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Multicultural Efforts and Affirmative Action in Brazil: Policies Influencing Education in the Americas (open access)

Multicultural Efforts and Affirmative Action in Brazil: Policies Influencing Education in the Americas

This article explores the intercultural movements toward social justice in education in the Americas, most particularly, North America, and how U.S. multicultural movements and policies influence countries like Brazil.
Date: March 2, 2011
Creator: Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth & Auxiliadora Lima Dias da Silva, Maria
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who says I don’t want to come to school? School policies disenfranchise American Indian youth’s educational vision (open access)

Who says I don’t want to come to school? School policies disenfranchise American Indian youth’s educational vision

This article focuses on the importance of contextualizing school policies by illuminating how one school rule, In-School-Suspension (ISS) disengages students from the learning process.
Date: 2009
Creator: Quijada, Patricia D. & Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of U.S. Olympic Coaches: Variables Perceived to Have Influenced Athlete Performances and Coach Effectiveness (open access)

A Survey of U.S. Olympic Coaches: Variables Perceived to Have Influenced Athlete Performances and Coach Effectiveness

This article discusses research on variables perceived to have influenced athlete performances and coach effectiveness.
Date: 2002
Creator: Gould, Daniel; Guinan, Diane; Greenleaf, Christy & Chung, Yongchul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions of Youth Obesity Among Physical Educators (open access)

Perceptions of Youth Obesity Among Physical Educators

This article discusses perceptions of youth obesity among physical educators.
Date: 2005
Creator: Greenleaf, Christy & Abels, Karen Weiller
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-Objectification Among Physically Active Women (open access)

Self-Objectification Among Physically Active Women

This article discusses self-objectification among physically active women.
Date: January 2005
Creator: Greenleaf, Christy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fighting Fat: How Do Fat Stereotypes Influence Beliefs About Physical Education (open access)

Fighting Fat: How Do Fat Stereotypes Influence Beliefs About Physical Education

Article discussing a study on how fat stereotypes influence beliefs about physical education.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Greenleaf, Christy; Martin, Scott B. & Rhea, Deborah J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prevalence of Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Male Collegiate Athletes (open access)

Prevalence of Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Male Collegiate Athletes

This article discusses the prevalence of eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors among male collegiate athletes.
Date: 2008
Creator: Petrie, Trent A.; Greenleaf, Christy; Reel, Justine J. & Carter, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differential Growth Trajectories for Achievement Among Children Retained in First Grade: A Growth Mixture Model (open access)

Differential Growth Trajectories for Achievement Among Children Retained in First Grade: A Growth Mixture Model

Article discussing a growth mixture model and differential growth trajectories for achievement among children retained in first grade.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Chen, Qi; Hughes, Jan N. & Kwok, Oi-Man
System: The UNT Digital Library
MAP training: combining meditation and aerobic exercise reduces depression and rumination while enhancing synchronized brain activity (open access)

MAP training: combining meditation and aerobic exercise reduces depression and rumination while enhancing synchronized brain activity

This article discusses the efficacy of mental and physical (MAP) training in improving symptoms of depression and rumination in individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD).
Date: October 5, 2015
Creator: Alderman, Brandon L.; Olson, Ryan L.; Brush, Christopher J. & Shors, Tracey J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Walking in My Students' Shoes: An ESL Teacher Brings Theory to Life in Order to Transform Her Classroom (open access)

Walking in My Students' Shoes: An ESL Teacher Brings Theory to Life in Order to Transform Her Classroom

This article discusses how a teacher's second language learning experience may impact beliefs about teaching english language learner students.
Date: 2010
Creator: Stewart, Mary Amanda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reliability Generalization of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire: A Meta-Analytic View of Reliability Estimates (open access)

Reliability Generalization of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire: A Meta-Analytic View of Reliability Estimates

This article uses a reliability generalization meta-analysis to explore the relationship between study factors and levels of alpha reliability for the 15 subscales of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ).
Date: September 26, 2018
Creator: Holland, David F.; Kraha, Amanda; Zientek, Linda Reichwein; Nimon, Kim F.; Fulmore, Julia A.; Johnson, Ursula Y. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teacher Evaluation in the Special Education Setting: Voices from the Field (open access)

Teacher Evaluation in the Special Education Setting: Voices from the Field

This article uses a qualitative, multi-case study research design to gain insight into the perceptions and experiences of special education teachers and administrators.
Date: 2016
Creator: Sledge, Ann & Pazey, Barbara L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transforming Educational Leadership Preparation: Starting with Ourselves (open access)

