Middle school students are acutely aware of their social surroundings. In the process of emerging from childhood they attentively observe one another, looking for clues to belonging. Striving for independence from adult authority, young adolescents endeavor to blend in with their contemporaries. From clothes to music, from posture to attitude, middle school students are exploring. While peers have considerable influence, teachers are still a significant factor in students' lives. What teachers...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Middle Schools, Adolescent Literature, Multicultural Education, Integrated...
This article presents an archive of articles and books published in other venues during the past year and serves as a valuable tool to readers of "Reading in a Foreign Language" (RFL). The "Articles" section treats any topic within the scope of RFL and second language reading. Articles are organized by topic and are listed in alphabetical order. This section includes titles of the articles, as well as brief summaries. Two additional sections include a list of books, volumes,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Reading Comprehension, Second Languages, Annotated Bibliographies, English (Second...
This annotated bibliography is a companion piece to "Putting Creativity and Innovation to Work: Continuing Higher Education's Role in Shifting the Educational Paradigm," also in this edition of "Continuing Higher Education Review." The author has provided citations for a selection of books and a brief description of the main idea in each along with an excerpt. These books begin with the premise that the practice of creativity and innovation can be taught. They fall into...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Creativity, Annotated Bibliographies, Citation Analysis, Student...
Courses in the arts develop skills specific to the discipline. Research also suggests that the arts contribute to enhanced attentiveness, engagement in school, communication skills, and critical and divergent thinking. Other studies point out benefits for at-risk students in reducing negative outcomes such as dropout and crime rates. Studies report a correlational relationship between arts education and reading achievement, but a causal link has not been established. Thus, there is evidence of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art Education, Learner Engagement, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, At Risk...
Within the US Department of Education's new flexibility initiative, there are three key and fundamental areas of interest, each referred to as a "principle." The first of these is that State Education Agencies (SEAs) must adopt and implement college- and career-ready (CCR) standards for all students. This brief provides information on CCR expectations for all students, with a focus on English learners [ELs]. The majority of materials related to CCR and ELs have been produced within...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Educational Principles, English Language...
Within the US Department of Education's new flexibility initiative, there are three key principles, each with areas of focus. The third of these is that State Education Agencies (SEAs) must develop and implement systems of determining and supporting effective instruction and leadership within schools. This brief looks at websites, documents, and resources produced by nationally-known organizations, federally-funded centers, research centers, and similar entities to identify resources that focus...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Instructional Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Principles, Web...
Within the US Department of Education's new flexibility initiative, there are three key and fundamental areas of focus, each referred to as a "principle." The second of these is that State Education Agencies (SEAs) must develop and implement differentiated recognition, accountability, and support to assure that all students are taught by effective teachers and receive an education that will allow them to be successful in college and/or careers. This document identifies resources that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Recognition (Achievement), Accountability, Educational Principles, Educational...
This annotated bibliography contains summaries of research studies examining a number of College Board assessments and programs. To be included in the bibliography, each study needed to meet a number of criteria. First, articles must have been published (as a College Board research report, in an external journal, or as an ETS research report). Conference presentations or proceedings were not included because these materials often do not undergo as much scientific scrutiny as fully published...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, Advanced...
A comprehensive literature review that integrates and synthesizes peer-reviewed research surrounding a problem is a prerequisite for making an original contribution to a field and profession. The literature review in a doctoral dissertation is a required component, but most of these reviews suffer from bounded, linear thinking, limited scope, and little effort to go outside of the existing literature on a topic, either in content or in analysis. The intent of this paper is to explore concepts...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Learning Processes, Literature Reviews, Peer Evaluation, Innovation, Doctoral...
The sources contained within this annotated bibliography can help inform state efforts to define the competencies that students need to be able to demonstrate, determine how schools and districts can ensure that students master these competencies, and measure school and student progress toward college and career readiness and success goals. This annotated bibliography seeks to provide a point of reference for achieving these objectives and catalogs resources designed to explain what lifelong...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Lifelong Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Competence, College Readiness, Career...
This annotated bibliography contains summaries of research studies examining a number of College Board assessments and programs. To be included in the bibliography, each study needed to meet a number of criteria. First, articles must have been published (as a College Board research report, in an external journal, or as an ETS research report). Conference presentations or proceedings were not included because these materials often do not undergo as much scientific scrutiny as fully published...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students,...
Math in Common® (MiC) is a five-year initiative that supports a formal network of 10 California school districts as they implement the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSS-M) across grades K-8. This research brief explores how best to select or develop and use classroom observation systems in order to document instructional shifts and inform MiC school district improvement efforts. The report is organized into three main sections: (1) An exploration of what the research literature...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Observation Techniques, School Districts, Educational Improvement,...
