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The Action of Action Research: A Case Study of Four Projects in a Professional Development School (open access)

The Action of Action Research: A Case Study of Four Projects in a Professional Development School

Introductory paper to the special section on education in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather, which examines the viability of action research as a meaningful form of research applicable to social settings, such as schools.
Date: 2010
Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administrators’ unintentional sensegiving and system reform outcomes (open access)

Administrators’ unintentional sensegiving and system reform outcomes

Article examining how administrators help teachers and other administrators make sense of a system reform during the first two years of implementation.
Date: January 14, 2019
Creator: Wong, Lok-Sze
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amish Teacher Dialogues with Teacher Educators: Research, Culture, and Voices of Critique (open access)

Amish Teacher Dialogues with Teacher Educators: Research, Culture, and Voices of Critique

Article discussing a collaborative project to examine literature and research on the Amish culture.
Date: September 2005
Creator: Zehr, Henry; Moss, Glenda & Nichols, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applying Theory, Practice, and Research: The Key to the Development of Future Elementary Education Teachers in the Professional Development School (PDS) Model (open access)

Applying Theory, Practice, and Research: The Key to the Development of Future Elementary Education Teachers in the Professional Development School (PDS) Model

Introduction to the special section on education featured in the 2012 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2012
Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Being Wholly Muslim and Wholly American”: Exploring One Islamic School’s Efforts to Educate Against Extremism (open access)

“Being Wholly Muslim and Wholly American”: Exploring One Islamic School’s Efforts to Educate Against Extremism

This article reports findings from a qualitative case study of an Islamic school in the United States that counters religious extremism through the promotion and development of an American Muslim identity in its students, an ideology that advances the idea that an individual can be wholly American and wholly Muslim without any incongruity.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brooks, Melanie C. & Ezzani, Miriam
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Book Review: Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance By Kristen L. Buras (open access)

A Book Review: Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance By Kristen L. Buras

Book review of "Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space: Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance" by Kristen L. Buras.
Date: 2017
Creator: Viamontes, Ciro Jesus & Ezzani, Miriam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Care Experiences Among Dual Language Learners in the United States: Analyses of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort (open access)

Child Care Experiences Among Dual Language Learners in the United States: Analyses of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort

This article uses nationally representative data from the Early Chlidhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort used to examine child care experiences with repreated cross-sectional analysis at 9, 24, and 52 months for dual language learner and non-dual language learner children.
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Espinosa, Linda M.; LaForett, Doré R.; Burchinal, Margaret; Burchinal, Margaret; Winsler, Adam; Tien, Hsiao-Chuan et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classroom observations of a cross-age peer tutoring mathematics program in elementary and middle schools (open access)

Classroom observations of a cross-age peer tutoring mathematics program in elementary and middle schools

Article describes how a growing body of research has shown the positive effects of peer tutoring on students’ academic achievement, self-concept, attitude, social, and behavioral outcomes. The authors' study examined classroom practices, as well as program teachers’ and students’ behaviors within a cross-age peer-tutoring program implemented in elementary and middle schools that serve predominantly Hispanic students.
Date: July 1, 2023
Creator: Barahona, Elba; PadrĂłn, Yolanda N. & Waxman, Hersh C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coherent District Reform: A Case Study of Two California School Districts (open access)

Coherent District Reform: A Case Study of Two California School Districts

This article argues that whole district reform is possible in ways that increased student achievement results on standardized tests across two districts.
Date: March 13, 2015
Creator: Ezzani, Miriam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Communication through Mathematics: The Effects on Mathematic Reasonableness (open access)

Communication through Mathematics: The Effects on Mathematic Reasonableness

Paper describes a study focused on the efficiency of using prescribed tools to aid in justification and reasonableness in solving mathematical problems.
Date: 2014
Creator: Lopez, Lorraine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concept Raps versus Concept Maps: A Culturally Responsive Approach to STEM Vocabulary Development (open access)

Concept Raps versus Concept Maps: A Culturally Responsive Approach to STEM Vocabulary Development

This article argues that the development of rap song lyrics or lyrical concept mapping can be a viable pedagogical alternative to the development of concept maps as a means to reinforce STEM vocabulary.
Date: July 31, 2018
Creator: Young, Jamaal; Young, Jemimah L.; Cason, Marti; Ortiz, Nickolaus; Foster, Marquita & Hamilton, Christina
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Contemporary Lives of Age-Old Tales: Characters, Contexts, and Critical Issues (open access)

