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Multicultural Efforts and Affirmative Action in Brazil: Policies Influencing Education in the Americas

This article explores the intercultural movements toward social justice in education in the Americas, most particularly, North America, and how U.S. multicultural movements and policies influence countries like Brazil.

Date: March 31, 2011

Creator: Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth & Auxiliadora Lima Dias da Silva, Maria

Partner: UNT College of Education

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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

Partner: UNT College of Education

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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

Partner: UNT College of Education

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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

Partner: UNT Honors College

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The Effectiveness of Electronic Books in the Primary Classroom

Paper describes study exploring the effectiveness of using electronic books in an elementary school classroom to teach reading skills.

Date: 2014

Creator: Hendrickson, Bethany

Partner: UNT Honors College

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Fiesta Math Night: The Parent Perspective

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.

Date: 2013

Creator: Ortez, Enid

Partner: UNT Honors College

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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

Partner: UNT Honors College

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Structuring the Imagination

Paper discusses research questioning if explicit instruction on sensory imagery, synonyms and antonyms, and onomatopoeia would increase imaginative creating writing in a third grade class.

Date: 2013

Creator: Small, Coeli M.

Partner: UNT Honors College

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Communication through Mathematics: The Effects on Mathematic Reasonableness

Paper describes a study focused on the efficiency of using prescribed tools to aid in justification and reasonableness in solving mathematical problems.

Date: 2014

Creator: Lopez, Lorraine

Partner: UNT Honors College

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Enjoying Vocabulary

Paper discusses study seeking to determine whether deliberate and consistent vocabulary practice and exposure through interactive games and intentional dialogue increase the oral story-retelling skills in English in low reading-level bilingual students.

Date: 2014

Creator: Soto-Vazquez, Adriana

Partner: UNT Honors College

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Servant Leadership: A Model for Mentoring Undergraduate Student Scholars

Paper discusses servant leadership in the context of serving students who exhibited interest in publishing in The Eagle Feather journal.

Date: 2013

Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.

Partner: UNT Honors College

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Teacher Evaluation in the Special Education Setting: Voices from the Field

This article uses a qualitative, multi-case study research design to gain insight into the perceptions and experiences of special education teachers and administrators.

Date: 2016

Creator: Sledge, Ann & Pazey, Barbara L.

Partner: UNT College of Education

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Transforming Educational Leadership Preparation: Starting with Ourselves

This article describes a duoethnography of two faculty members working in different leadership programs to reveal how their understanding of diversity and social justice has been formed over the course of their lives.

Date: October 3, 2016

Creator: Guerra, Patricia L. & Pazey, Barbara L.

Partner: UNT College of Education

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Democratic Twittering: Microblogging for a More Participatory Social Studies

This article uses the example of the Arab Spring to discuss how new media lowers barriers so that more voices may be heard.

Date: March 2014

Creator: Krutka, Daniel G.

Partner: UNT College of Education

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"Remixing" Current Events: Navigating the Transmedia Terrain with Fifth Graders

This article discusses two democratic media literacy skills that teachers can model and teach to help students as 21st century citizens.

Date: March 2017

Creator: Krutka, Daniel G.

Partner: UNT College of Education

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(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.

Partner: UNT College of Education

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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.

Partner: UNT College of Education

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Videoconferencing for Global Citizenship Education: Wise Practices for Social Studies Educators

This article reviews literature on videoconferencing for global citizenship education and analyzes those efforts towards cosmopolitan citizenship.

Date: September 2016

Creator: Krutka, Daniel G. & Carano, Kenneth T.

Partner: UNT College of Education

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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.

Partner: UNT College of Education

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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.

Partner: UNT College of Education

Print or iPad? Young Children’s Text Type Shared Reading Preference and Behaviors in Comparison to Parent Predictions and At-home Practices

Article examining young children’s reading preference by text type. Discourse and observation analyses show children engage differently between text types. Findings have implications for parents, teachers, and teacher educators support today’s young children as readers.

Date: June 29, 2020

Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Trotter, Julia

Partner: UNT College of Education

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The Contemporary Lives of Age-Old Tales: Characters, Contexts, and Critical Issues

Article is a study examining three picture books to consider the significance of contemporary retellings of traditional tales.

Date: 2019

Creator: Mathis, Janelle

Partner: UNT College of Education

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Out of School and into STEM: Supporting Girls of Color Through Culturally Relevant Enrichment

This article explains how teachers can adapt traditional STEM enrichment activities to support girls of color through culturally relevant institutional practices.

Date: 2017

Creator: Young, Jemimah L.; Young, Jamaal & Paufler, Noelle A.

Partner: UNT College of Engineering

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Naming Her World: A Freirean Analysis of a Young Woman with Asperger Syndrome's Post-High-School Experience

This article seeks to better understand to what extent the Individual Education Plan (IEP) adequately prepared one girl for major life transitions following high-school graduation.

Date: October 2013

Creator: Sayman, Donna M. & Krutka, Daniel G.

Partner: UNT College of Education

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Multicultural Efforts and Affirmative Action in Brazil: Policies Influencing Education in the Americas

Who says I don’t want to come to school? School policies disenfranchise American Indian youth’s educational vision

Walking in My Students' Shoes: An ESL Teacher Brings Theory to Life in Order to Transform Her Classroom

Fourth Grade Students’ Perceptions of Reading Counts®

The Effectiveness of Electronic Books in the Primary Classroom

Fiesta Math Night: The Parent Perspective

Measuring Student Success: The Effectiveness of Scholastic Reading Counts!

Structuring the Imagination

Communication through Mathematics: The Effects on Mathematic Reasonableness

Enjoying Vocabulary

Servant Leadership: A Model for Mentoring Undergraduate Student Scholars

Teacher Evaluation in the Special Education Setting: Voices from the Field

Transforming Educational Leadership Preparation: Starting with Ourselves

Democratic Twittering: Microblogging for a More Participatory Social Studies

"Remixing" Current Events: Navigating the Transmedia Terrain with Fifth Graders

(Mis)Understanding Islam in a Suburban Texas School District

Tensions and Transformations: Using an Ethical Framework to Teach a Course on Disability Law to Future Educational Leaders

Videoconferencing for Global Citizenship Education: Wise Practices for Social Studies Educators

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

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

Print or iPad? Young Children’s Text Type Shared Reading Preference and Behaviors in Comparison to Parent Predictions and At-home Practices

The Contemporary Lives of Age-Old Tales: Characters, Contexts, and Critical Issues

Out of School and into STEM: Supporting Girls of Color Through Culturally Relevant Enrichment

Naming Her World: A Freirean Analysis of a Young Woman with Asperger Syndrome's Post-High-School Experience