Fernando Hernández
Teacher’s Use of Literacy Centers to Promote Literacy Acquisition in First Grade Bilingual Students in a South Texas School
improving reading performance among hispanic students continues national state prioritythe purpose study investigate effectiveness literacy centers first grade bilingual classrooms relation students tejas lee scoresthis quasiexperimental study took place two elementary schools south texas district 11week perioddata collected boy beginning year moy middle year tejas lee scoresa nonprobability sample consisted 104 first grade bilingual students 59 45 experimental comparison groups respectivelyresults showed statistically significant difference students participated literacy centers based tejas lee scoresgiven growing number hispanics recognizing reading gap important find solution problemthis study start reducing number first grade students retained due literacy ability