The Contemporary Lives of Age-Old Tales: Characters, Contexts, and Critical Issues

Article is a study examining three picture books to consider the significance of contemporary retellings of traditional tales.
Date: 2019
Creator: Mathis, Janelle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Counterstories about Leadership: A Latina School Principal’s Experience from a Less Documented View in an Urban School Context (open access)

Counterstories about Leadership: A Latina School Principal’s Experience from a Less Documented View in an Urban School Context

This article highlights one Latina school leader in the National Latina/o Leadership Study and her experiences developing a professional and racial identity within urban school contexts.
Date: February 25, 2016
Creator: Hernandez, Frank & Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of Philosophies of Education and INTASC Standards in Teacher Preparation (open access)

A Critical Analysis of Philosophies of Education and INTASC Standards in Teacher Preparation

This article offers a critical analysis of philosophies of education and the Interstate New Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards in teacher preparation.
Date: 2010
Creator: Moss, Glenda & Lee, Cheu-jey George
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Pedagogy: Translation for Education that is Multicultural (open access)

Critical Pedagogy: Translation for Education that is Multicultural

Article on a study examining the translation of multicultural learning activities in a college classroom into critical pedagogy in the public school classrooms.
Date: 2001
Creator: Moss, Glenda
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
District Office Leadership Supporting Site-Level Teacher Collaborative Teams (open access)

District Office Leadership Supporting Site-Level Teacher Collaborative Teams

Article describes how previous researchers examining professional learning communities (PLCs) claim that effective building-level PLCs improve teacher collaboration and student achievement. Using an online survey, the authors investigated the claim that district office support enhances the success of site-level PLCs.
Date: October 28, 2023
Creator: Voelkel Jr., Robert H.; Johnson, Christie W. & Nadeem, Fiaz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education and Employment Outcomes from the RSA Data File for Transition-Age African American, White, and Hispanic Youth with Learning Disabilities (open access)

Education and Employment Outcomes from the RSA Data File for Transition-Age African American, White, and Hispanic Youth with Learning Disabilities

This article examines relationships among consumer demographic variables, services, and employment outcomes for 15-18 year old youth with learning disabilities using the 2012 Rehabilitation Services Administration database.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Ji, Eun; Schaller, James; Pazey, Barbara L. & Glynn, Kate
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Morning Meetings on Students’ Communication (open access)

The Effect of Morning Meetings on Students’ Communication

Paper describes a study designed to determine if the Morning Meeting technique promoted positive communication abilities in a second grade classroom in which many students exhibited inadequate social communication skills.
Date: 2015
Creator: Marquez, Noel
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of Electronic Books in the Primary Classroom (open access)

The Effectiveness of Electronic Books in the Primary Classroom

Paper describes study exploring the effectiveness of using electronic books in an elementary school classroom to teach reading skills.
Date: 2014
Creator: Hendrickson, Bethany
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engaging Pre-Service Teachers in an Exploration of the Politics of Language (open access)

Engaging Pre-Service Teachers in an Exploration of the Politics of Language

This article discusses engaging pre-service teachers in an exploration of the politics of language.
Date: 2011
Creator: Lee, Cheu-jey George; Moss, Glenda & Coughlin, Elaine B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enjoying Vocabulary (open access)

Enjoying Vocabulary

Paper discusses study seeking to determine whether deliberate and consistent vocabulary practice and exposure through interactive games and intentional dialogue increase the oral story-retelling skills in English in low reading-level bilingual students.
Date: 2014
Creator: Soto-Vazquez, Adriana
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Enlightenment Meets Twitter: Using Social Media in the Social Studies Classroom (open access)

The Enlightenment Meets Twitter: Using Social Media in the Social Studies Classroom

This article explains how social studies educators can, and have, used the microblogging service Twitter.
Date: 2013
Creator: Krutka, Daniel G. & Milton, Michael K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ethical Leadership: A Texas School District's Efforts Toward Cultural Proficiency (open access)

Ethical Leadership: A Texas School District's Efforts Toward Cultural Proficiency

This article discusses the use of cultural competency training at a Texas school district to bring about openness in talking about issues of diversity.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Ezzani, Miriam
System: The UNT Digital Library