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Web Resources for
Research in
P-12 Education
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Quick Links for Research Databases
The Short List
-- Best Sources to Begin Your Search
All Databases -- A-Z
Quick Search@OhioLINK
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E-Journal
Finder
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Education
Portals, Directories, &
Statistical Resources
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:: SSU Teacher
Candidate Portfolios Server
and SSU TK20
access |
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:: Education
Journals: An annotated database
--"English language print and electronic
journals focused on K-12 education and professional staff
preparation." NOTE: For articles and article citations,
go to
Research Databases. |
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::
Educator's
Reference Desk and
Write
a Lesson
Plan Guide
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:: ERIC
Bibliographic Database -- Public Access NOTE: For OhioLINK
online articles, use the following link -->
ERIC |
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::
Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) -- Hundreds of
federally supported education resources
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:: G.E.M./The
Gateway to 21st Century Skills
-- "free, comprehensive resources that will make your lesson
planning easier" |
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:: INFOhio
(ask for login at Reference Counter)
-- the Information Network for Ohio Schools
provides research databases and other virtual resources for
Ohio's PreK - 12 schools; links to local schools' online catalogs and
to the
South
Central Ohio Media Center, the Instructional Media Center
serving this area's schools |
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:: MarcoPolo
-- high quality Internet content and professional development
resources for teachers and students |
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:: National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)--Includes The
Condition of Education,
Digest of Education Statistics,
Education Statistics at a
Glance,
The Common Core of Data, and the
Public
School and School District Search
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:: Ohio
Digital Classroom -- offers
streaming video, multimedia learning tools, and corresponding lesson
plans correlated to the Ohio Academic Content Standards |
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:: Ohio
Distance Learning and
Search by Ohio Content Standards |
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::
OPLIN -- Ohio Public
Library Information Network online resources |
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:: SearchEDU.com
-- a web search engine that limits to .edu sites |
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:: World
Data on Education from
UNESCO's International Bureau of Education
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::
WWW
Virtual Library: Education
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Research Databases
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Art
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::
Academic Content Standards
(Ohio) for Fine Arts and the
Ohio Department of Education Fine Arts Portal |
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:: Arts,
Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning --The U.S. Department
of Education suggests "how arts principles and concepts can
best be understood, taught, and used in the classroom to improve
instruction in the arts and other disciplines."
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:: ARTSEDGE
-- curriculum resources for the arts |
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:: Education
at the Getty -- includes
lesson plans and activities
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EDSITEment -- curriculum resources from
the National Endowment for the Arts |
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:: National
Art Education Association
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:: Ohio
Art Education Association
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:: Sanford's
A Lifetime of Color -- includes lesson plans, glossary, art
timeline, and newsletters |
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Research Databases |
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Deaf Studies
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::
American Sign Language Browser
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American
Sign Language Fonts
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::
American Sign Language Teachers
Association (ASLTA)
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::
Basic
Dictionary of ASL (American Sign Language) Terms
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::
Deaf Resource Library
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::
Handspeak
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::
Learn American Sign
Language and Signed English
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::
National Deaf
Education Center: Information on Deafness
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Research Databases
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Early
Childhood
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:: Academic
Content Standards (Ohio) for Early Learning
and the
Ohio Department of Education Early
Learning Standards and Guidelines Portal |
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:: American
Montessori Society
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:: Association
for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
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:: Child
Care Bureau --U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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:: Child
Care & Early Education Research Connections
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:: Early
Childhood and Pre-school
-- directory from the Internet Public
Library
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:: Early
Childhood Educators' and Family Web Corner
-- index to all things early childhood |
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:: Head
Start Bureau
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:: Head
Start Information and Publications Center
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:: "How
Are the Children?" Report on Early Childhood
Development and Learning from the "White House conference on Early
Childhood Development and Learning: What New Research on the Brain
Tells Us about Our Youngest Children."
