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Download full textHernandez, Fernando – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
Improving reading performance among Hispanic students continues to be a national and state priority. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of literacy centers in first grade bilingual classrooms and its relation to students' Tejas LEE scores. This quasi-experimental study took place in two elementary schools in a South…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Bilingual Students, Literacy Education
Frizell, Michael, Ed. – Learning Assistance Review, 2020
The National College Learning Center Association defines a learning center at institutions of higher education as interactive academic spaces which exist to reinforce and extend student learning in physical and/or virtual environments. A variety of comprehensive support services and programs are offered in these environments to enhance student…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers
Dubin, Jennifer – American Educator, 2015
In 2007, Walter P. Webb Middle School faced a crisis. One evening in January, the superintendent at the time held a meeting at the school in Austin, Texas, to let students, parents, teachers, and community members know that at the end of the academic year, their school would close. Thanks to a new state law focused on accountability, the…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Middle Schools, Institutional Survival, Community Action
Afterschool Alliance, 2013
The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are proud to celebrate a fifth round of the MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Awards. For the past five years, we have collaborated to highlight the work of quality afterschool programs that support children, families and communities across the nation. This compendium is a compilation of four…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
Fort Worth Public Schools, TX. – 1972
The purpose of the media resources handbook is the identification and description of diversified instructional aids in the area of career education that are available to teachers through the career resource center at Fort Worth, Texas. Many of the resources are to be used directly in the occupations class in the middle school; however, the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Career Awareness, Career Education, Learning Resources Centers
New Media Consortium, 2006
The question of how best to serve its constituents arises for any organization that is part of a campus or community. This guide is intended to address questions regarding assessment of impact, identifying targets for improvement, and ensuring organizational recognition. Seven strategies for maximizing impact are presented: (1) Be focused; (2) Be…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Learning Resources Centers, Technology, Campuses
Wolfe, William G.; Fell, Albert W. – 1974
Presented is the final report of the Special Education Instructional Materials Center at the University of Texas. Described are the 8-year program's two phases: services and training (including development of associate centers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; library loan of materials; and information dissemination), and research and…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Handicapped Children, Information Dissemination, Learning Resources Centers
Fort Worth Public Schools, TX. – 1972
The handbook helps orient teachers at the middle school level to the expected outcomes processes of a career education program. Topics covered are: career education objectives and concepts, classroom implementation, procedures for identifying and obtaining resource speakers, guidelines for use of community resource center, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Resources, Middle Schools
McCoy, David – Audiovisual Instruction, 1974
How the Learning Resources Center staff at Eastfield College (Texas) developed and implemented a simple yet effective system for ongoing evaluation. (HB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Media, Evaluation Methods, Learning Resources Centers
Lindley, Patricia F. – American Vocational Journal, 1978
The article describes Texas's four vocational instructional materials centers, all located in universities, and the development and dissemination of curriculum materials in distributive education, industrial arts, agriculture, home economics, teaching the disadvantaged, and others. Purchase information for the materials is included. (MF)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Information Dissemination, Instructional Materials, Learning Resources Centers
NEWMAN, MAYRELEE – 1967
DURING A 6-MONTH PERIOD, EL CENTRO JUNIOR COLLEGE, DALLAS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHED A LEARNING RESOURCES LIBRARY FOR A 2,000-STUDENT POPULATION IN A FORMER DEPARTMENT STORE. THE TASK INCLUDED THREE GROUPS OF ACTIVITIES--(1) FACILITY PLANNING AND OBTAINING FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, (2) ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING OF A BASIC COLLECTION, INCLUDING PRINTED…
Descriptors: Catalogs, College Libraries, College Planning, Learning Resources Centers
Burks, Freda – School Library Media Quarterly, 1996
Presents results of a descriptive survey that analyzed high school library media center use in one area of north Texas in 1991 and was designed to determine the nature and extent of student use of library media centers and to describe the characteristics of users and nonusers. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Resources Centers, Library Surveys, School Libraries
Range, Diana – 1980
This brief paper discusses how in 10 year's time a system for providing caregiver training was developed in Texas. The training accessibility system consists of five dimensions: publications, free materials, resource rooms, child development specialists, Title XX training contracts and traveling resource vans. Tips for program continuity under…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development Specialists, Day Care, Mobile Educational Services
Kroeker, Lois Hokanson – School Library Journal, 1989
Describes a survey of West Texas elementary schools that examined the amount of time media specialists spend teaching. The findings indicate that the scheduling issue is secondary to the fact that many schools share or do not have a certified library media specialist. The reasons for this situation and recommendations for improvement are…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Flexible Scheduling, Learning Resources Centers
HASKEW, L.D.; AND OTHERS – 1963
THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO APPRAISE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 1961-62 TEXAS INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA PROJECT (TIMP). THREE DISTINCT BUT INTERRELATED SURVEYS WERE INITIATED. SURVEY "A" COLLECTED EVIDENCE ON THE TOTAL IMPACT OF TIMP UPON SCHOOL PRACTICES AND STUDENTS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION. SURVEY "B" WAS CONDUCTED…
Descriptors: Demonstration Centers, Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Information Dissemination
