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Pulling It Together: Using Integrative Assignments as Empirical Direct Measures of Student Learning for Learning Community Program Assessment
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Huerta, Juan Carlos; Sperry, Rita – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
This article outlines a systematic and manageable method for learning community program assessment based on collecting empirical direct measures of student learning. Developed at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi where all full-time, first-year students are in learning communities, the approach ties integrative assignment design to a rubric…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Programs, College Students, Communities of Practice
Using Case Study Methodology to Examine Practices in Exemplary College Access Centers
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Stillisano, Jacqueline R.; Waxman, Hersh C.; Brown, Danielle B.; Alford, Beverly L. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2014
This study focused on the unique qualities of selected college access centers established in Texas high schools with the dual goal of assisting students with college preparation activities and of creating a school-wide college going culture. Six centers demonstrating estimable outcomes on at least one of several different variables were…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Access to Education, High Schools, College Preparation
Program Handbook for Parent-School-Community Involvement and Parent Education.
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1971
The handbook for the Parent-School-Community Involvement and Parent Education Program is primarily concerned with the home, the school, and the community. It is felt that the relationship among these 3 institutions affects the total development of the child. The main goals are to: (1) develop rapport among migrant parents, school personnel, and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Learning Activities, Mexican Americans, Migrant Education
A Standardized Certification Program for Case Managers Serving Frail Elderly Texans. Module II: Assessment and Care Plan Development.
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Lusky, Richard A.; And Others – 1995
This learning module is one of three training modules that were developed for members of the Texas Gerontological Consortium for Continuing Education to use in preparing case managers working in human service professions coordinating community-based programs for frail elderly Texans. Module II deals with the following topics: assessment (role of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Behavioral Objectives, Caseworker Approach
A Standardized Certification Program for Case Managers Serving Frail Elderly Texans. Module III: Implementation, Monitoring, Reassessment & Care Plan Adjustment, Closure, and Evaluation.
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Lusky, Richard A.; And Others – 1995
This learning module is one of three training modules that were developed for members of the Texas Gerontological Consortium for Continuing Education to use in preparing case managers working in human service professions coordinating community-based programs for frail elderly Texans. Module III deals with the following topics: implementation (case…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers
A Standardized Certification Program for Case Managers Serving Frail Elderly Texans. Module I: Foundations of Case Management and Intake Interview.
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Lusky, Richard A.; And Others – 1995
This learning module is one of three training modules that were developed for members of the Texas Gerontological Consortium for Continuing Education to use in preparing case managers working in human service professions coordinating community-based programs for frail elderly Texans. Module I deals with the following topics: foundations of case…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Behavioral Objectives, Caseworker Approach