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On the order statistics of standard normal based power method distributions
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation,Department of Curriculum & Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)This paper derives a procedure for determining the expectations of order statistics associated with the standard normal distribution Z and its powers of order three and five Z3 and Z5. The procedure is demonstrated for ... -
On the Roles of External Knowledge Representations in Assessment Design
(Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, Caroline A. & Peter S. Lynch School of Education, Boston CollegeDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, January 20)People use external knowledge representations (KRs) to create, identify, depict, transform, store, share, and archive information. Learning to work with KRs is central to becoming proficient in virtually every discipline. ... -
The Paradox of Increasing both Enrollment and Graduation Rates : Acknowledging Elephants in the Ivory Tower
(Sciedu PressDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2014)The argument is made that increasing enrollments and graduation rates cannot occur while maintaining academic standards. Several U.S. universities are attempting to increase their enrollments to counter the financial ... -
Portraits of Practice: A Cross-Case Analysis of Two First-Grade Teachers and Their Grouping Practices
(National Council of Teachers of EnglishDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, 2013-02)his interpretive study provides a cross-case analysis of the literacy instruction of two first-grade teachers, with a particular focus on their grouping practices. One key finding was the way in which these teachers drew ... -
The Process of Becoming: Identity Development of African American Female Science and Mathematics Preservice Teachers
(Taylor & Francis OnlineDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction , The University of Texas at Arlington, 2018-03-01)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: A group of 3 African American female preservice science and science teaching students majoring in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) ... -
Reading fluency measurements in EFA FTI partner countries : outcomes and improvement prospects
(World Bank, 2011)Students in lower-income countries often acquire limited literacy in school and often drop out illiterate. For those who stay, the problem is not detected until it is too late to intervene. Oral reading fluency tests given ... -
Representation of verbal event structure in sign languages
(Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2010-11-05)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Sign languages recruit physical properties of visual motion to convey linguistic information. The present experiment investigated the effect of sign position and ... -
The return of the native? :questions about geographical knowledge and spatial thinking
(Grosvenor Center for Geographic EducationUniversity of North Texas, 2007) -
SIG en la nube: WebSIG para la enseñanza de la geografía
(Grupo de Didáctica de la Geografía de la Asociación de Geógrafos EspañolesDepartment of Instruction and Curriculum, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2011)There is no doubt among most geography educators that GIS is an important tool for teaching and learning, but its use has been slowed by issues such as the cost of the software and the management of large spatial data ... -
Simulating Burr Type VII Distributions through the Method of 𝐿-moments and 𝐿-correlations
(Scienpress Ltd.Department of Curriculum & Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2014)Burr Type VII, a one-parameter non-normal distribution, is among the less studied distributions, especially, in the contexts of statistical modeling and simulation studies. The main purpose of this study is to introduce ... -
Simulating non-normal distributions with specified L-moments and L-correlations
(Blackwell Publishing,Department of Curriculum & Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)This paper derives a procedure for simulating continuous non-normal distributions with specified L-moments and L-correlations in the context of power method polynomials of order three. It is demonstrated that the proposed ... -
Simulating Uniform- and Triangular- Based Double Power Method Distributions
(Scienpress LtdDepartment of Curriculum & Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2017)Power method (PM) polynomials have been used for simulating non-normal distributions in a variety of settings such as toxicology research, price risk, business-cycle features, microarray analysis, computer adaptive ... -
Strategies and policies for literacy
(UNESCO, 2004-05-31)Executive Summary Despite the existence of about one billion illiterates in the world, adult literacy programs make up 1–5 percent of government or donor budgets, and they remain severely underfunded in comparison to ... -
The supporting effects of high luminous conditions on grade 3 oral reading fluency scores
(SpringerPlusDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2014)The universality of the impact of daylight is a common thread that defines humanity. Day light affects us in a variety of ways –visually, psychologically and biologically. Artificial lighting research has explored ways ... -
Teaching adults to read better and faster: results from an experiment in Burkina Faso
(World Bank, 2003)Abstract Two cognitively oriented methods were tested in Burkina Faso to help illiterates learn to read more efficiently. These were (a) speeded reading of increasingly larger word units and (b) phonological awareness ... -
A Texas city magnet program: 1981-82 evaluation materials and results
(Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas. Department of Research and Evaluation, 1984)In order to promote voluntary integration in two high schools and a middle school, the Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas developed a magnet program that offers specialized curricula: engineering at the all ... -
Theme-based portfolio assessment in social studies teacher education
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Towards Understanding When Service-Learning Fosters Efficacy Beliefs of Preservice Teachers
(Duke University and the SIG-Service-Learning & Experiential Education of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2015)This research uses a mixed methods approach in focusing upon the role service-learning can play in enhancing preservice teachers’ sense of efficacy. Results of the quantitative component reveal significant gains in efficacy ... -
The Trouble With Interpreting Statistically Nonsignificant Effect Sizes in Single-Study Investigations
(DigitalCommons@WayneStateWayne State University PressDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, 5-1-2003)In this commentary, we offer a perspective on the problem of authors reporting and interpreting effect sizes in the absence of formal statistical tests of their chanceness. The perspective reinforces our previous ... -
Twenty-Six Years of Changes in Education Students’ Attitudes
(Center for Promoting Ideas, USADepartment of Curriculum & Instruction, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2015-12)The main purpose of this quantitative study was to compare graduate education students from 1988 with graduate and undergraduate education students from 2014 in regard to their attitudes and expectations about teaching, schools, ...