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
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
(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
Platforms, Purpose, and Pedagogy: Reclaiming Context and Resisting Technopoly with Participatory Media (open access)

Platforms, Purpose, and Pedagogy: Reclaiming Context and Resisting Technopoly with Participatory Media

This article examines the work of media theorist and cultural critic Neil Postman in the wake of participatory media.
Date: 2015
Creator: Krutka, Daniel G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Learning in 140 Characters: English Teachers’ Educational Uses of Twitter (open access)

Learning in 140 Characters: English Teachers’ Educational Uses of Twitter

This article describes results from a survey of 109 English teachers describing their frequent and versatile uses of Twitter.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Krutka, Daniel G.
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
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
“Troublemaking,” “Making Trouble,” and “Making It” Through Institutionalized Schooling: Critical Pedagogy as a Transformational Exodus (open access)

“Troublemaking,” “Making Trouble,” and “Making It” Through Institutionalized Schooling: Critical Pedagogy as a Transformational Exodus

This article examines the quality of public schooling in primarily low socio-economic status (SES) areas of El Paso, Texas and reflects on the dismal realities established by the hegemonic social order.
Date: March 12, 2015
Creator: Rossatto, Cesar A.; Rivas, Cecilia E.; Heiman, Daniel & Esparza, Juanita
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