Browsing by Subject "Education"
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African-American and Latino conceptualizations of the role and value of community colleges: results from a study of high school students and counselors
(Rapid Intellect GroupGraduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA, 2000)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Using qualitative analysis and a Bourdieuian framework, authors investigated perceptions held by southern California African American and Latino high school students ... -
AT THE INTERSECTION OF CRITICAL THINKING AND ECONOMICS EDUCATION: EXPLORING WHETHER LEARNING ECONOMICS AIDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
(2018-08-28)Teaching students to think critically is the fundamental aim and overriding ideal of education. It has become increasingly clear that today’s high-tech, knowledge-based economy demands excellent critical thinking skills. ... -
Balancing the Theoretical Toolkit: A Quantitative Examination of Social Mobility and Culture
(2019-05-17)Stratification researchers of the last four decades have contributed a multitude of information on how class-origins, culture, and social psychological factors affect class reproduction. However, scholarship has spent ... -
Barriers to Resource Access: The Need for Social Workers as Cultural Brokers in Hispanic Immigrant Communities
(2021-12-08)Although the U.S. has more immigrants than any other country in the world (Budiman, 2020), there exists inequality in resource access among U.S. born and immigrants. The inequality has been created and maintained by the ... -
Commencement Video 2009 August: School of Nursing; College of Education
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Commencement Video 2011 December: College of Education and Health Professions 4:00 pm Ceremony
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2011-12) -
Commencement Video 2011 December: College of Education and Health Professions 7:30 pm Ceremony
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A CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF THE RHETORICAL STRUCTURE EMPLOYED IN ENGLISH TEXTS BY NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH AND NATIVE SPEAKERS OF SPANISH
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1996-08)It has often been observed that students of English as a second language not only speak with a foreign accent but write with a distinctively foreign accent as well. Two apparently conflicting theories have been proposed ... -
Critical Race Theory and Critical Communication Pedagogy: Articulating Pedagogy as an Act of Love from Black Male Perspectives
(2012-11)Building upon the established foundation of research concerning the systemic marginalization of Black men in traditionally White educational spaces, this essay positions Black male educational counterstories at the center ... -
Design and Development of a Virtual Reality Training Platform for Fiber-reinforced Composite Manufacturing
(2023-05-04)This study presents the design and development of a virtual reality (VR) training platform for manufacturing fiber-reinforced composites, a sophisticated and high-demand material in various industries. Due to the high costs ... -
Educational Attainment of Mexican American Immigrants: A Longitudinal Analysis in Six Texas Gateways
(2022-05-23)This paper analyzes data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series to examine trends in educational attainment from 2000 to 2018 in six Texas gateway cities: El Paso, San Antonio, McAllen, Dallas Fort Worth, Houston, ... -
THE ERTIREAN ENGLISH CURRICULUM: GRADES 2-6 ASSESSING ACADEMIC READINESS
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2005-05)This study is an examination of the 2002 Eritrean English curriculum from Grades 2–6. In the Eritrean educational system, the nine languages of Eritrea are the languages of education until Grade 6, when students are expected ... -
FACILITATIVE OR FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR ADULT LEARNERS TO ACQUIRE ORAL PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1999-12)Social interaction in the language classroom has been said to contribute to the acquisition of oral proficiency in a target language by presumably facilitating comprehension and learner production through negotiation of ... -
THE IMPACT OF E-MAIL USE ON FOURTH GRADERS' WRITING SKILLS
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1998-12)The growing interest in computer use at home and in the workplace has led to the incorporation of computer skills into school curricula. Numerous claims assert the benefit of computers, but questions remain concerning the ... -
Intentionally Cultivating Diverse Community for Radically Open Access Makerspaces
(Higher Education Makerspaces Initiative (HEMI), 2018-08)Academic makerspaces which are discipline-agnostic face the daunting task of trying to meet the needs of a humbling array of approaches to inquiry while maintaining a sustainable and safe environment for making. Establishing ... -
"It's a Struggle, It's a Journey, It's a Mountain That You Gotta Climb": Black Misandry, Education, and the Strategic Embrace of Black Male Counterstories
(Left Coast Press, 2012)Access to education is one of the only or most realistic means in the United States to improving one's opportunities and agency over a lifetime. That so many Black men are severed from this opportunity, early and often, ... -
Lesson Plan: Create a Terrarium and Marshmallow Tower to Observe, Plan, and Execute a Design
(2023-04-07)This lesson focuses on forces and motion. Students apply creativity and experimentation to describe the movement of matter among animals, plants, decomposers, and the environment. To summarize their learning, students craft ... -
Lesson Plan: What are the different forms of energy?
(2023-04-07)This lesson focuses on forms of energy. Students identify forms of energy and give examples of how each type of energy works. Students summarize their learning by completing a series of centers focused on different forms ... -
Lesson Plan: What is Renewable Energy and How Can We Use It for Our Future Energy Use?
(2023-04-07)This lesson focuses on renewable energy and potential future energy sources. Through an interactive read-aloud, demonstration, and discussion, students examine how structures such as a wind-powered gravity battery can store ...