More and more Canadians are departing the country for international study, training and work experiences. Increasingly Canadian organizations and institutions are developing programs that further this mobility. However there is a dearth of resources and a lack of guidelines related to ensuring health and safety while abroad. "Worth the Risk" offers the reader practical approaches to ensuring the safety of students and learners. The paper is divided into six sections, the first being...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Safety, International Education, Educational Resources, Annotated Bibliographies,...
This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2005 Summer Institute: "Adult Basic Education & Literacy, Media and Technology." The references and annotations point to relevant research, project, strategy and evaluation reports that describe and analyze the current and future influences of changing technologies on definitions of literacy, lifelong learning policy, and program-level practice in Canada and internationally. This list is far from exhaustive, but...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Influence of Technology, Annotated...
This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2004 Summer Institute: "Adult Basic Education: Impact of Policy on Practice: International Perspectives". The references and annotations point to relevant research studies, advocacy papers, and government documents that describe and discuss the role that policy plays in shaping program-level structures and practices in the adult literacy and basic education sector in Canada, and internationally. This list is not exhaustive,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies,...
This bibliography was compiled for the 2006 Summer Institute at The Centre for Literacy-"Accountability and Public Trust: Restoring the Balance." The selections include lectures, research studies, policy papers, and government documents that describe and analyze recent concepts of accountability in the context of government funding in the non-profit sector in several countries. They look at issues of assessment and accountability in the broad field of education and more narrowly in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Trust (Psychology), Financial Support, Nonprofit...
The references and annotations in this bibliography all relate in some way to the topic of adult learning and education through the museum, and through the arts in general. While not all of the articles focus specifically on adult models or experiences, all pertain to either education in and through the museum, art education theory and practice, and/or successful models of collaboration. The majority of these references were produced in the 1990s, but coverage extends from 1976 to 2001. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Museums, Adult Learning, Art Education, Art Activities,...
How many adults with literacy problems actually have learning disabilities (LD)? Do most adults with severe literacy problems actually have a learning disability? What data exist to support the claims? How is LD being defined? Is the label overused? Is social/economic disadvantage misinterpreted as LD? What technologies and software exist to accommodate various disabilities? What can technology offer specifically to the learning disabled? How can technologies developed for specific disabilities...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Adult Literacy, Learning Disabilities, Adults, Reading...
This bibliography is an update of an earlier version published by The Centre for Literacy in the Fall of 1995. In this edition, the authors have added more than twenty entries on articles which have appeared since 1995. Interest in the topic of literacy and health has grown enormously as indicated by the large number of titles which show up in a search. The authors chose to annotate the twenty-some new entries and simply to list others based on the time allocated to this project rather than on...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Methods, Older Adults, Empowerment, Mothers,...
This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2007 Summer Institute--"Libraries and Literacy: Making It Work." The literature represented here includes research studies, descriptive articles, guides and manuals. Selections address the principles, "best practices" and assessment of library involvement in literacy programs and describe the different forms such involvement takes--including programs run by libraries alone and collaborative programs that involve...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Libraries, Adult Literacy, Family Literacy, Literacy Education, Library Services,...
Television has been seen by some as an enemy of literacy and by others as a tool for enhancing literacy. It has been used to arouse public awareness through national campaigns, to instruct in basic skills, and to motivate potential learners to seek education. According to the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), adults with limited literacy watch more television than other adults. They suggest, however, that this is not the cause of their low literacy but the outcome. To explore some of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Adult Literacy, Television, Foreign Countries, Alphabets,...
Peer collaborative learning has been popular in education for decades. As both pedagogy and learning strategy, it has been frequently adopted and adapted for a wide range of academic content areas at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels due to its benefits. The professional literature is filled with reports of individual professors integrating this approach into postsecondary classrooms in diverse ways. Increased attention has been placed on this practice due to claims that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Postsecondary Education, Cooperative Learning, College Students, College Programs,...
Peer collaborative learning has been popular in education for decades. As both pedagogy and learning strategy, it has been frequently adopted and adapted for a wide range of academic content areas at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels due to its benefits. The professional literature is filled with reports of individual professors integrating this approach into postsecondary classrooms in diverse ways. Increased attention has been placed on this practice due to claims that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Supplementary Education, Supplementary Reading Materials, Video Technology,...
This annotated bibliography is a compilation of the research on programed instruction conducted in the United States since 1954. The introduction describes the field; looks back over the research and reviews some of its conclusions; answers the question whether students learn from programmed instruction; explains the characteristic variables; and mentions other interesting studies and findings, such as those on branching and individual differences, which were not included in the review. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Reports, Annotated...
The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide researchers, analysts, teachers, and advanced students interested in various aspects of Soviet education with a body of reference materials covering the large number of relevant articles and monographs which have been published since the late 1950s. The bibliography includes 281 titles, arranged alphabetically by authors, within 78 subject categories. An appended supplement includes 36 additional titles cross-referenced to the relevant...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Reference Materials, Annotated Bibliographies, Foreign Countries, Authors, English,...
