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Nightingale, Elena; Branum-Martin, Lee; Greenberg, Daphne – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
The patterns of skills in adults who have difficulty with reading may be different from those of children, and thus applying and interpreting methods of measurement may be complex. The goal of this study was to examine the relations among reading skills in this population, by modeling specific reading skills and method of measurement…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Teaching Methods
Yijun Ruan; Yanyan Ye; Catherine McBride – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Literacy skills are important for children's development. The present study explored the effectiveness of a parent coaching approach on the reading and spelling skills and compared cognitive-linguistic skills performances between Chinese children with and without dyslexia. Participants were 33 children with dyslexia and 77 children without…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Education, Coaching (Performance), Program Effectiveness
Jennifer Hemmert Hansen; Grant Eckstein; Troy L. Cox; Steven G. Luke; Krista Rich – TESOL Journal, 2024
Fluent and skillful reading in English requires efficient and automatic letter and word recognition. Dysfluent reading can affect motivation for reading in English language learners, thereby limiting access to a wealth of language input from written texts. Extensive research of repeated reading in first language (L1) settings has been shown to…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Repetition, Reading Rate, English Language Learners
Elizabeth L. Tighe; Jamie L. Tock; Yaacov Petscher; Gal Kaldes – Grantee Submission, 2024
This study uses Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data to examine latent profiles of engagement in reading, numeracy, writing, and computer skills-use for U.S. adults with low literacy skills. Additionally, we examine how these profiles relate to overall literacy performance and demographic heterogeneity.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Reading Skills, Numeracy, Learning Disabilities
Hollander, John; Sabatini, John; Graesser, Art – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
Twenty-first century literacy includes a mixture of digital and print literacy skills and strategies. AutoTutor for Adult Reading Comprehension is a web-based intelligent tutoring system that is designed to help adult learners develop effective reading comprehension strategies. Lessons span basic reading skills (vocabulary, word parts),…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Adult Literacy, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Hollander, John; Sabatini, John; Graesser, Art – Grantee Submission, 2021
Twenty-first century literacy includes a mixture of digital and print literacy skills and strategies. AutoTutor for Adult Reading Comprehension is a web-based intelligent tutoring system that is designed to help adult learners develop effective reading comprehension strategies. Lessons span basic reading skills (vocabulary, word parts),…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Adult Literacy, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Elizabeth L. Tighe; Gal Kaldes – Adult Literacy Education, 2024
Morphological knowledge refers to an individual's understanding of the structure and meaning of words based on their familiarity with morphemes (i.e., word parts, including prefixes, suffixes, and bases). This knowledge is crucial to developing various aspects of language and literacy to successfully function in 21st century education and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Morphology (Languages), Knowledge Level, Morphemes
Greenberg, Daphne; Miller, Christine; Graesser, Arthur C. – Adult Literacy Education, 2023
This article is written by two researchers and a teacher involved with the development and implementation of a web-based intelligent tutoring system for adults reading at elementary levels. A description of the tool is provided, followed by some of the challenges faced in designing, developing, and using the tool in adult literacy classrooms.
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Adult Students, Adult Basic Education, Reading Comprehension
Hadianto, Daris; S. Damaianti, Vismaia; Mulyati, Yeti; Sastromiharjo, Andoyo – Cogent Education, 2022
While research exists on literacy focused on children in formal school, there is little evidence of how adult literacy is depicted in social practice from the perspective of what adults do in daily life. This study investigates the effectiveness of literacy teaching design integrating local culture discourse and practice to enhance the reading…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Literacy Education, Place Based Education, Reading Skills
Geleta, Temesgen Oljira; Hirpa, Dinke Aga – Cogent Education, 2023
The roles of literacy skills in improving the livelihood of individuals have been extensively researched, but little is known about their impact on the lives of persons with disabilities. This qualitative case study tried to explore people with physical disabilities' beliefs about literacy skills' contributions to their livelihood and how these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Literacy, Physical Disabilities
Yumus, Melike; Turan, Figen – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
This study examined implementation of a newly developed shared book reading intervention program, to boost infants' early skills and provide a solid foundation for continued language learning. A randomised control study was conducted to elevate the effects of Shared Book Reading Intervention with 20 parents (n = 10 experiment, n = 10 control) and…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Reading Strategies, Intervention, Infants
Venita R. Holmes – Houston Independent School District, 2022
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) has implemented HIPPY for more than 25 years in surrounding school communities. During the current year, funding was provided through the Texas Home Visiting Grant (51%), federal Title I grants (46%), the University of Texas (UNT) AmeriCorps (2%), and the National Council of Jewish Women (1%). HIPPY…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Children, Parent Education, Home Visits
Reder, Stephen; Gauly, Britta; Lechner, Clemens – International Review of Education, 2020
"Practice engagement theory" (PET) posits that individuals' literacy proficiencies develop as a by-product of their engagement in everyday reading and writing practices and, reciprocally, that literacy proficiencies affect levels of engagement in reading and writing practices. This suggests that literacy training which increases…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Numeracy, Learner Engagement, Adult Students
Sanusi, Bernice O.; Talabi, Felix Olajide; Adelabu, Omowale T.; Alade, Moyosore – SAGE Open, 2021
Education has been identified as one of the most important ways to achieve national development. With 3 million non-literate adults in Lagos State, the commercial nerve center of the nation, radio becomes a veritable medium to teach such adults who, for several reasons including economic, do not have the opportunity of formal schooling. The study…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Reading Skills, Writing Skills
Muñez, David; Bull, Rebecca; Lee, Kerry – Developmental Science, 2022
In this study (n = 1000, M[subscript age at K1entry] = 53.4 months, SD = 3.4; 53% females), we investigated the contributions of the family socioeconomic status (SES; maternal education and an income-related measure) and number and age of siblings to the development of children's math, reading, and working memory (WM) updating skills over the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Education, Siblings, Cognitive Development