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[News Script: Award]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 2, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Recommended Library Contributions to STEM Retention Based on an LIS Interpretation of the Landmark Study, Talking about Leaving: Why Students Leave the Sciences

Description: Poster presentation for the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Science and Technology Section Program Poster Session. This poster discusses recommended library contributions to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) retention based on a Library and Information Science (LIS) interpretation of a landmark study.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poster
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Concept Raps versus Concept Maps: A Culturally Responsive Approach to STEM Vocabulary Development

Description: This article argues that the development of rap song lyrics or lyrical concept mapping can be a viable pedagogical alternative to the development of concept maps as a means to reinforce STEM vocabulary.
Date: July 31, 2018
Creator: Young, Jamaal; Young, Jemimah L.; Cason, Marti; Ortiz, Nickolaus; Foster, Marquita & Hamilton, Christina
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT College of Education
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STEM or Humanities? Toward a Balance of Interest Fit

Description: Article analyses the relationship between interest fit and career/income outlooks for college students as opposed to the relationship between such outcomes and the nature of the domain.
Date: December 17, 2019
Creator: Bozorg, Hoda Vaziri; Tay, Louis; Parrigon, Scott; Bradburn, Norman M. & Pawelski, James O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT College of Business
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Robocamp: Encouraging Young Women to Embrace STEM

Description: This paper describes the efforts and results of a plan for actively recruiting students to undergraduate computer science and engineering programs at the University of North Texas (UNT). Such recruitment of students is critical to the country's efforts to increase the number of engineering professionals, and is a priority for the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department at UNT.
Date: February 2009
Creator: Akl, Robert G. & Keathly, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Gender Equity in STEM Subjects at Four-Year Universities in England

Description: This chapter explores gender disparities in enrollment and persistence in STEM undergraduate education in England. The authors examine the difference in early educational achievement in mathematics and science subjects and students’ plan to study STEM subjects by gender. They also examine women’s odds of studying STEM subjects in England after controlling for academic performance and social class characteristics. The authors also particularly test gendered differences in studying STEM at presti… more
Date: July 12, 2021
Creator: Ro, Hyun; Fernandez, Frank & Alcott, Benjamin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book Chapter
Partner: UNT College of Education
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New Frontiers in Digital Humanities and the Sciences

Description: Video recording of a presentation session at the 2014 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this session, presenters discuss new frontiers in digital humanities and the sciences.
Date: September 19, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 12 seconds
Creator: Iakovakis, Clarke; Mirza, Rafia; Asim, Sumreen & Ponners, Pamela
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Partner: UNT Libraries

Neurodiverse STEM Students and the Academic Library

Description: This presentation discusses about Neurodiverse STEM Students that characterized by neurologically-based variations in patterns of thought or behavior including: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia. The presentation identifies available support in the Academic Library and classroom.
Date: July 19, 2019
Creator: Anderson, Chelsea & O'Toole, Erin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Presentation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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STEM Bachelor's Degree Attainment among Women of Color in the United States: Using Geographic Analysis for Gender and Racial Equity Research

Description: This chapter showcases a study that examines the relationship between STEM bachelor’s degree attainment, particularly focusing on women of color, and the opportunities of higher education and STEM higher education within local communities across the United States. The authors analyze two large-scale national data sets, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the American Community Survey (ACS), to conduct a location-level analysis. The authors then offer implications that… more
Date: July 12, 2021
Creator: Ro, Hyun; Meng, Yi & Zhu, Qiong
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book Chapter
Partner: UNT College of Education
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Introduction: Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice

Description: This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides an international overview of access and success for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) undergraduate programs. It focuses on women’s share of STEM graduates to explore trends and compare women’s enrollment in STEM to men’s enrollment in STEM and to higher education in general. The book focuses on the expansion of higher education in Taiwa… more
Date: July 12, 2021
Creator: Ro, Hyun; Ramon, Elizabeth J. & Fernandez, Frank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book Chapter
Partner: UNT College of Education

DDA and STEM @ UNT: What we have learned

Description: This presentation discusses Demand-Driven Acquisitions (DDA) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at the University of North Texas (UNT). For the Texas STEM Librarians' Conference, the author will present data and information about the pilot program, and how the Discovery Collection and the purchased titles are distributed, particularly regarding the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Harker, Karen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Presentation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Examination of Black and Latino/a/x Students' and Responsive STEM Teachers' Perceptions of Teacher Cultural Consciousness and Culturally Responsive Instructional Practices

Description: School cultures, curriculum, and instruction are too often created through a monocultural lens, which excludes Black and Latino/a/x students both socially and academically, and perpetuates the false notion that these students are inherently less capable of achieving academic success when compared to their White counterparts. This is visible across all content areas, but especially in secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes, which means that our Black and Latin… more
Date: December 2021
Creator: Norris, Margaret Louise
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Instructors and Underrepresented Students in Microbiology: Educational Digital Tool Use, Trends, Perceptions, and Success

Description: The purpose of this three-article dissertation was to expand knowledge and theory regarding digital tool use in biology laboratory courses, such as microbiology, which requires specific laboratory skill development through the perception of instructors and students. Article 1 establishes the broad digital literacy and fluency problem in education by providing definitions and the context behind digital literacy fluency and its impact on acquisition of knowledge in digital learning environments. … more
Date: December 2023
Creator: Bradshaw-Ward, Danita M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Putting the Pieces Together: Using Learning Analytics to Inform Learning Theory, Design, Activities, and Outcomes in Higher Education

Description: The goal of learning analytics is to optimize learning and the environments in which it occurs. Since 2011, when learning analytics was defined as a separate and distinct area of academic inquiry, the literature has identified a need for research that presents evidence of effective learning analytics, as well as, learning analytics research that is conducted in conjunction with learning theory. This study uses Efklides' metacognitive and affective model of self-regulated learning (MASRL) to def… more
Date: December 2021
Creator: Goodman, Amy Graham
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Single Case Study of a MakerBus in K-12 Education

Description: MakerBuses are travelling makerspaces that deliver hands-on tools and resources to community-wide locations to foster 21st century learning and development. Often found in K-12 schools, MakerBuses provide accessible and tangible learning opportunities for all learners, even in the most underserved communities. This single, typical case study provided a foundational look at how one MakerBus started as a simple idea and evolved into a learning experience used throughout the community it serves. T… more
Date: May 2021
Creator: Daughrity, Lea Anne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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