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Dodge, Autumn M.; Husain, Nahid; Duke, Nell K. – Language Arts, 2011
In this article, we report on our own inquiry, and others', into young children's use of, understanding of, and skills related to the Internet. We found that the overwhelming majority of children at this age are already using the Internet, mostly for playing games, and already showing substantial gaps in Internet skill level. Most children we…
Descriptors: Internet, Access to Computers, Young Children, Computer Literacy
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo – Centre for Economic Performance, 2013
We use a natural experiment to show that the presence of an external examiner has both a direct and an indirect negative effect on the performance of monitored classes in standardized educational tests. The direct effect is the difference in the test performance between classes of the same school with and without external examiners. The indirect…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Examiners, Accountability, Grade 2
Earhart, Will – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
Finding that no comprehensive report of the extent to which music is taught in the schools of the several States and of the methods used in teaching had ever been made, the author was requested to make a thorough investigation of the subject for the Bureau of Education. This bulletin embodies the results of this study, giving with little comment,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Music Education, Music Teachers, Elementary Schools