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Research

• Early Childhood Reform in Seven Communities Front-Line Practice, Agency Management , and Public Policy
• Educational Action Research, British journal free online

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• Brain Research, Implications of research on instruction (See list of links below)
• Children's Nutrition Research Center
• Educational Action Research, British journal free online
• Everyone A Reader, Research about teaching reading; address debate about whole language vs. phonics instruction
• Recent Research Supports Developmentally Appropriate Practice In the Primary Grades
• Research on Early Childhood Education
• The Role of Program Quality in Producing Early Childhood Program Benefits
• Student Performance and the Changing American Family, Research on family configuration and its impact on student performance.
• A THEORETICAL BASIS FOR INVESTING IN EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
• What Research Says About Early Childhood Education
• WHY INVEST IN ECD?
• Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Rich resouce for links to other organizations and sites about educational research; this is a good one!

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Theory

• Learning styles Links, Lots of links to other info on the net about learning styles including info on LS tests
• Jean Piaget Archives
  

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• Celebrities in Cognitive Science
• Jean Piaget Archives
• Learning styles Links, Lots of links to other info on the net about learning styles including info on LS tests
• Learning Theory, How should learning be designed; what should be learned; how will we know if learning occurs; how should schools be designed?
• Reading List -- The Brain, Bibliography about brain research and education

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Child Development

• A Child's Development Calendar, Child Development information by life stage, e.g. infant, toddler, preschool, etc.
• The ABC for ECD, World Bank site with extensive information about child development with an international perspective
• Classic Theories of Child Development
• Jean Piaget Archives
  

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• The ABC for ECD, World Bank site with extensive information about child development with an international perspective
• Bringing Up Baby Today Show site about brain research, child development and parenting
• Child Development, Very thorough site with information by age and stage and by typical program divisions (infant, toddler, preschool, primary, middle, etc.) from the National Network for Child Development
• A Child's Development Calendar, Child Development information by life stage, e.g. infant, toddler, preschool, etc.
• Child Development Resources, Nice list of typical developmental milestones as well as descriptions of developmental theorists
• Classic Theories of Child Development
• Early Childhood Development From Two to Six Years of Age, Covers physical, motor, perceptual, cognitive and social/emotional development as well as language acquisition and factors effecting early development; by UNICEF House
• Educate America-Family Empowerment, Extensive information on the role of family in children's school success
• Emotional Basis of Learning, Why emotional underpinnings are important
• Family Matters: Have Realistic Expectations of Small Children, Very good information on how development effects child's perception of the world
• I Am Your Child, ABC Special on Brain Research and young children site with much info on development
• Jean Piaget Archives 
• White House Conference on Early Development and Learning, April 1997, teleconference that focused on children, their development and families

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• Implementing Looping, from ERIC Digest
• Building Support for Multiage Education, ERIC Digest
• Nongraded Primary Education
• Multi-Age Classroom Chat Board
• Mixed-Age Grouping: What Does the Research Say, and How Can Parents Use This Information?

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• Blends and Looping, Questions and Answers about looping from one school's perspective
• Building Support for Multiage Education, ERIC Digest
• How should we group to achieve excellence with equity?
• Implementing a Nongraded Elementary Program
• Implementing Looping, from ERIC Digest
• Lillian Katz on The Benefits of Mixed-Age Grouping
• Looping: Adding Time, Strengthening Relationships, An ERIC Digest
• MAGnet Newsletter on Multi-Age Grouping, ERIC,EECE
• Mixed-Age Grouping: What Does the Research Say, and How Can Parents Use This Information?
• Multi-Age Classroom Chat Board
• Multiage Grouping - An Old Practice Becomes a New Trend
• N.A.M.E. Newsletter, National Association of Multiage Educators newsletter; current issue and archive of back issues
• Nongraded Primary Education
• Resources for Multiage Education, Links to information on the internet
• Rural Education Program, Northwest Regional Education Laboratory success story in rural multiage education
• Second and Third Grade Multiage Education Program, Information concerning implementation, research, samples of student work, resources and kid links
• These kids aren't classed by age

