Adult Literacy

50 records
Title	Date	Abstract
U.S. adult literacy program practice: a typology across dimensions of life-contextualized / decontextualized and dialogic / monologic	1998	This typology of adult literacy programs in the United States was created from a survey of 217 agencies. Programs were categ...
The role of corporate giving in adult literacy	March 2006	This report identifies corporate philanthropy as a major contributor to "sustaining and improving America's system of adult l...
The long-term impact of ABS program participation on voting		The research brief describes a longitudinal study which followed 1,000 randomly selected high school dropouts from 1998-2007....
The impact of ABS program participation on long-term postsecondary engagement		The research brief describes a longitudinal study which followed 1,000 randomly selected high school dropouts from 1998-2007....
The impact of ABS program participation on long-term literacy growth		The research brief describes a longitudinal study which followed 1,000 randomly selected high school dropouts from 1998-2007....
The impact of ABS program participation on long-term GED attainment	December 2014	The research brief describes a longitudinal study followed 1,000 randomly selected high school dropouts from 1998-2007. The s...
The impact of ABS program participation on long-term economic outcomes		The research brief describes a longitudinal study which followed 1,000 randomly selected high school dropouts from 1998-2007....
The impact of a reading intervention for low-literate adult ESL learners	December 2010	This is a report on a study of a specific reading intervention for low-literate adult ESL learners. The intervention studied ...
The adult education and literacy system (AELS) in the United States: moving from the margins to the mainstream of education	Feb 2, 2000	Ways in which the "increased literacy [of adults] " positively impacts work, home, and community, "including improvement in c...
Teaching reading with adults	2002	This paper discusses literacy as the mastery of graphics technology. The basic elements of the graphic medium - its relative...
Synthetic estimates of adult literacy	1996	This Synthetic Estimate of Adult Literacy Table provides information on the estimated levels of literacy of adults by Congres...
Supporting financial literacy in adult education: suggested free on-line curriculum and resources for adult education programs	2009	This pamphlet contains resources to assist adult school teachers and administrators in integrating financial literacy skills ...
Statistics on literacy	1991	This is an annotated list of ten items in the ERIC data base on the subject of statistics in adult literacy programs. Inclu...
Report on the national survey regarding the services of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)	June 12, 2009	The National Institute for Literacy was established in 1991 by the National Literacy Act (NLA)and reauthorized by the Workfor...
Reading for working, a functional literacy anthology	1975	This is a "compilation of research on job-related literacy". Topics addressed in the three sections of the document include ...
QEd: scientific evidence for adult literacy educators, number 1 of 5	July 2007	This publication includes "ideas and information from...[a] scientific research base on how adults learn to read", describing...
Open to interpretation: multiple intelligences theory in adult literacy education	2002	This report examines the applications of the Multiple Intelligence Theory to adult literacy education. The work of Dr. Howard...
National Institute for Literacy, Western Regional States Meeting, March 9 and 10, 1995, Los Angeles, California: Proceedings	1996	The National Institute for Literacy held a two-day regional meeting in Los Angeles to address critical issues in adult litera...
Measuring the nation's literacy: important considerations	1991	The digest covers the problem of defining literacy, strengths and limitations of various approaches to measuring literacy, co...
Making sense of decoding and spelling: an adult reading course of study, teachers' and administrators' guide	2010	This is the teacher and administrator guide for an evidence-based course of study designed to teach adult learners to decode ...
Literacy in everyday life: results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy	2007	Published by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), "Literacy in Everyday Life" is the report of the 2003 Natio...
Literacy drama: using plays in adult literacy education	1992	This manual includes ideas on using drama to teach adult literacy as well as four original plays and a trilogy of one act pla...
Literacy	1998	This fact sheet gives the background of the federal program to address the problem of illiteracy in the United States. Inclu...
Literacies required for a 21st century workforce: preparing youth and adults for proficiency in the academic, technical and cultural literacies required by a complex work world	Feb 22, 2005	This paper - written for the Ohio Career-Technical and Adult Education Leadership and Policy Forum (Feb 2005) - addresses the...
