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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
Search Multiple Ebsco Databases
E-Journal
Finder
Access to Research Databases from
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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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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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::
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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:: 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
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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:: 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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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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::
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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Top
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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--"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 --Includes
Position
Statements including
Ethics
Statement for 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 Teachers Association (NSTA) --Includes Position
Statements
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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
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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:: U.S.G.S.
Educational Resources |
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:: Your
Science Fair Project Resource Guide --From the Internet Public
Library
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Research Databases
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Social Studies
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Top
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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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:: 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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Return to
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 Teaching Profession is comprised of five
interrelated offices, which include the
Office
of Educator Preparation, the
Office
of Professional Development, and the
Office
of Certification/Licensure, and the
Office
of Professional Conduct.
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:: Ohio
Department of Education Employment Opportunities
|
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:: Ohio
Department of Education Statewide Assessment Homepage
|
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:: Ohio
Educational Directory
|
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:: Praxis
Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers®
Includes Test Preparation and links to "Tests at a Glance"
and Ohio [Praxis] Test
Requirements
|
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:: Praxis
II Resources -- resources to use in preparation for the
Praxis II examinations
|
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::
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School and School District Search - Obtain
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