Writing Transformations: Mediating the Effects of High-Stakes Testing Through the National Writing Project (open access)

Writing Transformations: Mediating the Effects of High-Stakes Testing Through the National Writing Project

Paper discusses the efforts of the National Writing Project (NWP) to mitigate the effects of high-stakes testing on teachers and students.
Date: 2008
Creator: Llanes, Sharaya
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leading with Heart: Urban Elementary Principals as Advocates for Students (open access)

Leading with Heart: Urban Elementary Principals as Advocates for Students

This article explores how urban elementary school principals reconcile the challenges of educational accountability within the constraints of standardized testing policies required by the No Child Left Behind Act.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Rodriguez, Mariela A.; Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth & Ruff, William G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Story Behind the Cover (open access)

The Story Behind the Cover

Article explaining the front cover of issue 3 of volume 99 of The Hexagon, which features a painting of mice around a Bunsen burner. James Marshall discusses the picture and how it relates to the history of chemistry.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teacher Qualification and the Achievement Gap in Early Primary Grades (open access)

Teacher Qualification and the Achievement Gap in Early Primary Grades

This article examines the relationship of the qualification requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act to the goal of reducing the academic achievement gap.
Date: August 10, 2009
Creator: Easton-Brooks, Donald & Davis, Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (open access)

Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Article discusses the generation of updated estimates of child mortality by age group (neonatal, post-neonatal, ages 1–4 years, and under 5) for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational geographies, from 1980–2015, using data from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study (GBD 2015).
Date: October 8, 2016
Creator: GBD 2015 Child Mortality Collaborators
System: The UNT Digital Library

Older Poor Parents who Lost an Adult Child to AIDS in Togo, West Africa: A Qualitative Study

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Article on a qualitative study exploring older poor parents who lost an adult child to AIDS in Togo, West Africa.
Date: January 2007
Creator: Moore, Ami R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seeing the Growth: Strengthening Teacher Connectedness Through Outward Bound Excursions (open access)

Seeing the Growth: Strengthening Teacher Connectedness Through Outward Bound Excursions

This article assesses high-school teacher connectedness following participation in Outward Bound (OB) excursions.
Date: June 27, 2017
Creator: Turke, Shani Rose; Caldas, Stephanie; KÃ¥gesten, Anna; Parsons, Jennifer; Ahn, Ji Young & Winch, Peter
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Child's Encounter with the Devil: An Unusual Near-Death Experience with Both Blissful and Frightening Elements (open access)

A Child's Encounter with the Devil: An Unusual Near-Death Experience with Both Blissful and Frightening Elements

Abstract: I describe the near-death experience (NDE) of a 6-year-old boy who encountered both the devil and God following a near-fatal car accident, and compare recent recollections of the event with those made four years earlier. I discuss the aftereffects of this experience, and review the findings of earlier studies of frightening NDEs.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Bonenfant, Richard J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tensions and Transformations: Using an Ethical Framework to Teach a Course on Disability Law to Future Educational Leaders (open access)

Tensions and Transformations: Using an Ethical Framework to Teach a Course on Disability Law to Future Educational Leaders

This article explores the authors' experience using an ethical framework to teach a course on disability law to graduate level education students.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Pazey, Barbara L. & Cole, Heather A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progressive Spirit: The Oklahoma and Indian Territory Federation of Women's Clubs (open access)

Progressive Spirit: The Oklahoma and Indian Territory Federation of Women's Clubs

Article describes the influence and accomplishments of the Oklahoma and Indian Territory Federation of Women's Clubs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. These included forming public libraries, fundraising for civic improvements, and advocating for legislation that would improve access to public education and the welfare of children.
Date: Spring 1988
Creator: Allen, Susan L. (Susan Lea), 1958-
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shipwrecked in Oklahoma: The Last Voyage of the Steamboat Heroine, 1838 (open access)

Shipwrecked in Oklahoma: The Last Voyage of the Steamboat Heroine, 1838

Article explores the history of the steamboat Heroine's last voyage based on the archeological evidence left behind. The Heroine was shipwrecked on the Red River while on a voyage to deliver supplies to Fort Towson in Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Crisman, Kevin; Chick, Nina & Davis, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Softened as into a Dream": The Letters of Robert B. Huston, Oklahoma Rough Rider (open access)

"Softened as into a Dream": The Letters of Robert B. Huston, Oklahoma Rough Rider

Article examines the experience of the Oklahoma Rough Rider through the life and correspondence of one such participant in the Spanish-American War, Robert Bell Huston.
Date: Spring 1998
Creator: Todd, Joe L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"No Wild Venture": The State Capital Publishing Building (open access)

"No Wild Venture": The State Capital Publishing Building

Article delineates the construction of the Oklahoma State Capital Building, led by the Oklahoma State Capital newspaper editor Frank Hilton Greer, and the history behind it. Lloyd C. Lentz, II, also explores the legacy Greer left through the conversion of the building to the State Capital Publishing Museum.
Date: Autumn 1983
Creator: Lentz, Lloyd C., III
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fort Sill, the Chiricahua Apaches, and the Government's Promise of Permanent Residence (open access)

Fort Sill, the Chiricahua Apaches, and the Government's Promise of Permanent Residence

The Chiricahua Apaches spent nineteen years (1894-1913) as prisoners of war at Fort Sill in southwestern Oklahoma believing they had been promised permanent residency. This article addresses the rationale behind the government's decision to remove the Apaches from Fort Sill and explores the record to show why the Apaches and others believed they had been promised permanent residency there.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Haes, Brenda L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Proceedings of the 1977 DOE statistical symposium (open access)

