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Readers in Adult Basic Education: Component Skills, Eye Movements, and Fluency
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Barnes, Adrienne E.; Kim, Young-Suk; Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Vorstius, Christian – Grantee Submission, 2017
The present study explored the reading skills of a sample of 48 adults enrolled in a basic education program in northern Florida, United States. Previous research has reported on reading component skills for students in adult education settings, but little is known about eye movement patterns or their relation to reading skills for this…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Reading Skills, Eye Movements, Decoding (Reading)
Readers in Adult Basic Education: Component Skills, Eye Movements, and Fluency
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Barnes, Adrienne E.; Kim, Young-Suk; Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Vorstius, Christian – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
The present study explored the reading skills of a sample of 48 adults enrolled in a basic education program in northern Florida, United States. Previous research has reported on reading component skills for students in adult education settings, but little is known about eye movement patterns or their relation to reading skills for this…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Reading Skills, Eye Movements, Decoding (Reading)
Reading Coach Quality: Findings from Florida Middle Schools
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Marsh, Julie A.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Martorell, Francisco – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2012
Drawing on a statewide study of Florida middle-school reading coaches, this article examines what constitutes, contributes to, and is associated with high-quality coaches and coaching. Authors find that coaches generally held many of the qualifications recommended by state and national experts and principals and teachers rated their coaches highly…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies
Educating Low-Literacy Adults: To Teach or Not to Teach?
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Morgan, Anne M. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2004
According to statistics compiled by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), more than 40% of working-age adults in the United States lack the requisite skills and education to succeed in life (Merrifield, 1998). In the field of adult education, however, there is much debate about how programs can best serve…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
52nd Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (Miami, Florida, December 4-7, 2002)
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Fairbanks, Colleen M., Ed.; Worthy, Jo, Ed.; Maloch, Beth, Ed.; Hoffman, James V., Ed.; Schallert, Diane L., Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2003
The National Reading Conference (NRC) Yearbook represents an archive of conference reports that have undergone the rigorous review that research demands, as well as an indicator of topics, ideas and concerns that occupied participants during the annual conference. With this 52nd volume of the Yearbook, the editors hope the reader finds a broad…
Descriptors: Discourse Communities, Journal Writing, Literacy, Teacher Effectiveness