This comprehensive annotated bibliography of curriculum guides for music is the first of its kind to be published. The list of guides includes State-level publications as well as some city- and county-produced materials. The subject-indexed publication will be useful to music educators and administrators at all levels, and will contribute to a more comprehensive knowledge of the philosophy and practices current in the teaching of music. Part I lists music curriculum guides by educational level,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Music Education, High Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Curriculum Guides,...
This bibliography is a survey of generally available recent studies and commentaries dealing with graduate education. "It covers the 4-year period, 1957-60"; but it also includes many earlier publications of exceptional interest and importance. It includes general studies of the various aspects of graduate education in the arts, sciences, and professions; "it does not include studies limited to graduate education in single academic or professional fields." The test for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Graduate Study, Graduate Students, International Educational Exchange, Annotated...
This bulletin is the first in a series of summaries of research conducted in reading from 1955 to 1960. The publication includes both published and unpublished research during the 5-year period. The published research has been compiled largely from studies reported in educational periodicals. The unpublished research was made available through a survey conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Education, with the cooperation of colleges, universities, and public school systems, which...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary School Students, Reading...
During the last decade, research has become increasingly important to the profession of librarianship. Seven library schools now have doctoral programs, foundation grants have stimulated and supported scores of major projects, and the research method has been recognized as an accepted technique for solving library problems. The increasing volume of research has caused a serious difficulty: information about completed studies and active investigations is so widely scattered that it is not easily...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral...
This bibliography should be useful to educators, researchers, teachers, personnel managers and placement officers, industrial training supervisors, vocational and rehabilitation counselors, and volunteers engaged in full- or part-time work with the backward and illiterate adult. It should serve librarians in the development of professional and special collections of materials for reading courses, and for use in displays and exhibits in connection with general training programs, conferences,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Adult Literacy,...
This is the fourth Office of Education bibliography of studies pertaining to the 2-year college. It is intended as a reference work for administrators, professors, and students of 2-year college education. The bulletin gives information on sources and materials which generally are not annotated in national professional journals or in publications such as Education Index or Doctoral Dissertations. The studies cited are those unpublished and completed or underway during the period of January 1,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Educational...
This catalog identifies all currently available Office of Education publications, and some materials in press as of June 1963. The annotated list contains approximately 650 titles in the following categories: (1) General publications--miscellaneous, OE publications, research, adult education, international, and library services; (2) Elementary and secondary education--administration and statistics, students, curriculum and activities, audiovisual aids, exceptional children/special education,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Government Publications, Annotated...
This bulletin presents reading research studies in the upper elementary grades during the period from 1955 through 1960. It represents an attempt to bring together the unpublished as well as published studies for that period. This compilation was undertaken by the U.S. Office of Education in response to requests from reading and language arts specialists, particularly members of the National Conference on Research in English. To identify studies for inclusion, the Office of Education sent...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary School Students, Study...
Thousand of books, monographs, proceedings, and articles have been published concerning colleges and universities in the United States. As guides to his extensive literature, many bibliographies in the field of higher education in general, or special aspects of it, have been prepared. These vary greatly in comprehensiveness, in recency, and in usefulness. Few of them include informative annotations. None of them covers satisfactorily the office of the president--the prestige office of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, College Presidents, Universities, Annotated Bibliographies,...
Thousand of books, monographs, proceedings, and articles have been published concerning colleges and universities in the United States. As guides to his extensive literature, many bibliographies in the field of higher education in general, or special aspects of it, have been prepared. These vary greatly in comprehensiveness, in recency, and in usefulness. Few of them include informative annotations. None of them covers satisfactorily the office of the president--the prestige office of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, College Presidents, Universities, Annotated Bibliographies,...
Because of the growing importance of the sciences in the society and the increasing interest of young people in pursuing scientific careers, the Congress of the United States enacted Public Law 85-875. One purpose of the law as stated in Section 2(a) (4) is "to develop an awareness of the satisfactions to be derived through a career devoted to science." On September 2, 1958, President Eisenhower signed into law both the National Defense Education Act (Public Law 85-864) and Public Law...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Science Careers, Mathematics,...
Granting sabbatical leave as a stimulus to scholarly growth and as a broadening of outlook appeared among the earliest fringe benefits provided faculty members by institutions of higher education in the United States. This report on the history of sabbatical leave and present practices in that area should be helpful to institutions engaged in the initiation or modification of faculty leave policies. The findings are based primarily on information secured from reference librarians, historians,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, College Faculty, Scholarship, Personnel Policy, School Policy,...
