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Teachers' Read-Aloud Preferences: Perpetuating Sex-Role Stereotypes (open access)

Teachers' Read-Aloud Preferences: Perpetuating Sex-Role Stereotypes

This article describes a study of Kansas and Texas teachers' read-aloud choices to demonstrate the impact of this teaching strategy on children's acquisition of attitudes toward sex roles.
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Smith, Nancy J.; Greenlaw, M. Jean & Scott, Carolyn
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
EXERT and TEAM21: Partnerships for Professional Development (open access)

EXERT and TEAM21: Partnerships for Professional Development

This article discusses the process of developing professional development programs for educational leadership in response to the 1984 Texas Education Reform Bill, also known as House Bill 72.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Adkison, Judith A.; Camp, William E. & Meeks, Bruce
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
America 2000 and Special Education: Can the Two Be Merged? (open access)

America 2000 and Special Education: Can the Two Be Merged?

This paper uses systems theory and force field analysis to evaluate the potential for combining special education with America 2000 national educational strategy and goals.
Date: April 9, 1993
Creator: Pazey, Barbara L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Can Regular and Special Education be Integrated into One System? Political Culture Theory May Have the Answer (open access)

Can Regular and Special Education be Integrated into One System? Political Culture Theory May Have the Answer

This paper examines proposals to integrate regular and special education.
Date: October 1993
Creator: Pazey, Barbara L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Missing Link for the Administration of Special Education: The Ethic of Care (open access)

The Missing Link for the Administration of Special Education: The Ethic of Care

This paper discusses the application of a care orientation to special education service delivery and administrative practice.
Date: October 30, 1993
Creator: Pazey, Barbara L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating Student-Centered Classroom Environments: The Case of Mathematics

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This book chapter provides examples of how mathematics instruction emphasized meaning and understanding, skills embedded in context, and connections between and among subject areas and school and life outside of school.
Date: 1999
Creator: Reyes, Pedro & Pazey, Barbara L.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The PRO Program: One District's Experience with Decentralizing Staff Development (open access)

The PRO Program: One District's Experience with Decentralizing Staff Development

This article examines one district's staff development plan that has successfully engaged teachers and administrators in designing and implementing relevant programs that make a positive difference for schools and students.
Date: April 1, 2000
Creator: Huffman, Jane B.; Caldwell, Dottie & Taber, Katherine L.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Provisions of Trustworthiness in Critical Narrative Research: Bridging Intersubjectivity and Fidelity (open access)

Provisions of Trustworthiness in Critical Narrative Research: Bridging Intersubjectivity and Fidelity

This article is a reflective-reflexive examination of provisions of trustworthiness in critical narrative research.
Date: June 2004
Creator: Moss, Glenda
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senior Projects in a Rural School (open access)

Senior Projects in a Rural School

This article discusses senior projects in a rural school. Technology and a school-university partnership enabled high school faculty members to implement the Senior Project. The authors describe the process of change, the project requirements, and the learning that resulted for students and faculty.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Rickey, Matt & Moss, Glenda
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Technology on Achievement in Mathematics in Middle School (open access)

The Effects of Technology on Achievement in Mathematics in Middle School

This paper discusses a research study on the effect of technology on achievement in mathematics in middle school.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Rooth, Heather M. & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Effects of Technology on Achievement in Mathematics in Middle School [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2006 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the effects of technology on achievement in mathematics in middle school.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Rooth, Heather M. & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Idiot's Guide or A People's History: Teaching U.S. History in Mexico (open access)

Idiot's Guide or A People's History: Teaching U.S. History in Mexico

This article discusses how textbooks can influence the classroom as a political space, using the example of the "Consorcio Clavijero" program, which offers Mexican professionals the opportunity to enter bilingual contexts in the U.S. as interns and classroom teachers.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Heiman, Daniel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peer Coaching and Action Research as Professional Development (open access)

Peer Coaching and Action Research as Professional Development

This paper discusses a project to improve professional development techniques that will improve how K-12 educators teach writing skills.
Date: 2009
Creator: Moss, Glenda; Sloan, Lindsay & Sandor, Jane
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Connections Between Mathematics Research and Practices Used in Classrooms

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing connections between mathematics research and practices used in classrooms.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Rogers, Kasey & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Effects of Using Manipulatives in Middle School Mathematics Tutoring

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing the effects of using manipulatives in middle school mathematics tutoring.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Sanders, Rachael & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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
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