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 Pros of Bilingual Education
Bilingual education continues to receive criticism in the national media. This Digest examines some of the criticism,...
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Youth After-School Programs
The number of children and adolescents without family supervision after school is increasing. Further, the once common...
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Special Education Life Skills
Life skills are essential to job functioning, and they must be included in instruction for students with special needs....
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Children with Communication Disorders
The ability to communicate with others is critical to a young child's development and it is a prerequisite to academic...
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Creativity in Young Children
The precursors of adult creativity are clearly evident in young children. This digest explores factors that affect...
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Homeschooling Gifted Children
During the last 20 years, increasing numbers of families in the United States have chosen to educate their children at...
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Test Anxiety: How to Help Students Overcome It
Anxiety is a basic human emotion consisting of fear and uncertainty that typically appears when an individual perceives...
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Stress in Children
Traditionally, stress has been defined in terms of its source (e.g., internal and external) (Marion, 2003). Internal...
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Physical Exercise for Children
Physical inactivity has become a serious problem in the United States. More than half of U.S. adults do not meet...
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Children and Computers
Whether we use technology with young children--and if so, how-are critical issues facing early childhood educators and...
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