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Mellard, Daryl F.; Patterson, Margaret Becker – Remedial and Special Education, 2008
This study of 311 adult education learners found 29% self-reported having a specific learning disability (SLD). Significant differences in demographic, academic, and life experience variables between the adult learners with and without SLD included prior participation in special education, having both an SLD diagnosis and a high school diploma,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Adult Basic Education, Literacy Education, Adult Learning
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2010
The Adult Education--Basic Grants to States program authorized under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998 (AEFLA), enacted as Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (P.L. 105-220), is the major source of federal support for adult basic education and literacy education programs. When AEFLA was authorized in 1998,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Family Literacy, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Smith, M. Cecil; Smith, Thomas J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
The present study examined data from a large, nationally representative sample--the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NCES, 2007)--to examine how computer use and Internet-based literacy practices (use of e-mail, searching for information on the Internet, and Internet chatting) were related to prose, document, and quantitative literacy…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Numeracy, Computers, Adult Literacy
Baldi, Stephane, Ed.; Kutner, Mark; Greenberg, Elizabeth; Jin, Ying; Baer, Justin; Moore, Elizabeth; Dunleavy, Eric; Berlin, Martha; Mohadjer, Leyla; Binzer, Greg; Krenzke, Thomas; Hogan, Jacqueline; Amsbary, Michelle; Forsyth, Barbara; Clark, Lyn; Annis, Terri; Bernstein, Jared; White, Sheida – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) assessed the English literacy skills of a nationally representative sample of more than 19,000 U.S. adults (age 16 and older) residing in households and correctional institutions. NAAL is the first national assessment of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS). The…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Scaling, Numeracy, Field Tests
Rouet, Jean-Francois; Betrancourt, Mirelle; Britt, M. Anne; Bromme, Rainer; Graesser, Arthur C.; Kulikowich, Jonna M.; Leu, Donald J.; Ueno, Naoki; van Oostendorp, Herre – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
Governments and other stakeholders have become increasingly interested in assessing the skills of their adult populations for the purposes of monitoring how well prepared they are for the challenges of the new information world. The current paper provides an overview of the conceptual framework developed for the assessment of problem solving in…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Christoph, Julie Nelson – Written Communication, 2009
Scholars of adult basic literacy curricular materials have argued that the skill-based, deficit-oriented approach of many such materials denies the interests and motivations of adult learners. Exploring why these kinds of curricular materials are prevalent in adult basic literacy education, this article focuses on the case of ProLiteracy, a…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Christianity, Illiteracy, Tutors
Kruidenier, John R., Ed. – Partnership for Reading, 2007
QEd is a five-issue series for the adult education community--literacy educators, paraprofessionals, program directors, and volunteers. QEd brings ideas and information from the expanding scientific research base on how adults learn to read. This first issue tells the story of how researchers are using the high quality, scientific standards that…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Adult Literacy, Reading Instruction, Publications
Jacobson, Erik – Peter Lang New York, 2012
The volume addresses the ways that the field of adult basic education has already been impacted by changes in technology and what needs to happen for learners and teachers to take full advantage of newly developing resources. The analysis is organized around three main themes: Learning, Teaching, and Organizing. Each section reviews relevant…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Multiple Literacies, Computer Literacy, Influence of Technology
Stanistreet, Paul – Adults Learning, 2008
Since 2001 the Scottish Government has invested 65 million British pounds in helping adults improve their literacies, routing the money through local authorities to learning partnerships charged with developing local adult literacy action plans. For 2002-2003, the first year of the new funding, the Scottish Government set the Highland Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Learning
Bhargava, Alka – Education Canada, 2008
Literacy has been a priority for the leaders of India since before Independence. Since the independence of the country in 1947, eradication of illiteracy has been a major concern of the national Government. The nation's constitution includes specific articles and amendments to guarantee the advancement of education. During the country's first Five…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Social History
Taylor, Nina – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
The aim of this paper is to provide a brief critical analysis of the adult literacy curriculum as one element of the Skills for Life Strategy and to consider how it has been used to legitimise a dominant adult literacy policy based on economic and political rationales. The term critical has many meanings. Here it is used to explore how the adult…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Evaluation, Metalinguistics
Stromquist, Nelly P. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2008
This article reviews the research literature on political impacts linked to adult literacy. Despite the enormous importance of literacy, few studies exist on their interconnection. The majority of quantitative studies indicate higher levels of political participation by former adult literacy program participants compared to their non-participant…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Self Efficacy, Social Action, Adult Reading Programs
Magro, Karen – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2008
This qualitative research study explores key challenges and literacy needs of adults from war-affected backgrounds. Poverty, stress and anxiety, years of formal education, and lack of English language proficiency were cited by the adult learners as barriers to fulfilling their potential. This study also presents perspectives of teachers who have…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Sandman-Hurley, Kelli – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2008
Library-based adult literacy programs rely on volunteers to provide tutoring services to adult learners. A high percentage of volunteer tutors are matched with a reading-disabled adult literacy learner. Although all tutors are required to complete preservice tutor training, there is a limited amount of research that documents whether they utilize…
Descriptors: Tutor Training, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Wagner, Daniel A. – International Review of Education, 2008
With the advent of the UN Literacy Decade launched in 2003, there is increased emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of adult literacy around the globe. The present paper presents an overview of the main approaches that have been taken to measure adult literacy within and across countries. A particular focus of the present review is to compare and…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Adult Literacy, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods