Gifted Students Be Grade-Advanced?
Intellectually gifted and academically talented students are able to learn material rapidly and understand concepts...
Topics: Gifted and Talented Education
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