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Full-Text Articles in Education
School District Consolidation Policies: Endogenous Cost Inefficiency And Saving Reversals, Mustafa U. Karakaplan, Levent Kutlu
School District Consolidation Policies: Endogenous Cost Inefficiency And Saving Reversals, Mustafa U. Karakaplan, Levent Kutlu
Economics and Finance Faculty Publications and Presentations
Some education policy studies suggest that consolidation of public school districts saves resources. However, endogeneity in cost models would result in incorrect estimates of the effects of consolidation. We use a new stochastic frontier methodology to examine district expenditures while handling endogeneity. Using the data from California, we find that the effects of student achievement and education market concentration on expenditure per pupil are substantially larger when endogeneity is handled. Our findings are robust to concerns such as instrumental variable adequacy and spatial interactions. Our consolidation simulations indicate that failure to address endogeneity can result in unrealistic expectations of savings.
Orozco, Aurora Estrada (1918-2011) [Artículo], Cynthia E. Orozco
Orozco, Aurora Estrada (1918-2011) [Artículo], Cynthia E. Orozco
Fall Workshop November 2020
No abstract provided.
Mcallen Nine Invade Mexico City, Rene Torres
Mcallen Nine Invade Mexico City, Rene Torres
Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article explores popularity of baseball in the U.S. during 1934 when the country was struggling to recuperate from a near economic collapse sparked by the stock market crash nearly five years earlier. It reports that in August 1934 baseball team McAllen Lions were traveling to Mexico City to take on the Aztecas billed as the championships of the republic during hard economic times when drought plaguing some parts of the county.
Latina School Leadership: Breaking The Mold And Rising To The Top, Velma D. Menchaca, Shirley J. Mills, Filomena Leo
Latina School Leadership: Breaking The Mold And Rising To The Top, Velma D. Menchaca, Shirley J. Mills, Filomena Leo
Organization and School Leadership Faculty Publications and Presentations
For this qualitative research study, interviews with two Latina school leaders revealed their journeys to leadership. The theoretical framework used was Latina critical race theory, feminist theory, and counter storytelling. Identified themes were strong supportive mother, fervent faith, humble beginnings, mentors, intelligent, and challenges not obstacles. These guiding themes serve as a path for Latinas who aspire to public school leadership positions.
The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley: Reframing Hsis Through A Multi-Sited Ethnography, Maritza De La Trinidad, Francisco Guajardo, Peter L. Kranz, Miguel Guajardo
The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley: Reframing Hsis Through A Multi-Sited Ethnography, Maritza De La Trinidad, Francisco Guajardo, Peter L. Kranz, Miguel Guajardo
Mexican American Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
This article contributes to the study of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) through a narrative grounded on two points of innovation. It offers frameworks to decenter the conversation on HSIs from normative practices in higher education to focus on pedagogical, cultural, and political relational processes that find greater congruence between nominal HSIs and the Latina/o students, families, and the communities that populate those universities. It looks at points of innovation that emerged in two different parts of the country at different places, spaces, and time. One was initiated at the University of North Florida (UNF) in the early-to-mid-1970s, and the second is …
Pedagogía De Base Local [Place-Based Education], Gregory A. Smith
Pedagogía De Base Local [Place-Based Education], Gregory A. Smith
Summer Institute June 2019
La pedagogía de base local se centra en el desarrollo y la instrucción curriculares que dirigen la atención de los estudiantes hacia la cultura, los fenómenos y las cuestiones locales como base de al menos parte del aprendizaje que adquirirían en la escuela. También se la conoce en inglés por el equivalente a «educación fundamentada en el lugar y en la comunidad», o como «aprendizaje consciente del lugar». Además de preparar a los estudiantes académicamente, los maestros que adoptan este método de enseñanza lo presentan de una forma íntimamente ligada tanto a la protección del medio ambiente como al desarrollo …
The Roles Of Digital Literacies And Critical Literacy For Black Adolescent Females, Jacqueline B. Koonce
The Roles Of Digital Literacies And Critical Literacy For Black Adolescent Females, Jacqueline B. Koonce
Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
The purpose of this conceptual thought paper is to argue for critical digital literacies instruction for all students, particularly students from marginalized populations. In this paper, the lived experiences of Black adolescent female avid readers were analyzed because of the complex nature of their discrimination due to their race and gender. Research questions included: What are the technologies and practices used by Black adolescent female avid readers? How and why do they use them? What are the implications for educators? To answer these questions, the voices of Black adolescent female readers from this author’s previous study were used to explore …
University Strategic Planning: A Process For Change In A Principal Preparation Program, Federico R. Guerra, Roberto Zamora, Rosalinda Hernandez, Velma D. Menchaca
University Strategic Planning: A Process For Change In A Principal Preparation Program, Federico R. Guerra, Roberto Zamora, Rosalinda Hernandez, Velma D. Menchaca
Organization and School Leadership Faculty Publications and Presentations
This study describes a strategic planning process used for developing an educational leadership program that prepares principals for leading 21st century schools. The plan is based on recommendations received from the External reviewers representing Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Texas Education Agency, survey responses received from former students currently serving in school leadership positions, and focus group forums. Recommendations received were used to develop a strategic plan that resulted in a more rigorous and accessible, field-based program to better prepare school leaders.