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:: The
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
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:: National
Child Care Information Center and
QUILT -- for an example of a
code
of ethics, see the section "Establish Yourself as a
Business Professional" in the article "Focusing on
Quality in Family Child Care" |
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:: National
Head Start Association
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:: National
Network for Child Care
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:: National
Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
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:: North
American Montessori Teachers Association
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:: Ohio
Association for the Education of Young Children |
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::
Ohio
ORC Resouces for Early Childhood (REC) -- "collaboration between
the Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and Reading and
the Ohio Department of Education's Office of Early Learning and
School Readiness" that provides "peer-reviewed web-based resources
to assist with instructional planning, professional learning, and
the implementation of the Ohio Early Learning Standards for
mathematics, science, English language arts, and social studies." |
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:: School
Involvement in Early Childhood
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::
ZERO
TO THREE --"bringing together the fields of
medicine, mental health, research science and
child development"
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Research Databases |
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Intervention
Specialist (See Also
Clark Memorial Library Guide to Test Review Resources)
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:: Children
and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
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:: Circle
of Inclusion --funded by the U.S. Department of Education,
Office of Special Education, includes guidelines, inclusion manual,
strategies, and demonstrations
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:: Council
for Exceptional Children
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:: Council
for Learning Disabilities |
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:: (IEP) --from the U.S. Department of Education
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:: Including
Your Child -- U.S.
Department of Education guide to services for children with special
needs from birth to age 8
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:: International
Dyslexia Association
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:: Learning
Disabilities Association of America
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:: Learning
Disabilities Basics -- ALA's Roads to Learning: The Public
Libraries' Learning Disabilities Initiative
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:: LD
Online
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:: National
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
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:: National
Center for Learning Disabilities
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:: NICHCY
-- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities |
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:: Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
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:: Parents
Helping Parents
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:: Special
Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
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Research Databases
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Language
Arts (For Children's Literature,
see READING) |
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:: Academic
Content Standards English Language Arts (Ohio) and the
Ohio Department of Education English Language Arts Portal |
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::
EDSITEment -- curriculum resources from
the National Endowment for the Arts |
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:: National
Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) --Includes
Mission
Statement,
Positions, and
The Student's
Right to Read |
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:: OCTELA
-- Ohio Council of Teachers of Language Arts
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::
Read.Write.Think
-- the highest quality practices and resources in reading and
language arts instruction from the National Council of Teachers of
English (NCTE) and the International Reading Association (IRA) |
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:: Web
English Teacher --"Lesson plans, WebQuests, videos,
biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom
activities."
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Research Databases |
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Mathematics
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Top
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:: Academic
Content Standards (Ohio)
Mathematics and the
Ohio Department of Education Mathematics Portal
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:: Count
On -- "Designed to make maths fun and accessible for
everyone" while promoting Britain's National Numeracy
Strategy
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:: Cyberchase
-- PBS's "daily animated adventure television series and
multimedia project for children ages 8-11"
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:: Educational
REALMS -- Resources for Engaging Active Learners in Mathematics
and Science |
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:: goENC.com
-- Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education --"Best
selection of K-12 mathematics and science resources on the
Internet!" |
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:: GEM
(Gateway to Educational Materials) |
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:: Grades
9-12:Data Analysis and Probability |
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:: Illuminations
-- curriculum resources from the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (NCTM) |
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:: Math
Central --"K-12 Math Education Website" from
"faculty and students in Mathematics and Statistics and
Mathematics Education at the University of Regina in Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada."
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:: Math
Forum --Teachers' Place offers lessons, resources, and links.
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:: Mathematical
Association of America
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:: Mathematics,
State of the Art: Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning
--U.S. Department of Education's "10 ideas for transforming
mathematics teaching and learning that are backed up by research or
by promising practical experience."
