Using Calibrated Peer Review to Facilitate Writing Assignments in Large Classes

This poster discusses a project using Calibrated Peer Review (CPR). CPR is a web-based instructional tool. CPR assignments require students to write an essay, evaluated three 'canned' calibration essays on the same topic, evaluate three of their peers' essays, and finally evaluate their own essay. The authors' goal was to determine whether the CPR process improves student learning of the essay content and whether the CPR process improves student writing.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Ishiyama, John & Watson, Wendy
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

History 4263: Palestinian History

Poster for the 2012 University Forum on Teaching & Learning. This poster discusses a project for a UNT history course, History 4263, on Palestinian history. In the course, students explore historical foundations and interpretations of modern Palestinian history.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Stockdale, Nancy L.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mock Trial on Stalin and Stalinism

This poster describes an experiential learning activity for the UNT course History 5040, Historiography of Stalinism. The goal is to apply critical reasoning to Stalin's politics in a courtroom environment.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Velikanova, Olga V.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Teaching French Verbal Aspect through Concept-Based Instruction

This poster describes a pilot study on teaching French verbal aspect through concept-based instruction. This poster outlines and describes the background and context of a verbal aspect, the tasks and assessments for the study, student learning outcomes, the theoretical framework, and the results of the study.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Williams, Lawrence
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Gender and globalization through film: A Wiki course

Poster presented as part of the 2012 University Forum on Teaching & Learning at UNT. This poster discusses a learning activity with a Wiki course on gender and globalization through film. The course aims to help students understand how existing gender inequalities are challenged and furthered by processes of international development and globalization.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Altiok, Özlem
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using WebGBrowse to Visualize Genome Annotation on GBrowse (open access)

Using WebGBrowse to Visualize Genome Annotation on GBrowse

Article discussing using WebGBrowse to visualize genome annotation on GBrowse.
Date: March 2010
Creator: Podicheti, Ram & Dong, Qunfeng
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interpolative multidimensional scaling techniques for the identification of clusters in very large sequence sets (open access)

Interpolative multidimensional scaling techniques for the identification of clusters in very large sequence sets

This article discusses interpolative multidimensional scaling techniques for the identification of clusters in very large sequence sets.
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Hughes, Adam; Ruan, Yang; Ekanayake, Saliya; Bae, Seung-Hee; Dong, Qunfeng; Rho, Mina et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
With a Little Help from My Friends: Forty Years of Fruitful Chemical Collaborations (open access)

With a Little Help from My Friends: Forty Years of Fruitful Chemical Collaborations

Article discussing forty years of fruitful chemical collaborations and the author's perspective on collaborative research in eight different areas of organic and theoretical chemistry.
Date: March 31, 2011
Creator: Borden, Weston T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamics of Electroencephalogram Entropy and Pitfalls of Scaling Detection (open access)

Dynamics of Electroencephalogram Entropy and Pitfalls of Scaling Detection

This article discusses dynamics of electroencephalogram entropy and pitfalls of scaling detection. Herein the authors study the time evolution of diffusion entropy to elucidate the scaling of EGG time series.
Date: March 10, 2010
Creator: Ignaccolo, Massimiliano; Latka, Miroslaw; Jernajczyk, Wojciech; Grigolini, Paolo & West, Bruce J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Wellness Initiative

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out, the Symposium on Well-Being. In this presentation, the author discusses the importance of quality of life to achieve happiness and wellness.
Date: March 24, 2011
Creator: Vosvick, Mark A. & Williamson, Celia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reversing the Bricks: The Evolution of ETDs at UNT

This presentation discusses electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). Beginning in fall 1999, UNT has required the submission of theses and dissertations in electronic format. As an early adopter of what was to become the electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) movement in higher education, UNT encountered and overcame several challenges in the pursuit of providing greater public access to the scholarship conducted at the University. Dr. Terrell was there from the very beginning, and will share her unique perspective on how far the ETD movement has come, and what challenges remain.
Date: March 31, 2011
Creator: Terrell, Sandra L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library