Positional Verbs In Colonial Valley Zapotec, John Foreman, Brooke D. Lillehaugen
Positional Verbs In Colonial Valley Zapotec, John Foreman, Brooke D. Lillehaugen
Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper describes the system of positional verbs (e.g., ‘be standing’ and ‘be lying’) in Colonial Valley Zapotec (CVZ), a historical form of Valley Zapotec preserved in archival documents written during the Mexican colonial period. We provide data showing that positional verbs in CVZ have unique morphological properties and participate in a defined set of syntactic constructions, showing that positional verbs formed a formal class of verbs in Valley Zapotec as early as the mid-1500s. This work contributes to the typological literature on positional verbs, demonstrating the type of morphosyntactic work that can be done with a corpus of CVZ …
Principals’ Perceptions Of Their Knowledge In Special Education, Maria Banda Roberts, Federico Guerra
Principals’ Perceptions Of Their Knowledge In Special Education, Maria Banda Roberts, Federico Guerra
Organization and School Leadership Faculty Publications and Presentations
With the Every Student Succeeds Act continuing to legislate accountability for special education and Hispanic students, the appropriate content in principal preparation programs relevant to successful leadership of special education programs is vital. This mixed methods study analyzed the survey responses of 84 principals in South Texas from predominantly Hispanic schools to determine the principals’ perceptions regarding their legal, foundational, and contextual knowledge of special education and their suggested topics for inclusion in curriculum content of principal preparation programs to provide the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively implement and supervise special education programs. Results indicated that the principals’ greatest …
Using The Jigsaw Method For Meaningful Learning To Enhance Learning And Retention In An Educational Leadership Graduate School Course, Alejandro Garcia, Jesus Abrego, Robert Reguenes
Using The Jigsaw Method For Meaningful Learning To Enhance Learning And Retention In An Educational Leadership Graduate School Course, Alejandro Garcia, Jesus Abrego, Robert Reguenes
Organization and School Leadership Faculty Publications and Presentations
This qualitative case study examined factors that were both successful and unsuccessful along with the attitudes and preferences of educational leadership graduate students towards working in an online cooperative jigsaw blog project in which each student had an active role for each topic addressed throughout the semester The theoretical framework for this study was based on the work of Novak 2011 and Ausubel 1960 Their theories explore how the learner processes large amounts of meaningful material from verbal and textual formats in classroom settings Analysis of the online questionnaire and face-to-face interview data indicated that the graduate students enrolled in …
The Role Of Language In Anatomy And Physiology Instruction, Angela M. Chapman, Hsuying C. Ward, Ashwini Tiwari, Amy Weimer, Jaime B. Duran, Federico Guerra, Robert Paul Sale
The Role Of Language In Anatomy And Physiology Instruction, Angela M. Chapman, Hsuying C. Ward, Ashwini Tiwari, Amy Weimer, Jaime B. Duran, Federico Guerra, Robert Paul Sale
Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications and Presentations
Research indicates that student learning of science, student attitudes toward science, and their motivation to learn science and pursue science-related careers is related to classroom instruction. This study examined anatomy and physiology (A&P) classes in a south Texas high school where 97 percent of students are Hispanic bilingual learners. Classes were assigned to control or treatment groups, with the treatment group receiving instruction designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of anatomy vocabulary related to brain structures by making connections to these words in everyday life as well as to their understanding of Spanish. Main effects between group and …
Promising Digital Practices For Nondominant Learners, Kathy Bussert-Webb, Laurie A. Henry
Promising Digital Practices For Nondominant Learners, Kathy Bussert-Webb, Laurie A. Henry
Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
This case study took place during an after-school program in a public Texas school district along the U.S./Mexico border. We explore a focal participant’s technology access and use as part of our larger digital literacy research. We asked: What in- and out-of-school digital literacy skills, access, and experiences did Robot Boy (pseudonym) possess? How did he behave as a rhizome? Overarching theoretical frameworks were postmodernism and New Literacy Studies; within these theories, we focused on rhizomic principles and digital literacies. This research is part of a larger mixed methods research study (Bussert-Webb & Henry, 2016) focused on an exploration of …
Using Technology To Determine Factorability Or Non-Factorability Of Quadratic Algebraic Trinomials, John E. T. Bernard, Olga Ramirez, Cristina Villalobos
Using Technology To Determine Factorability Or Non-Factorability Of Quadratic Algebraic Trinomials, John E. T. Bernard, Olga Ramirez, Cristina Villalobos
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper is aimed for mathematics educators who teach algebra, more specifically, the factoring of quadratic algebraic expressions, and who want to enhance student learning of this topic using technology in conjunction with the Middle Term Splitting Method (Donnell, 2010; MTSM 2016a; MTSM 2016b). We will use technology-based algebra and geometry connections to help determine factorability or nonfactorability of quadratic algebraic trinomials over the integers, over the real numbers, and over the complex numbers, both with clarity, certainty and with understanding by using two equations, one derived from the coefficients of the outer terms and the other from the middle …