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:: MegaMath
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:: National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) --Includes Principles
and Standards for School Mathematics
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::
National
Library of Virtual Manipulatives-- a library of uniquely
interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials,
mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction |
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:: National
Science Digital Library |
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:: Ohio
Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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:: OhioORC
(Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and Reading) --
standards-based best practices in mathematics,
science, and reading for Ohio schools and universities
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::
Using Data
in the Classroom |
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::
University
of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) |
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:: WebMath |
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Research Databases |
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Middle Childhood & Adolescence
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:: Lifestage
--Web sites on education resources available at every stage of
life, including prenatal and infant, preschool, primary, middle, and
secondary.
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:: Research Network on Successful Pathways through Middle
Childhood
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:: National
Middle School Association (NMSA) --Includes
Mission
Statement, Goals & Objectives
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Research Databases |
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Reading Education |
Return to Top |
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:: Academic
Content Standards English Language Arts (Ohio) and the
Ohio Department of Education English Language Arts Portal |
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:: America
Reads Challenge --"Grassroots national campaign that
challenges every American to help all our children learn to
read"
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:: American
Library Association Notable Children's Books
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:: AppLit
-- Appalachian Literature
for Children and Young Adults
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:: Barahona
Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and
Adolescents --"Books in Spanish and their value in
education of English-speaking and Spanish-speaking children and
adolescents."
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:: BookAdventure
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:: Born
to Read: How to Raise a Reader
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:: Children's
Book Council (CBC) Online --booklists, activities and
strategies, media tie-ins, and National Children's Book Week news
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:: Children's
Books Online: the Rosetta Project -- "antique
children's books ... published in the 19th and early 20th
century."
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:: Children's
Literature Web Guide
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::
Children's Picture Book
Database at Miami University -- "gives teachers,
librarians, parents, and students a place for designing
literature-based thematic units for all subjects" |
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:: Clearinghouse
on Reading, English, and Communication
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:: Compact
for Reading --"Written agreement among families, teachers,
principals, and students to work together to help improve the
reading skills of kindergarten through third grade children,"
includes School-Home Links Reading Kits for
Kindergarten,
First
Grade,
Second
Grade, and
Third
Grade.
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:: Fairy
Tales: Reading & Research
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:: Helping
Your Child Become a Reader --The U.S. Department of Education
suggests "activities for families with children from infancy through
age 6" and includes checklists, resources, and booklists.
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:: International
Children's Digital Library
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:: International
Reading Association
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:: Learning
to Read, Reading to Learn -- includes
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:: Literature
for Children
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:: Multicultural
Literature for Children --an Internet Public Library
Pathfinder
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:: Nursery
Rhymes
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:: Ohio
Council of the International Reading Association
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:: Ohio
Office of Reading Improvement
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::
OhioORC
(Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and Reading) --
standards-based best practices in mathematics,
science, and reading for Ohio schools and universities
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::
Preventing
Reading Difficulties in Young Children -- online from the National
Academy of Sciences |
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::
Read
With Me --"Guide for Student Volunteers Starting Early
Childhood Literacy Programs"
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::
Read.Write.Think
-- the highest quality practices and resources in reading and
language arts instruction from the National Council of Teachers of
English (NCTE) and the International Reading Associaiton (IRA) |
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::
RIF
(Reading is Fundamental) and
the RIF Reading Checkup
Guide on the American Academy of Pediatricians' "Read Me a Story"
page.
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::
Starting
Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success
from the National Academy of Sciences
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:: StoryPlace
--Interactive
Pre-School
Library in English and
Spanish
from the Public Library of Charlotte - Mecklenburg County, NC
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:: Teaching
Reading is Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers of Reading Should
Know and Be Able to Do (pdf) |
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::
To
Read, State of the Art: Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning
--The U.S. Department of Education suggests "10 interrelated
ideas
for transforming the teaching and learning of reading"
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Research Databases
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Science
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:: Academic
Content Standards (Ohio) for Science and the
Ohio Department of Education Science Portal
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:: American
Association for the Advancement of Science --Includes
Benchmarks
for Science Literacy from Project
2061, the initiative to reform K-12 science education |
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:: Brain
POP --"Unique, award-winning Health, Science and Technology
(HS&T) content is based on original, animated movies created to
explain the human body and the world around us in an engaging,
interactive journey for kids."
