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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Paying for College: Prepaid Tuition and College Savings Plans
In 2003-2004, tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities averaged $4,694, while those at private...
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Violence in Audio-Visual Media: How Educators Can Respond
Over the past 20 years there have been numerous studies and frequent warnings about violent television programs and...
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Media Literacy
Children today are growing up in what O'Sullivan, Dutton and Rayner (1998) call a "media saturated" world, in which mass...
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Affective and Social Benefits of Small-Scale Schooling
The school consolidation trend that began early in this century continues into the present, with both schools and...
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Integrating Students with Severe Disabilities
Students with severe handicaps are those "having physical, mental, or emotional problems to a degree requiring...
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Doing Science with Your Children
He did not speak until he was three, and when he could talk, choosing words was difficult. His frequent angry outbursts...
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Enriquecimiento del horario extra-escolar de los ninos (Enriching Children's Out-of-School Time)
Los ninos entre los 5 y 14 anos de edad pasan hasta el 80% de su tiempo fuera de la escuela. Estas horas representan una...
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Life Skills Mastery for Students with Special Needs
Life skills are essential to job functioning, and they must be included in instruction for students with special needs....
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Test Accommodations for LEP Students
It is widely believed that school achievement will improve if education systems identify what is to be learned, then...
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Parents' Role in Transition for Handicapped Youth.
Parents have a major influence on their children's attitudes toward work and life. Many studies have recognized the...
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