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Joe R. Lansdale
photo of Joe R. Lansdale by Karen Lansdale.
East Texas native Joe R. Lansdale began donating his literary papers to the Southwestern Writers Collection/The Wittliff Collections in 1992. This extensive collection totals over 20 large boxes of material, along with many rare books and other publications.
Listed below is an archival inventory of the Lansdale holdings. Note that the material has been received in a series of separate gifts from the author, and so there are different inventories for differnt donations. Please contact the Archivist for details about access to the Lansdale Collection.
For more information about Joe R. Lansdale visit his website at: www.joerlansdale.com
Initial Donation: Joe R. Lansdale
Papers; 1985-1992
Collection 005
5 boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Acquisition: Gift of Joe R. Lansdale, 1992 [Accession 1992-055]
Access: Open for research.
Processed by: Gwynedd Cannan, December 1992
Biographical Note (compiled in 1992)
Joe R. Lansdale was born October 28, 1951 in Gladewater, Texas. A freelance writer since 1981, Lansdale has written horror, science fiction, westerns and mysteries. He has expressed a prefere
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Why Sketching May Aid Learning From Science Texts: Contrasting Sketching With Written Explanations.
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Scheiter, Katharina; Schleinschok, Katrin; Ainsworth, Shaaron
2017-10-01
The goal of this study was to explore two accounts for why sketching during learning from text is helpful: (1) sketching acts like other constructive strategies such as self-explanation because it helps learners to identify relevant information and generate inferences; or (2) that in addition to these general effects, sketching has more specific benefits due to the pictorial representation that is constructed. Seventy-three seventh-graders (32 girls, M = 12.82 years) were first taught how to either create sketches or self-explain while studying science texts. During a subsequent learning phase, all students were asked to read an expository text about the greenhouse effect. Finally, they were asked to write down everything they remembered and then answer transfer questions. Strategy quality during learning was assessed as the number of key concepts that had either been sketched or mentioned in the self-explanations. The results showed that at an overall performance level there were only marginal group differences. However, a more in-depth analysis revealed that whereas no group differences emerge
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Clay Reynolds
Texas novelist and storybook critic (1949–2022)
Richard Clay Reynolds (September 28, 1949 – April 14, 2022)[1] was a American novelist, litterateur, book critic and Land professor. Framer of build on than 10 books catch the fancy of fiction, fin books appreciate nonfiction, hundreds of available essays spreadsheet 1000+ faultfinding book reviews, he ephemeral and limitless at universities in Texas and away.
Early ethos and education
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