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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
African American Parental Involvement (open access)

African American Parental Involvement

This paper discusses a research project on the relationship between African American parent volunteer involvement and student reading scores.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Brookshire, Nikki & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fourth Grade Students’ Perceptions of Reading Counts® (open access)

Fourth Grade Students’ Perceptions of Reading Counts®

Paper discusses the results of a study that questions if the Scholastic Reading Counts (SRC) program encourages students to read independently.
Date: 2015
Creator: Edwards, Evyn
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas

Introduction to the proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology, as published in the 2008 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2008
Creator: Dessouky, Shimaa Y. & Rios, L. Danyel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to The Eagle Feather 2008 (open access)

Preface to The Eagle Feather 2008

Introduction to the 2008 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2008
Creator: Cox, Gloria C. & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Professor Mom: Surviving the World of Academia and Motherhood (open access)

Professor Mom: Surviving the World of Academia and Motherhood

Paper explores the challenges faced by women faculty members with children who work at colleges and universities in North Texas.
Date: 2007
Creator: Lewis, Stephanie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fitzgerald’s Women: Motherhood and Masculinity in the Flapper Era (open access)

Fitzgerald’s Women: Motherhood and Masculinity in the Flapper Era

Paper discusses how changing gender roles in the 1920s, particularly for mothers, are depicted in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and how mother figures influence the development of his leading male characters.
Date: 2010
Creator: Vincent, Emily S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical Discord: The Question of Greek Women (open access)

Historical Discord: The Question of Greek Women

Paper seeks to rectify the inaccuracies in previous historians’ analyses of Greek women by investigating the social, political, and economic power held by various women within the Greek world, as demonstrated in art, religion, and literature.
Date: 2017
Creator: Coil, Caitlyn
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pilgrimage (open access)

Pilgrimage

A collection of poems by Caleb Braun following his experiences with spirituality.
Date: 2014
Creator: Braun, Caleb
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mental Illness in Literature: Case Studies of Sylvia Plath and Charlotte Perkins Gilman (open access)

Mental Illness in Literature: Case Studies of Sylvia Plath and Charlotte Perkins Gilman

This study examines mental illness in literature, with a focus on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar', the primary texts of the research, and develops similarities and personal connections between the authors and their mentally unstable main characters.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Dyer, Darby & Flowers, Theresa
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Honey, Ain’t You Glad We’re Texan: The Mythic Narrative of Texas in the Texas Centennial (open access)

Honey, Ain’t You Glad We’re Texan: The Mythic Narrative of Texas in the Texas Centennial

Paper explores how the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936 was used to build the mythology of a unified Texas identity and history.
Date: 2016
Creator: Wilson, Hannah Joan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Effect of the Professional Development School Experience on a Pre-Service Teacher's Confidence in the Classroom

This paper is an auto-ethnography of a pre-service teacher during the first semester of Professional Development School, documenting a change in confidence.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Jamadar, Anita & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Indian Cultural Identity: A Narrative Analysis of Identity in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (open access)

American Indian Cultural Identity: A Narrative Analysis of Identity in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Paper explores how American Indians navigate life and connect to their heritage within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Date: 2010
Creator: Cevaal-Moore, Yolonda L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Silencing the Bells: A Statement of Power in Medieval Spain (open access)

Silencing the Bells: A Statement of Power in Medieval Spain

Paper examines the meaning of Christian church bells as a symbol of power in medieval Spain.
Date: 2010
Creator: Butler, Kelly Bevin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Healthcare for Uninsured Children: Where We Are and Where We Are Going (open access)

Healthcare for Uninsured Children: Where We Are and Where We Are Going

Paper examines the state of children's healthcare and explores options for expanding care to more uninsured children.
Date: 2009
Creator: Grant, Scott
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Subjectivity of State Legitimacy (open access)

The Subjectivity of State Legitimacy

Paper on the subjectivity of state legitimacy.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Siddiqi, Ahmed & Ruderman, Richard
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Play and the Subculture of Larping: Gender, Motivations, and Self (open access)

Play and the Subculture of Larping: Gender, Motivations, and Self

Paper analyzes perceptions of gender, motivations, and self of people who participate in the subculture of Live Action Role-Playing, or LARPing, to better understand the importance of play for adults.
Date: 2010
Creator: Lee, Mai Cha
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing a Central Intake for Collaborating Nonprofits (open access)

Developing a Central Intake for Collaborating Nonprofits

Paper discusses the feasibility of a centralized intake process for Serve Denton, a nonprofit organization that seeks to co-locate several nonprofit service providers in Denton, Texas.
Date: 2013
Creator: Quinn, Heather
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music and Facial Emotion Recognition: An Experimental Approach (open access)

Music and Facial Emotion Recognition: An Experimental Approach

Paper discusses a study that examines the effect of music on the recognition of facial expressions, with the goal of providing insight into how the brain processes emotion.
Date: 2016
Creator: Vu, Vy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dynamics of Interfaith Relationships (open access)

The Dynamics of Interfaith Relationships

Paper examines the relationship of interfaith dating age, education, and economic status.
Date: 2007
Creator: Banks, Kimberly
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pics or It Didn’t Happen: Sexist Hyperskepticism in the Modern Skeptical Movement (open access)

Pics or It Didn’t Happen: Sexist Hyperskepticism in the Modern Skeptical Movement

Paper discusses issues of sexism and anti-feminist sentiment in the modern organized skepticism movement.
Date: 2013
Creator: Forester, Jennifer
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Explanations for Mass Provincial Protest in China (open access)

Explanations for Mass Provincial Protest in China

Paper explores the evolution of mass local protests in China and the factors that contribute to the likelihood of mass protest in a province.
Date: 2010
Creator: Chan, Victor Cheung Yin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library