Proceedings of the 1977 DOE statistical symposium

Individual abstracts were prepared for twelve of the papers in this volume for inclusion in ERA; five of these will also be cited in EAPA. Two additional papers have already been cited in ERA; these may be found by referring to CONF-771042-- in the Report Number Index. An after-dinner address on ''Would you want your child to be a statistician.'' was not processed. (RWR)
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Gardiner, D.A. & Truett, T. (comps.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Similarities Between Near-Death Experiences and Multiple Personality Disorder (open access)

Similarities Between Near-Death Experiences and Multiple Personality Disorder

Abstract: In this paper I compare the phenomenology of near-death experiences to that of multiple personality disorder. The comparison reveals a number of similarities, including out-of-body experiences, the transcendental environment, encounter with the higher self, possible temporal lobe involvement, and antecedent child abuse. Rather than being disparate and unrelated experiences, I suggest that the near-death experience and multiple personality disorder may be variants of the same basic phenomenological pattern.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Serdahely, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
THE APPLICATION OF AN EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM TO THE OPTIMIZATION OF A MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL (open access)

THE APPLICATION OF AN EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM TO THE OPTIMIZATION OF A MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL

We show that a simple evolutionary algorithm can optimize a set of mesoscale atmospheric model parameters with respect to agreement between the mesoscale simulation and a limited set of synthetic observations. This is illustrated using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). A set of 23 RAMS parameters is optimized by minimizing a cost function based on the root mean square (rms) error between the RAMS simulation and synthetic data (observations derived from a separate RAMS simulation). We find that the optimization can be efficient with relatively modest computer resources, thus operational implementation is possible. The optimization efficiency, however, is found to depend strongly on the procedure used to perturb the 'child' parameters relative to their 'parents' within the evolutionary algorithm. In addition, the meteorological variables included in the rms error and their weighting are found to be an important factor with respect to finding the global optimum.
Date: February 11, 2008
Creator: Werth, D. & O'Steen, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education for Successful Living: University School at the University of Oklahoma, 1917-1973 (open access)

Education for Successful Living: University School at the University of Oklahoma, 1917-1973

Article discusses the University School at the University of Oklahoma as a model of progressive education. Ellsworth Collings founded University School in 1917, a junior high and later high school. For fifty-six years it was to be a nexus of experimentation, observation, and practice exemplifying the ideals of Progressive education.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Mackie, Steven Wade
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Characterization of the plasma-switch interaction in the LBL HIF ion source (open access)

Characterization of the plasma-switch interaction in the LBL HIF ion source

A new way to characterize the performance of the LBL HIF ion source has been found. In the LBL source, ions are drawn from an arc-generated plasma reservoir in which the electrons are confined by a negative-biased switch'' mesh. Stagnation of the plasma is prevented by absorption of the excess ion flow on this mesh. The ion beam is generated by an external negative voltage that provides Child-Langmuir extraction of the ions through the switch mesh. We elucidate the physics requirements of the source and deduce switch mesh parameters needed for successful operation. 2 refs., 2 figs.
Date: January 1, 1990
Creator: Hewett, D.W. (Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)) & Rutkowski, H.L. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA))
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of the plasma-switch interaction in the LBL HIF ion source (open access)

Characterization of the plasma-switch interaction in the LBL HIF ion source

A new way to characterize the performance of the LBL HIF ion source has been found. In the LBL source, ions are drawn from an arc-generated plasma reservoir in which the electrons are confined by a negative-biased switch'' mesh. Stagnation of the plasma is prevented by absorption of the excess ion flow on this mesh. The ion beam is generated by an external negative voltage that provides Child-Langmuir extraction of the ions through the switch mesh. We elucidate the physics requirements of the source and deduce switch mesh parameters needed for successful operation. 2 refs., 2 figs.
Date: December 10, 1990
Creator: Hewett, D.W. (Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)) & Rutkowski, H.L. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA))
System: The UNT Digital Library
Goin' West: Kate May's Trip to Old Greer County (open access)

Goin' West: Kate May's Trip to Old Greer County

Article tells the story of Kate May and her journey west with her family. Henry Kilian Goetz provides a biographical tribute to the pioneer woman, who made the land run into the Cherokee Outlet after the death of her husband and had to find a way to provide for her eight children.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Goetz, Henry Kilian
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Art Smart article, April 9, 1995] (open access)

[Art Smart article, April 9, 1995]

An article from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram written by Clara Herrera. The article covers Brandon Lewis and other students in art classes and the logistics behind what courses are available to them.
Date: April 9, 1995
Creator: Herrera, Clara G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Reminiscences of the Battle of the Washita (open access)

Some Reminiscences of the Battle of the Washita

Article discusses the Battle of Washita, the attack on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle's village, from the perspective of two survivors, Moving Behind and Wolf Belly Woman. Theodore a. Ediger and Vinnie Hoffman provide historical context to the interviews they conducted with these Cheyenne women.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Ediger, Theodore A. & Hoffman, Vinnie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Spencer Academy, Choctaw Nation, 1842-1900 (open access)

Spencer Academy, Choctaw Nation, 1842-1900

Article describes the need for and establishment of Spencer Academy in the Choctaw Nation. W. David Baird explores the leadership behind the institution, its religious connections, events during the Civil War, and the rebuilding of the academy after it burned down.
Date: Spring 1967
Creator: Baird, W. David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History