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Barnes, Adrienne E.; Kim, Young-Suk – Grantee Submission, 2016
Adults enrolled in basic education exhibit poor academic performance, often reading at elementary and middle-school levels. The current study investigated the similarities and differences of reading skills and eye movement behavior between a sample of 25 low-skilled adult readers and 25 first grade students matched on word reading skill.…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Reading Comprehension, Adults, Reading Skills
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Barnes, Adrienne E.; Kim, Young-Suk – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
Adults enrolled in basic education exhibit poor academic performance, often reading at elementary and middle-school levels. The current study investigated the similarities and differences of reading skills and eye movement behavior between a sample of 25 low-skilled adult readers and 25 first grade students matched on word reading skill. t tests…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Reading Comprehension, Adults, Comparative Analysis
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Kumar, Tracey – School Community Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine how a family literacy text linked to a large-scale, U.S.-based family literacy program either privileged or disprivileged dominant, Eurocentric literacy practices. More specifically, this study investigated the ways in which the family literacy text: (1) conceptualized literacy; and (2) constructed the role…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Social Influences, Mothers, Parent Role
Robinson, Linda; Johanson, Joyce; Schneider, Carol; Hutinger, Patricia – Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 2006
Interactive Technology Literacy Curriculum Online (ITLC Online) was a Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Students with Disabilities Phase 1 (Development) project awarded to the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood (the Center) at Western Illinois University (WIU). ITLC Online's goal was to improve services for young children with…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Faculty Development, Reading Skills, Disabilities
Snow, Catherine E.; Strucker, John – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
In the spring of 1998 the National Research Council released a report, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children for Adult Learning and Literacy (PRD). PRD was written with the goal of contributing to the prevention of reading difficulties by documenting the contributions of research to an understanding of reading development and the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Prevention, Adult Basic Education, Young Children