This article explains how social studies educators can, and have, used the microblogging service Twitter.

This article discusses the use of cultural competency training at a Texas school district to bring about openness in talking about issues of diversity.

This article explores the theory and practice between two existing conceptual frameworks: 1) social learning theory and 2) teacher evaluation systems.

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.

Presentation examining the factors influencing the growing demand for bilingual teachers in the United States, but it also highlights the ongoing shortage of bilingual teachers. It was presented at the 11th annual Jalisco-Texas Conference which was held virtually on March 30-31, 2023.

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.

Paper discusses the results of a study that questions if the Scholastic Reading Counts (SRC) program encourages students to read independently.

Presentation sharing a program to support English language learners in mathematics and science by training in-service and pre-service teachers using the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) model. It was presented at the TexTESOL conference in 2017.

Authors of the article addressed the call for explorations of how BIPOC students’ “experiences in secondary mathematics classrooms might advance transformative, equity-focused, pedagogical models” by exploring how a nested, equity-directed approach created different kinds of opportunities for students to take up, shift, or resist what it means to teach, learn, and do mathematics. Specifically, authors looked at efforts to engage equity-directed dominant and critical approaches through a series of three mathematics projects aimed at investigating food insecurity as a social (in)justice issue using geometry.

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on higher order thinking homework versus formula driven homework.

Article examining how parents' reports of children’s technology use in the home varies by a child’s gender or grade level. Strategies are provided for teachers, support specialists, and parents to improve how children use technology. Implications for app developers are suggested.

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.

This article discusses data on under-representation of students of color in gifted education programs in the U.S., along with contributing factors and recommendations.

Presentation promoting the importance of bilingual education on behalf of the National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE).

This paper discusses research on incorporating Response to Intervention (RTI) and the mastery model into 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.

Presentation highlighting how to use inquiry-based practices in the classroom. It was presented at the National Association for Bilingual Education Conference held in 2017.

This article conducts a review study to measure the effectiveness of mobile technologies to support children's literacy achievement on pre-kindergarten through 5th grade students from 2007 to 2019.

This article compares the leisure and school-related computer use of students in inclusive classrooms.

Article examining one month of social media, news media, school district websites’ continuity plans and educational affiliate organizations, to unveil K-12 stakeholders’ initial response to K-12 remote teaching following the declaration of the national emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. Initial responses focused on community lockdown procedures, sustaining education, adapting to a remote lifestyle and political tension. The authors revisited included tweets one week later to measure their connectedness, which revealed that educational organizations, which have the largest number of followers, also have the greatest outreach and visibility. This is the accepted manuscript of the article which has been approved to post in an institutional repository.

This article conducts an exploratory study of innovation in Texas' teacher preparation marketplace by drawing on theories of organizational innovation, specifically, dimensions of innovation related to organizational structure, processes, and outcomes. The analysis suggests programs should critically unpack what it means to be innovative in a dynamic and competitive teacher preparation marketplace.

Poster presented as part of the 2013 University Forum on Teaching & Learning. This poster discusses the international perspectives curriculum project. The project described in this poster was developed as part of the "Globalizing your Curriculum" Transformational Instructional Innovation (TII) Fellowship sponsored by the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and redesign (CLEAR) and UNT - International.

This article investigates the organizational impact of computer technology on four secondary science teachers’ teaching actions using the construct of community of practice. Analysis of data reveals three social participation structures that collectively orchestrated students’ science content learning: (1) students’ membership, (2) access to the structured tasks, and (3) confirmation of students’ learning of science concepts.

Policy brief sharing results from a study that looked at how new teacher retention patterns are predicted by the distance between the high school the teacher graduated from and the school where they were first employed.