Student Perceptions Of Online Courses, Irma S. Jones, Dianna Blankenship
Student Perceptions Of Online Courses, Irma S. Jones, Dianna Blankenship
Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications and Presentations
Presently, at the post-secondary level, digital or online education is offered in addition to traditional face-to-face courses and the number of online course offerings is rapidly growing. The Occupational Outlook Handbook reveals that employment in” computer and information technology” occupations is projected to grow 12 percent between the years 2014 to 2024, faster than the average for all other occupations. This is directly related to an emphasis on cloud computing, the collection, storage and connectivity of data to the Internet and the continued demand for mobile computing (Online Learning Consortium, 2015). This survey will describe online student perceptions and their …
Learning Style Preferences And The Online Classroom, Irma S. Jones, Dianna Blankenship
Learning Style Preferences And The Online Classroom, Irma S. Jones, Dianna Blankenship
Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications and Presentations
This study was adapted from a learning styles questionnaire in College Study Strategies (Laskey & Gibson, pp. 52-53, 1997). The authors administered the adapted questionnaire to undergraduate education and legal online students in a Southern predominately Hispanic serving institution. This study allowed the students to identify their preferred method of learning and will allow the online instructors to modify and improve the design of their courses. Results of the learning styles questionnaire will be presented with suggestions and recommendations for teachers of field dependent and independent online learners.
Descriptive Comparison Of Hispanic Doctoral Students (2007-2014) With Carnegie Initiative Of The Doctorate National Survey Results, Bobbette M. Morgan, Luis F. Alcocer
Descriptive Comparison Of Hispanic Doctoral Students (2007-2014) With Carnegie Initiative Of The Doctorate National Survey Results, Bobbette M. Morgan, Luis F. Alcocer
Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications and Presentations
One hundred doctoral students and graduates of a doctoral program in education on the Mexico border were asked to complete a survey developed by the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID). According to the CID developers, Walker, Golde, Jones, Bueschel and Hutchings, “the purpose of the survey is to examine the relationship between student experiences in a doctoral program and the outcomes of doctoral education. The survey addresses the full range of responsibilities which may be expected of a holder of the doctorate including research, teaching, and the application of knowledge and skills in the discipline to practical problems in …
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination Of Traditional School Violence Perpetrators In K-12 American Schools, Gordon A. Crews
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination Of Traditional School Violence Perpetrators In K-12 American Schools, Gordon A. Crews
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Comparing Native Speaker Ratings And Quantitative Measures Of Oral Proficiency In Ielts Interviews, Katherine Christoffersen
Comparing Native Speaker Ratings And Quantitative Measures Of Oral Proficiency In Ielts Interviews, Katherine Christoffersen
Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Research on second language acquisition has used various quantitative and qualitative measures to assess oral proficiency, yet there is little empirical research comparing these measures. Comparisons between quantitative measures and native speaker ratings are especially rare. Four of the most common quantitative measurements applied in L2 research include the type-token ratio as a measure of lexical diversity; the T-unit as a measure of syntactic complexity; the error-free t-unit as a measure of grammatical accuracy; and average speech rate as a measure of fluency. The present study compares these four quantitative measures of oral proficiency and one qualitative measure of oral …
You’Re Going To Need This For College, Andrew Hollinger
You’Re Going To Need This For College, Andrew Hollinger
Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
When I first heard a teacher say, “You’re going to need this for college,” I was a high school student. I heard the phrase again when I began teaching 10th grade English, and I wondered, as a first-year teacher, whether that was the teacher version of “Because I said so,” or if, more tragically, it was what teachers said in response to the often asked, “Why do I have to learn this?” when they didn’t really know the answer. The teachers I worked with, however, were very smart and some of the most student-centered educators I’ve ever known, so it’s …
Non-Traditional Examination: A Study To Improve Academic And Research Performance Of Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Students#, Bimal K. Banik, Ram Naresh Yadav, Sunena Chandra
Non-Traditional Examination: A Study To Improve Academic And Research Performance Of Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Students#, Bimal K. Banik, Ram Naresh Yadav, Sunena Chandra
Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations
An investigation of conducting a presentation examination instead of a classical written examination method on academic and research performance of undergraduate chemistry students was performed at the University of Texas-Pan American. The results suggest that chemistry students do much better in the presentation examination compared to the written examination at the advanced organic chemistry course. But, the performances of the students in the lower level courses are mixed. However, students do much better in research work when presentation examination was conducted.