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Download full textRodrigo, Victoria; Greenberg, Daphne; Segal, Don – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2014
This study analyzes the effect of two reading interventions on reading habits by 181 low literate adults who read at the 3-5.9 grade levels. One intervention implemented extensive reading (ER group) and the other one had direct instruction (no-ER group). A Reading Pattern survey was administered at the beginning, at the end, and 6 months after the…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Education, Intervention
Direct linkBinder, Katherine S.; Snyder, Melissa A.; Ardoin, Scott P.; Morris, Robin K. – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2011
This study examined the reliability and validity of administering Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) to adult basic education (ABE) students. Ninety ABE participants were administered DIBELS measures, the Woodcock-Johnson III Broad Reading (WJ III BR) measures, and four orthographic ability tests. Since ABE students are a…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Csepelyi, Tünde – CATESOL Journal, 2010
The focus of this article is on adult literacy in adult basic education (ABE) programs with special emphasis on English as a Second Language (ESL) students. The article intends to highlight several relevant points in ABE ESL literacy instruction. It focuses on (a) the nature of adult learning, (b) the structure of ABE programs, (c) who the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Literacy Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Davidson, Rosalind Kasle; Strucker, John – 2002
The patterns of word recognition errors among native and nonnative speakers of English in adult basic education classes were compared in a study that focused on the 212 of the 676 learners in the Adult Reading Components Study who scored between grade equivalent (GE) 4 and 6 in word recognition. Key findings were as follows: (1) highly similar…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis
Atkinson, Tannis – 1988
This report summarizes the proceedings of a day-long conference for adult literacy practitioners in Toronto. The conference addressed the many ways in which education can become more inclusive of adult learners. During the seven different workshops, participants explored questions of "voice." Common concerns included the following: (1) many people…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Disabilities
Heft, Riva, Ed.; Rovinescu, Olivia, Ed. – 1993
The following papers from a conference on the dimensions of literacy in a multicultural society are included in this volume: "Literacy: Affirmation and Empowerment in a Multicultural Society" (Simms); "Literacy, Border Pedagogy, and Multiculturalism in the Aftermath of the Los Angeles Uprising" (Giroux); "Alphabetisme et…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Civil Liberties