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:: Dragonfly
and Earth Expeditions--"Collaborative
effort of Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and the National Science
Teachers Association (NSTA), with funding from the National Science
Foundation."
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:: Early
Years: PreK -2 Science Instruction from National Science
Teachers Association |
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:: Electronic
Zoo
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:: Educational
REALMS -- Resources for Engaging Active Learners in Mathematics
and Science |
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:: Genetic
Science Learning Center
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:: goENC.com
-- Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education --"Best
selection of K-12 mathematics and science resources on the
Internet!" |
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:: How
Stuff Works --Text and visuals, including animations
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:: The
JASON Project -- Dr. Robert Ballard, discoverer of the wreck
of the RMS Titanic, "offers grades 4 through 9 a comprehensive,
multimedia approach to enhance teaching and learning in science,
technology, math, geography, and associated disciplines."
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:: Kinetic
City -- online games and more from AAAS |
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:: NASA
for Kids |
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:: National Association of Biology Teachers
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::
National Center for
Science Education -- clearinghouse for information on the
teaching of evolution in the public schools |
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:: National
Science Digital Library |
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:: National
Science Education Standards (NSTA) |
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:: National
Science Teachers Association (NSTA) --Includes Position
Statements and National
Science Education Standards (NSTA) |
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:: Ohio
Science Matrix
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:: OhioORC
(Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and Reading) --
standards-based best practices in mathematics,
science, and reading for Ohio schools and universities
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:: Periodic
Table of the Elements
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:: Science
Education Council of Ohio (SECO)
-- the Ohio Chapter of NSTA |
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:: Science
Education Gateway
-- from NASA |
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:: Science
Fair Project Resource Guide |
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:: Science
Learning Network
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:: Science
NetLinks --AAAS's guide to meaningful
standards-based science education |
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:: Science
Teachers' Resource Center
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:: Science,
State of the Art: Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning --U.S.
Department of Education's suggestions "drawn from research and
promising practice in science education"
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:: StarChild
-- NASA's "learning center for young astronomers"
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:: Teachers'
Domain -- online video and lesson plans
"from NOVA, Frontline, Design Squad, American
Experience, and other public broadcasting and content partners"
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:: U.S.G.S.
and Science Education |
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:: Your
Science Fair Project Resource Guide --From the Internet Public
Library
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:: Xpeditions
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Research Databases
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Social Studies
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:: Academic
Content Standards (Ohio) Social Studies and the
Ohio Department of Education Social Studies Portal |
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::
EcEdWeb
-- economics resources for K-12 Teachers
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::
EconEdLink -- curriculum resources for economics education
from the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) |
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::
EDSITEment -- curriculum resources from
the National Endowment for the Arts |
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:: Lesson
Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
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:: National
Center for History in the Schools -- links to National
Standards
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:: National
Council for History Education (NCHE)
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:: National
Council on Economic Education |
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:: Ohio
Social Studies Resource Center (OSSRC) |
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:: Oyate
--"Native organization working to see that our lives and
histories are portrayed honestly... includes evaluation of texts,
resource materials and fiction by and about Native peoples"
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:: SocialStudies.Org
-- National Council for the Social Studies
(NCSS)--
includes Standards
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:: Time
for Kids -- online version of Time magazine for
children
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:: United
Nation's CyberSchoolBus
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::
Xpeditions --
curriculum resources and U.S. National
Geography Standards
from National Geographic |
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Research Databases |
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Educational Psychology, Assessment, &
Evaluation
see also
Clark
Memorial Library Guide to Test Review Resources
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Top
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:: Buros
Institute of Mental Measurements--includes a comprehensive
index of all tests reviewed in the Mental Measurements
Yearbook series, from the 9th Mental Measurement Yearbook
(1985) to the present edition --
Test
Reviews Online.
