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¡Muévete! Integrating physical education and language learning in bilingual classrooms

Presentation sharing strategies for developing academic vocabular in Spanish and English through movement. It was presented at the Texas Association for Bilingual Education Conference held in 2018.
Date: 2018
Creator: Abels, Karen Weiller; Boyd, Rossana R. & González-Carriedo, Ricardo
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Communication Technology Use among Students in Inclusive Classroom (open access)

Information Communication Technology Use among Students in Inclusive Classroom

This article compares the leisure and school-related computer use of students in inclusive classrooms.
Date: May 29, 2018
Creator: Bagon, Špela; Gačnik, Mateja & Starcic, Andreja Istenic
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Response to Intervention: Perspectives of General and Special Education Professionals (open access)

Response to Intervention: Perspectives of General and Special Education Professionals

This article describes implications for school leadership and the need for preservice and continuing professional development concerning all aspects of response to intervention (RTI).
Date: March 2014
Creator: Bineham, Susan C.; Shelby, Liz; Pazey, Barbara L. & Yates, James R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating Bilingual Instructional Activities

Presentation exploring research related to translanguaging and creating bilingual instructional activities. It was presented at the 10th International Conference for Teachers of English held in Honduras.
Date: 2017-08-10/2017-08-12
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

La Importancia De Promover La Educación Bilingüe Alrededor Del Mundo

Presentation promoting the importance of bilingual education on behalf of the National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE).
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Motivation Strategies to Start the New School Year!

Presentation for developing student motivation with an emphasis in bilingual education or ESL students. It was presented as part of the Education for Hispanic Dual-Language Institute held at W. H. Adamson High School in Dallas, Texas on October 14, 2017.
Date: October 14, 2017
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R. & González-Carriedo, Ricardo
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

La indagación como estrategia clave en el aula bilingüe

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.
Date: February 23, 2017
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R. & Lerwick, Patry
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Fresh Perspectives: Newbies Implementing the SIOP Model

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.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R.; Watson, Cindy; Jaballa, Alysha & de la Garza, Jennifer
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Virtual Workroom: Using Social Media, Teachers Reach Beyond School Walls to Learn and Grow (open access)

The Virtual Workroom: Using Social Media, Teachers Reach Beyond School Walls to Learn and Grow

This article discusses educators' use of professional learning networks and its impact on their teaching and student learning.
Date: August 2016
Creator: Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Trust, Torrey & Krutka, Daniel G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teacher Efficacy as a Multigroup Model Using Latent Class Analysis (open access)

Teacher Efficacy as a Multigroup Model Using Latent Class Analysis

This article used Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to find that mathematics efficacy groups of preservice teachers vary based on where they were in their academic program.
Date: November 16, 2010
Creator: Eddy, Colleen & Easton-Brooks, Donald
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
1:1 iPads in 1st Grade: Two-Year Case Study of a Teacher's Concerns, Use, and Innovation Configuration (open access)

1:1 iPads in 1st Grade: Two-Year Case Study of a Teacher's Concerns, Use, and Innovation Configuration

This chapter reports the findings of a two-year case study of how one first-grade teacher in a Florida charter school with 1:1 iPads progresses through stages of concerns and levels of use to achieve technological innovation. Findings inform technology integration practices and emphasize the importance of acknowledging change concerns associated with technology acceptance.
Date: 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: On Rereading (open access)

Book Review: On Rereading

Book review of "On Rereading" by Patricia Meyer Spacks.
Date: 2014
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parents’ mobile technology adoption influences on elementary children’s use (open access)

Parents’ mobile technology adoption influences on elementary children’s use

This article identifies 120 parents' intentions to adopt mobile technology and gathers in-depth perceptions about mobile technology adoption with a smaller subset of 13 parents.
Date: January 2, 2018
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Partnering With Parents: Devices and Apps to Support Elementary Children Reading (open access)

Partnering With Parents: Devices and Apps to Support Elementary Children Reading

Article providing evidence of how children from 120 homes across 46 classrooms use apps and portable technology to support their reading development. The finding that nearly all children in this study supported reading skills with portable technology in the home demonstrates the need to foster partnerships between parents and teachers that builds on children's technological knowledge and use to deepen learning between home and school.
Date: 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predictors of Portable Technology Adoption to Support Elementary Children Reading in the Home (open access)

Predictors of Portable Technology Adoption to Support Elementary Children Reading in the Home

Article identifying predictors of parent's portable technology adoption to support children's reading development in the home by applying the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology to informal elementary education.
Date: March 15, 2018
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Antonenko, Pavlo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private blog reflections connecting course content with field experiences: Preservice teachers grapple with teacher identity (open access)

Private blog reflections connecting course content with field experiences: Preservice teachers grapple with teacher identity

Article examining teacher preparation programs ability to help preservice teachers connect educational theory with teaching practice. This article systematically reflects on written responses, recorded in a private weblog over the course of a 15-week intermediate reading methods course.
Date: March 26, 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Curcio, Rachele
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Parent Perceptions Relate to Elementary Children’s Portable Technology Use by Gender and Grade Level (open access)

How Parent Perceptions Relate to Elementary Children’s Portable Technology Use by Gender and Grade Level

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.
Date: October 29, 2018
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren; Antonenko, Pavlo D. & Dawson, Kara
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Using eReaders to Enhance Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
This book chapter focuses on the use of ereaders as a learning tool to motivate and engage students, support content learning, and promote literacy development across content areas.
Date: 2015
Creator: Fang, Zhihui; Eutsler, Lauren; Coatoam Chapman, Suzanne & Qi, Yang
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library