Transforming Educational Leadership Preparation: Starting with Ourselves

This article describes a duoethnography of two faculty members working in different leadership programs to reveal how their understanding of diversity and social justice has been formed over the course of their lives.
Date: October 3, 2016
Creator: Guerra, Patricia L. & Pazey, Barbara L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Democratic Twittering: Microblogging for a More Participatory Social Studies (open access)

Democratic Twittering: Microblogging for a More Participatory Social Studies

This article uses the example of the Arab Spring to discuss how new media lowers barriers so that more voices may be heard.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Krutka, Daniel G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Remixing" Current Events: Navigating the Transmedia Terrain with Fifth Graders (open access)

"Remixing" Current Events: Navigating the Transmedia Terrain with Fifth Graders

This article discusses two democratic media literacy skills that teachers can model and teach to help students as 21st century citizens.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Krutka, Daniel G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
(Mis)Understanding Islam in a Suburban Texas School District (open access)

(Mis)Understanding Islam in a Suburban Texas School District

This article reports a Texas suburban school district's efforts to promote cultural proficiency after leadership trainings.
Date: February 3, 2015
Creator: Ezzani, Miriam & Brooks, Melanie C.
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
Videoconferencing for Global Citizenship Education: Wise Practices for Social Studies Educators (open access)

Videoconferencing for Global Citizenship Education: Wise Practices for Social Studies Educators

This article reviews literature on videoconferencing for global citizenship education and analyzes those efforts towards cosmopolitan citizenship.
Date: September 2016
Creator: Krutka, Daniel G. & Carano, Kenneth T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does observance of Ramadan affect sleep in athletes and physically active individuals? A systematic review and meta-analysis (open access)

Does observance of Ramadan affect sleep in athletes and physically active individuals? A systematic review and meta-analysis

This article presents a systematic review and meta-analysis is to provide an accurate description of the effect of Ramadan observance on sleep duration, sleep quality, daily nap duration, and daytime sleepiness in athletes and physically active individuals.
Date: October 24, 2021
Creator: Trabelsi, Khaled; Ammar, Achraf; Glenn, Jordan M.; Boukhris, Omar; Khacharem, Aimen; Bouaziz, Bassem et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on physical activity in U.S. children (open access)

The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on physical activity in U.S. children

This article examines the impact of the pandemic on the physical activity and play behavior of U.S. children and to provide evidence based recommendations to improve their physical activity.
Date: February 28, 2021
Creator: Tulchin-Francis, Kirsten; Stevens Jr., Wilshaw; Gu, Xiangli; Zhang, Tao; Roberts, Heather; Keller, M. Jean et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children's Physical Activity Levels and Psychological Correlates in Interactive Dance Versus Aerobic Dance (open access)

Children's Physical Activity Levels and Psychological Correlates in Interactive Dance Versus Aerobic Dance

This article compares children's physical activity levels, self-efficacy, and enjoyment when experiencing dance-exergaming and aerobic dance in physical education.
Date: January 16, 2013
Creator: Gao, Zan; Zhang, Tao & Stodden, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Extent of Autism Knowledge of Novice Alternatively Certified Special Education Teachers in Texas (open access)

The Extent of Autism Knowledge of Novice Alternatively Certified Special Education Teachers in Texas

This article assesses the knowledge of novice alternative certification teachers in the area of autism intervention.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Alward Hauber, Jennifer; Mehta, Smita S. & Combes, Bertina H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Virtual Workroom: Using Social Media, Teachers Reach Beyond School Walls to Learn and Grow (open access)

The Virtual Workroom: Using Social Media, Teachers Reach Beyond School Walls to Learn and Grow

This article discusses educators' use of professional learning networks and its impact on their teaching and student learning.
Date: August 2016
Creator: Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Trust, Torrey & Krutka, Daniel G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Levelling the Playing Field: Human Capability Approach and Lived Realities for Sport and Gender in the West Indies (open access)

Levelling the Playing Field: Human Capability Approach and Lived Realities for Sport and Gender in the West Indies

This article applies the human capability approach (HCA) to explicitly investigate gender role attitudes from the perspective of boy and girl participants in sport for development and peace (SDP).
Date: April 2018
Creator: Zipp, Sarah
System: The UNT Digital Library