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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
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
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
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
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
Fiesta Math Night: The Parent Perspective (open access)

Fiesta Math Night: The Parent Perspective

Paper discusses Hispanic parental involvement in Fiesta Math Night (Noche de Matemáticas), a school event that takes place in Denton area schools each year in the fall.
Date: 2013
Creator: Ortez, Enid
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Incorporating RTI and the Mastery Model into Mathematics Tutoring Sessions (open access)

Incorporating RTI and the Mastery Model into Mathematics Tutoring Sessions

Paper discusses an experiment testing the effectiveness of incorporating Response to Intervention (RTI) and the Mastery Model into math tutoring sessions with third grade students.
Date: 2013
Creator: Carlson, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measuring Student Success: The Effectiveness of Scholastic Reading Counts! (open access)

Measuring Student Success: The Effectiveness of Scholastic Reading Counts!

This study examines the Matthew Effect in children's reading ability development through an analysis of reading progress measured in a fifth grade classroom using the Scholastic Reading Counts! program.
Date: 2015
Creator: Krastin, Ashleigh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mentorship: The Gift that Gives (open access)

Mentorship: The Gift that Gives

Introduction to the special section on Teacher Education in the 2014 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2014
Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Servant Leadership: A Model for Mentoring Undergraduate Student Scholars (open access)

Servant Leadership: A Model for Mentoring Undergraduate Student Scholars

Paper discusses servant leadership in the context of serving students who exhibited interest in publishing in The Eagle Feather journal.
Date: 2013
Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
I-Station Reading Intervention (open access)

I-Station Reading Intervention

Paper discusses study designed to determine if using the Imagination Station computer software, or I-station, as a reading intervention employed during direct instruction Special Education sessions would improve the overall reading skills of these students.
Date: 2014
Creator: Dever, Lauren Nicole
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structuring the Imagination (open access)

Structuring the Imagination

Paper discusses research questioning if explicit instruction on sensory imagery, synonyms and antonyms, and onomatopoeia would increase imaginative creating writing in a third grade class.
Date: 2013
Creator: Small, Coeli M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology Support for Student Behavioral Development (open access)

Technology Support for Student Behavioral Development

Paper analyzes the effectiveness of ClassDoJo in assisting third grade teachers with behavioral management.
Date: 2013
Creator: Pound, Kaitlyn
System: The UNT Digital Library