The purpose of this annotated guide is to assist educators in locating sources of information leading to the more effective use of educational media in teaching and learning situations. Its 6 parts provide: (1) published lists of new educational media--motion pictures, filmstrips, and records, tapes and transcriptions; (2) information about equipment; (3) bibliographies--selected references, selected catalogs of books for elementary and secondary schools, a selected list of journals, selected...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, Guides, Educational Resources, Information Sources, Visual Aids,...
This bulletin updates the original annotated bibliography, published in 1958, entitled "State Curriculum Guides for Industrial Arts," and represent current State instruction material for industrial arts. Only guides bearing a publishing date from 1951-61 are included, as identified by State supervisors of industrial arts, consultants, or persons most responsible for the program of industrial arts in each State department of education. All State departments of education, including the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Industrial Arts, State Curriculum...
This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of about 500 publications issued by the U.S. Office of Education through October 1961, including recent editions of annual surveys which, since the academic year 1869-70, have become traditional publications of the Office of Education, providing data and forecasts concerning finances, enrollment, staff, curriculum, and facilities of public schools and colleges and universities. Included are the following subject areas: (1) General...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Government Publications, Annotated...
This catalog lists Office of Education publications which are either in stock or in press as of October 1960, and are expected to be available for sale to the public through the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, early in 1961. Many new titles have been added to the previous catalog, "Publications of the Office of Education: 1959," reflecting the increased interest in all phases of American education and the stimulus provided by the National Defense...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Government Publications, Annotated...
There is a widespread interest in financial aid for college students on the part of prospective students and their parents as well as counselors and administrators in secondary schools and colleges. This interest and its own research needs warrant publication by the Office of Education of a comprehensive up-to-date bibliography on financial aid problems and issues. It is limited to published materials on scholarships, fellowships, loan funds, assistantships, and other part-time employment. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, Student Financial Aid, Annotated Bibliographies, High School...
A growing awareness of the potential importance to education of media such as radio, television, and motion pictures, is reflected in the notable increase in published literature on the subject.. This first revision in 4 years of the Office of Education's "Radio and Television Bibliography" contains significant additions in virtually every aspect of communications. Included are volumes reporting findings on research and experimentation, significant contributions to the educational...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Radio,...
Professional literature on American higher education is vast and varied. Bibliographic items on college and university administration alone indicate that perhaps twenty thousand books, pamphlets, and magazine articles have appeared in print since 1950. Because the range and quality of the literature on university administration are so great, the staff of the Division of Higher Education found it necessary to develop for its own use the selected and annotated bibliography published herewith. It...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, College Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Public Relations,...
Professional literature on American higher education is vast and varied. Bibliographic items on college and university administration alone indicate that perhaps twenty thousand books, pamphlets, and magazine articles have appeared in print since 1950. Because the range and quality of the literature on university administration are so great, the staff of the Division of Higher Education found it necessary to develop for its own use the selected and annotated bibliography published herewith. It...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, College Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Information...
Professional literature on American higher education is vast and varied. Bibliographic items on college and university administration alone indicate that perhaps twenty thousand books, pamphlets, and magazine articles have appeared in print since 1950. Because the range and quality of the literature on university administration are so great, the staff of the Division of Higher Education found it necessary to develop for its own use the selected and annotated bibliography published herewith. It...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, College Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Periodicals,...
This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of publications issued by the U.S. Office of Education through April 1959 in the following subject areas: (1) general publications--periodicals, annual reports and directories, statistical studies, and handbooks; (2) administration--State, local, buildings and facilities, and finance; (3) elementary education; (4) exceptional children and youth; (5) secondary education; (6) higher education; (7) adult education; (8) international; (9)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Government Publications, Annotated...
Public interest in the field of the retarded child has grown rapidly. One of the more striking aspects of this movement has been the development of interest in the training and education of the severely retarded group of children. This annotated bibliography of more than 300 titles is itself evidence of the pace at which this area has expanded. The publication is one of the series of studies by the Section on Exceptional Children and Youth on the education of mentally retarded. It is a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Special Education, Educational Needs, Severe Mental Retardation, Annotated...
Since any good citizen wants to know how his Government works, as an initial experience it is necessary to become acquainted with the setting--Washington, D. C. This bulletin serves as an introduction to the Capital. It provides an historical and a present-day background for appreciating the city. What kind of a community is Washington? Why does it exist? Was it planned or did it just happen? How large is it? Is there a relationship between its size and its purpose? Does it have the kind of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, United States History, Federal Government, Vignettes, Diaries,...
In every recent study of education beyond the high school the 2-year college has been considered as a possible solution to the problem of serving adequately the great flood of students that will soon be receiving their high school diploma. The importance of these institutions in meeting the desirable goals of decentralization and diversification is only now being fully realized. The type of 2-year college needed is being considered by many districts and States, and in each case there is the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Technical Institutes, Federal Aid, Community Colleges, Annotated...