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• The Multiple Intelligences: Classroom Strategies: The Multiple Intelligences: Checklist for Teachers Regarding Lesson Balance
• Project SUMIT (Schools Using Multiple Intelligence Theory), A Harvard study that interviewed schools using MI theory
• Special Education and the Real Meaning of LD, LD = Learning Differently; how multiple intelligences applies
• Thomas Armstrong's Homepage, Visit this page for articles, descriptions of workshops, books, videos and other information about Multiple Intelligences

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• Cracking Open the IQ Box, Howard Gardner's critique of The Bell Curve
• How Do We Learn, Learning theory with large section on MI
• Humor and The Multiple Intelligences, How the use of humor in the classroom can enrich writing and other experiences
• Intelligence: Multiple Perspectives Home Page
• Intelligences in Seven Steps, Howard Garnder on the history of intelligence testing; discussion of pluralization and contextualization of intelligence and how to nurture it
• Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, Bruce Campbell
• The Multiple Intelligences: Classroom Strategies: The Multiple Intelligences: Checklist for Teachers Regarding Lesson Balance
• Multiple Intelligences and Technology
• Multiple Intelligences." Are there really eight ways to be smart?", Balanced information; share positives and questions (from Family.com, Disney site)
• MULTIPLE WAYS OF KNOWING HOWARD GARDNER'S THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE EXTEND AND ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING, How one school used MI theory to enhance preschool learning
• Research Results of a Multiple Intelligences Classroom, Bruce Campbell
• Multimedia and Multiple Intelligences
• Multiple Intelligences
• Project SUMIT (Schools Using Multiple Intelligence Theory), A Harvard study that interviewed schools using MI theory
• Special Education and the Real Meaning of LD, LD = Learning Differently; how multiple intelligences applies
• Thomas Armstrong's Homepage, Visit this page for articles, descriptions of workshops, books, videos and other information about Multiple Intelligences

• IS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT DEGRADING?, Document written in 1891; can you believe we're still debating this?!
• Punished By Rewards: A Conversation With Alfie Kohn, If you wish to read his book on this topic, you will find it here.

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• Act Against Violence: Model Initiatives, Program descriptions with contact names and phone numbers.
• Biters: Why They Do It and What To Do About It
• Bully-Proof Your School
• Center for Effective Discipline
• CONFLICT RESOLUTION THE PEACEFUL WAY.
• Conflict Resolution, Ask ERIC InfoGuide with links to research, articles and sites on the internet
• Encouraging Social Skills in Young Children: Tips Teachers Can Share with Parents, Nice article with good illustrative examples
• Guidance and Discipline, Wonderful information concerning a variety of topics related to behavior and discipline
• IS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT DEGRADING?
• IS TIME-OUT OVER?
• Managing Classroom Behavior, Wonderful reflective questions in a number of categories National Alliance For Safe Schools
• THE "POWER" OF SELF-DISCIPLINE
• Punished By Rewards: A Conversation With Alfie Kohn, If you wish to read his book on this topic, you will find it here.
• Responsive Classroom, Marriage of philosophy and practice that builds a social curriculum and community of learners
• Safe Schools for the Twenty-first Century
• Things to do Instead of Spanking
• Time Out: Lessons from Football
• Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
• Stop The Cycle of Violence, California Teachers' Association site with conference information
• STUDENT VICTIMIZATION AT SCHOOL, Research stats from the National Data Resource Center
• Superhero Play In The Early Childhood Classroom: Issues In Banning Play From The Classroom
• Teaching Children Not To Be -- Or Be Victims of -- Bullies
• Time Out: Insights From Football, Article from Early Childhood News; wonderful insights about time out!
• What Children Can't Do...Yet, Is it behavior or development? What should we expect?
• A WORD ABOUT TIME OUT
• Young Children's Social Development: A Checklist, Article about importance of developing social skills and checklist to assess them
  

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