Research Guides: Education

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Education Web Resources

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Departments and Boards of Education
Indiana Department of Education
This site focuses on educational issues for the state of Indiana.
Kentucky Department of Education
This site offers instructional resources for the State of Kentucky
Ohio Department of Education
A website dedicated to the educational issues of Ohio.
U.S. Department of Education
Offers information about grants, financial aid, education resources, as well as research and statistical information regarding educational issues.
Federal Resources
National Center For Education Statistics
"The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations."
No Child Left Behind
The official United States government web site
Praxis Resources
Praxis Tests
This page is a wonderful resource to help explain the various Praxis tests. Colleges and universities may use Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Assessments to evaluate individuals for entry into teacher education programs. The assessments are generally taken early in your college career. Individuals entering the teaching profession take the Praxis II tests as part of the teacher licensing and certification process required by many states. A number of professional associations and organizations require these tests as one criterion for professional licensing decisions. Beginning teachers residing and planning to teach in states that require Praxis III: Classroom Performance Assessments as part of the criteria for teacher licensing decisions have their teaching skills assessed in classroom settings, by trained assessors. For each test the site explains the fees, what is on the test, how to sign up for the test. The Download Library tab is very helpful for preparation of the tests. It is only available for PRAXIS I and II. It has each test broken up by subject and in a PDF file the specific subject test is explained and has example questions.
Praxis II Resources
Members of the Academic Library Association of Ohio Curriculum Materials Center Interest Group compiled this list of resources to use in preparation for the Praxis II examinations.
Subject Resources
Gifted Resources
This site is dedicated to providing links for gifted students at any grade level.
Internet Sources For Special Education
Provides a variety of information about special education including teaching resources and information on disability and special education law.
Library and Information Science: A Guide to Online Resources
This guide is intended for individuals without ready access to print resources and subscription databases in the field of library and information science. It compiles free, full-text resources available on the Web for use by librarians, library technicians, and students in the field.
Social Science Research Network
SSRN is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 254,700 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 210,200 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. The eLibrary also includes the research papers of a number of Fee Based Partner Publications.
Learning Theories
A listing of web pages, articles, power points, and other items that discuss a variety of learning theories.
Theory Into Practice
TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.

Additional education related Web sites, including those that can be used in the K-12 classroom and a listing of online lesson plans and activities ideas, are available at the Learning Resource Collection Web site.

The Education Research Guide is maintained by Jennifer Smith. Suggestions and comments are welcome.