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:: Consortium
for Equity in Standards and Testing --Documents and
presentations on the theory and construction of tests.
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:: CRESST
(National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and
Student Testing) -- "CSE/CRESST has pioneered the
development of scientifically based evaluation and testing
techniques"
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:: ETS
(Educational Testing Service) and
TestLink, a test collection
database |
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:: Theory into
Practice -- "brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning
and instruction"
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:: Ohio
Department of Education
Statewide Assessment Homepage
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::
Ohio Department of Education Ohio Graduation Test Student Resources
Site |
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:: Safety
Zone -- National Resource Center for Safe Schools' site for school safety and
violence prevention
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:: School
Psychology Resources Online
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:: WWW
Virtual Library: School Psychology
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Research Databases |
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Information Literacy & Technology |
Return to
Top
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::
Academic
Content Standards (Ohio) for Technology;
Academic Content Standards (Ohio) for Library ;
Ohio Library Portal;
Ohio Technology Portal;
National Technology Standards
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:: BellSouth
Education Gateway
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:: Big6TM
-- "most widely-known
and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology
skills in the world" |
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:: Cable
in the Classroom --"Cable networks, such as CNN, Discovery,
A&E, and Nickelodeon, set aside a portion of their on-air
schedule to air commercial-free programming on subjects as varied as
science, art history, math, literature, and world events."
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:: Community
Learning Network -- British Columbia's Open Learning Agency
offers CLN "to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into
their classrooms."
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:: DiscoverySchool.com
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:: Handbook
of Engaged Learning Projects
--"These classroom projects were designed by K-12 teachers,
working closely with a staff of experienced educators and computer
specialists at Fermilab's Lederman Science Center, to demonstrate
engaged learning and effective use of technology."
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::
History Channel Classroom |
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:: HPR*TEC
--High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium offers
TrackStar--"
your starting point for online, interactive lessons, "
WWW4Teachers
--"ready-to-go Web lessons"
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:: INFOhio
DIALOGUE Model for Information Literacy Skills
-- from the Information Network for Ohio Schools
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:: Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning --
from the American Library Association's American Association
of School Librarians
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:: International
Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) --includes
National
Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Teachers
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:: Landmarks
for Schools
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:: Learning
Page of the Library of Congress --"Designed to help
teachers, students, and life-long learners use the American Memory
digital collections"
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::
Ohio Digital Classroom
, Chalkwaves
Ohio (ITSCO),
and Chalkwaves Homepage |
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:: PBS
TeacherSource --With 1400+ lesson plans and activities,
"PBS TeacherSource makes it easy to locate and use the best
television and Web resources available"
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:: TeachNet.com
--"Smart Tools for Busy Teachers." Nice, free
education
clip art, too.
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:: Understanding
Information Literacy --From the U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Educational Research
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:: The
WebQuest Page --"A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity
in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn
from the Web"
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Multiculturalism & Diversity
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Top
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:: Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence
(CREDE)
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:: Diversity
Dictionary-- from the Ohio State University |
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:: National
Association for Multicultural Education |
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:: A
World of Difference -- from the Anti-Defamation League
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Pre-Service & Beginning Teachers,
Licensure,
& Employment Opportunities
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Return to
Top
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:: 50
States' Certification Requirements
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:: ADPRIMA
--"Designed for new teachers and education students,"
includes Ideas for
New Teachers and Education Students
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:: Helping
Your Students with Homework: A Guide for Teachers --U.S.
Department of Education's tips "based on sound educational
research and the experiences of award-winning teachers who have
shared their favorite assignments and best strategies for getting
students to complete homework successfully"
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:: Kentucky
Educator Placement Service
|
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:: National
Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse --"For prospective
teachers seeking jobs....A central feature of the Clearinghouse is
the unique gateway to job banks nationwide"
|
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:: Ohio
Department of Education
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:: Ohio
Department of Education Center for the Teaching Profession, The
new Center for the Te |
