Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT College of Arts and Scienceshttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTCAS/browse/?sort=date_a&fq=str_year:2012&fq=str_degree_department:Political+Science2012-05-04T10:15:08-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT College of Arts and SciencesNo Longer Collecting Dust: How ETD & Open Access Will Revolutionize the Academy2012-04-02T16:46:30-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc78274/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc78274/"><img alt="No Longer Collecting Dust: How ETD & Open Access Will Revolutionize the Academy" title="No Longer Collecting Dust: How ETD & Open Access Will Revolutionize the Academy" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc78274/small/"/></a></p><p>This is the presentation for the closing remarks at the Texas Electronic Theses and Dissertations (TxETD) Annual Conference. It discusses how ETDs and open access will revolutionize the academy.</p>Using Calibrated Peer Review to Facilitate Writing Assignments in Large Classes2012-05-04T10:15:08-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84145/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84145/"><img alt="Using Calibrated Peer Review to Facilitate Writing Assignments in Large Classes" title="Using Calibrated Peer Review to Facilitate Writing Assignments in Large Classes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84145/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>The 2012 Republican Primaries2012-04-27T10:13:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83792/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83792/"><img alt="The 2012 Republican Primaries" title="The 2012 Republican Primaries" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83792/small/"/></a></p><p>This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the 2012 Presidential Primaries. In this presentation, the author gives the audience an overview of the structure of the primaries, and provides a recap of past primaries. The author also speaks about the money, momentum, and media attention in the primaries.</p>Racial and Ethnic Politics in the 2012 Presidential Primaries2012-04-27T10:13:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83790/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83790/"><img alt="Racial and Ethnic Politics in the 2012 Presidential Primaries" title="Racial and Ethnic Politics in the 2012 Presidential Primaries" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83790/small/"/></a></p><p>This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the 2012 Presidential Primaries. In this presentation, the author discusses how members of different racial and ethnic backgrounds responded to the 2012 Republican primary candidates.</p>