Library and information services for literacy	1990	The bibliography contains nine citations of documents and articles from the ERIC database on the subject of the role of libra...
Leading from the middle: the state role in adult education & literacy	August 2002	Relative to adult education and literacy, this document examines how well the states are performing leadership functions, the...
Just write! guide	February 2012	This guide is a resource for ABE teachers, intended to increase familiarity with evidence-based writing instruction and facil...
Issues in adult literacy education	1991	Explores issues in adult literacy education in the United States. Included are the question of definition, the diverse array...
Invisible citizenship: adult illiteracy in California	1986	The report summarizes the adult illiteracy problem in California. Included are the secondary problems caused by adult illite...
Higher education credentials, higher skills, and lost purchasing power: a dilemma for workforce development policy and practice	March 10, 2007	In this paper, the author examines the pros and cons of changes to the focus of the Adult Education and Literacy System (AELS...
Functional context education: making learning relevant in the 21st century	Sept 2005	In this paper, the author provides an introduction to and historical perspective of Functional Context Education, as well as ...
Functional context education: making learning relevant	Sept 26, 1997	"Functional Context Education is an approach to education that is based on a cognitive science theory of cognitive developmen...
From the margins to the mainstream: an action agenda for literacy	2000	This action plan is the culmination of the National Literacy Summit held in Washington in February 2000. The summit produced...
Freirean approach to adult literacy education	1990	The paper answers the questions: "What is the Freirean approach?" "What are the key features of the Freirean Approach?" "Ho...
Four lay-of-the-land papers on the federal role in adult literacy	December 18, 2006	The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA, 1998) "provides basic skills instruction through a variety of providers f...
Beginning a literacy program	unknown	This pamphlet provides practical advice to someone who is developing a small adult literacy program. Included are needs asse...
Basic reading skills and the literacy of America's least literate adults: results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) Supplemental Studies	February 2009	This report details the results of two of the four components of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL). The c...
Auditing and reading: a developmental model	1974	This document applies modern (1974) cognitive science to literacy development with children and adults. The authors created a...
Applying research in reading instruction for adults: first steps for teachers	2005	This book seeks to build adult literacy instructors' knowledge of scientifically based reading research and provide basic gui...
Affecting change in literacy practices of adult learners: impact of two dimensions of instruction	November 2000	This Report is a summary of three papers commissioned in 1998 by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Lite...
Adult literacy: instructional strategies	1989	This is an annotated list of articles and documents from the ERIC database during the period 1987-1989 on the subject of adul...
Adult literacy: overview, programs, and research	1989	Citations from the ERIC database from the period 1987 to 1989 on the topic of adult literacy. Sections include "overview," ...
Adult literacy practitioners as researchers	1994	The digest examines thinking that underlies practitioner inquiry, explains the phases of an inquiry process, and gives exampl...
Adult literacy issues: an update	1989	This digest examines three issues related to adult literacy: the appropriate focus for adult literacy education, professiona...
Adult literacy education: emerging directions in program development	1996	This digest looks at emerging perspectives about adult literacy program development. Included are the relationship between le...
Adult literacy and the American dream	2002	This essay reviews the first American national literacy movement to make a case for the importance of adult education and lit...
Adult literacy and education in America: four studies based on the national adult literacy survey	11/10/2001	This report analyzes the literacy proficiencies of the nation’s adults in relation to their schooling, with a special focus o...
Adult education literacy instruction: a review of the research	October 2010	This report is the product of the NIFL/NCSALL Adult Literacy Research Working Group (ALRWG), a panel of experts on reading re...
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, program year 2003-2004: report to Congress on state performance [summary and CA data only]	2006	This annual report to Congress is mandated by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) of 1998. Each state negoti...
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, program year 2002-2003: report to Congress on state performance [summary and CA data only]	2005	This annual report to Congress is mandated by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) of 1998. Each state negoti...