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Preservice teachers' attitudes toward and knowledge about cooperative learning in Kuwait: A quasi-experimental study

Description: The issue of developing effective teacher preparation and professional programs by providing effective teaching and learning strategies to prepare teachers to teach in more challenging ways and change their old ways of teaching to more powerful ones has gained great attention around the world. Cooperative learning was one of the astonishing strategies introduced by many researchers to prepare effective teachers and to solve many educational problems. Teacher educators have taken different appro… more
Date: December 2001
Creator: Al-Dawoud, Afeefa
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Teacher change: The effect of a professional development intervention on middle school mainstream teachers of English language learners.

Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a professional development intervention conducted with mainstream middle school teachers of English language learners (ELLs) in a North Texas school district. Teacher change was examined in the context of this intervention. Three groups of teachers participated in this study. Group 1 (n= 4) consisted of teachers returning to the intervention for a second year. Group 2 (n= 12) consisted of teachers new to the intervention. Group 3 (n = 1… more
Date: December 2009
Creator: Anderson, Elsa Maria
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Teacher Decision-Making: Cultural Mediation in Two High School English Language Arts Classrooms

Description: Although studies have addressed high school English language arts (ELA) instruction, little is known about the decision-making process of ELA teachers. How do teachers decide between the resources and instructional strategies at their disposal? This study focused on two monolingual teachers who were in different schools and grades. They were teaching mainstream students or English Language Learners. Both employed an approach to writing instruction that emphasized cultural mediation. Two questio… more
Date: August 2011
Creator: Araujo, Juan José
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Partner: UNT Libraries

Moodle for Professional Development to Agricultural Extension Professionals in Africa: Workshop

Description: Presentation for the International Association of Agriculture Information Specialists (IAALD) World Congress. The authors discuss the Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle) software package and its use for professional development to agriculture extension professionals in Africa.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Assefa, Shimelis; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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Education, Training Opportunities for the Pipeline High School Through Postdoctorate

Description: Presentation on the National Science Foundation and its career and professional development resources for high school students through individuals starting their careers. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Duration: 27 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Barrett, Kim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: University of North Texas
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Project Communicate

Description: Data management plan for the grant, "Project Communicate." The purpose of Project Communicate is to professionally prepare 27 special education teachers and 10 speech-language pathologists, including scholars from ethnically and racially diverse backgrounds, to be highly-qualified to demonstrate skills in promoting high expectations to improve student outcomes, providing individualized evidence-based practices for students with autism spectrum disorder, and providing culturally and linguistical… more
Date: 2022-09-01/2027-08-31
Creator: Boesch, Miriam C.
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Partner: UNT College of Education
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The Current State of Professional Development for Higher Education Faculty: An Examination of Four-Year, State Supported Universities in Texas

Description: This mixed methods study examined professional development for higher education faculty members at four-year, state supported universities in Texas and the perceptions of professional development leaders at these institutions. The quantitative data was generated through an electronic survey aligned to the second iteration of the technology acceptance model while the qualitative data was generated through semi structured interviews with those that participated with the survey. Univariate analysi… more
Date: August 2019
Creator: Boudreaux, Kyle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Texas Principals’ Perceptions of Professional Development Provided By the Local School District

Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of Texas principals as to the degree to which their local school districts are meeting their ongoing professional development need. The study was conducted to analyze and describe the survey and interview responses of Texas principals as to their perceptions of the degree to which their local school districts provide learning experiences aligned with their needs. Texas principals’ perceptions regarding the characteristics of importa… more
Date: August 2012
Creator: Brockman, Mary Elizabeth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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New TEKS Health Standards: Awareness, Perceived Knowledge, and Perceived Competency among Choral Music Educators in Texas

Description: In this study, I examined the awareness, perceptions of required knowledge, and perceived competency of Texas secondary choral music educators concerning the new musician health objectives included in the revised Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards (TEKS). A secondary purpose of this study was to identify the activities and variables that promote the development of these characteristics and prepare educators to address the standards in their instruction. Using a researcher-designed w… more
Date: August 2021
Creator: Burrows, Gideon C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The impact of technical barriers on the effectiveness of professional development as related to a distance education system-based course: A case study in the Web World Wonders environmental science learning community.

Description: This study reports and discusses the impact of technical barriers on the effectiveness of professional development as related to a distance education system based course: a case study of the web world wonders environmental science learning community in Florida. The project involved 4th through 12th grade public school teachers learning how to use GPS readers, digital cameras, and Arc View software for the purpose of utilizing a Website that enabled remote Internet camera access in Florida State… more
Date: December 2003
Creator: Dawson, John L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Impact of Collegial-Teaming on High-School and University Instructors: A Descriptive Multi-Case Study

Description: This descriptive multi-case study systematically explored the team teaching relationship between a secondary teacher and a university faculty member. Multiple interviews, classroom observations, and analysis of available data provided insights into the interactions of these particular collegial-teams, drawn together for the purpose of providing rigorous STEM curriculum to high-ability students during a three-week residential program. Data revealed that successful collaboration can be described … more
Date: December 2011
Creator: Dearman, Christina T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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GenCyber Teachers Camp

Description: Data management plan for the grant, "GenCyber Teachers Camp." The goal of the UNT GenCyber Teacher Camp is to increase the cybersecurity expertise of middle and high school Computer Science teachers so that they can introduce cybersecurity curriculum into their classrooms. We will recruit 20 teachers who teach Computer Science and STEM-related middle/high school courses. We will create modules that teachers can use to create positive environments for students and thus to motivate them to gain i… more
Date: 2022-08-05/2024-08-05
Creator: Do, Hyunsook & Bryce, Renee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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An Investigation into the Use of a Facebook Group by Secondary English Teachers During a Pandemic

Description: This study focuses on a Facebook group utilized by secondary English teachers during the initial crisis period of COVID 19, defined as March 2020-June 2020. During this period, teacher participants used this Facebook group as a community of practice to re-envision pedagogy, using social media as a third space in which to have discussions with other teachers, either to seek help or to share resources. After a qualitative content analysis of 630 initial posts, 14,500 comments, and 13,539 reacti… more
Date: May 2022
Creator: Flagg, Joy Evaline
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries

Using Browser Developer Tools in QA: A Novice’s Toolkit

Description: Presentation for the IIPC General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference virtually held on June 14-16, 2021. This presentation offers a toolkit for QA work, mapping common rendering and navigation errors that can occur in captures, and how to easily find evidence of them by using the developer tools feature built into most browsers.
Date: June 16, 2021
Creator: Glendinning, Rebekah
Item Type: Refine your search to only Presentation
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium
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