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Direct linkScarborough, Hollis S.; Sabatini, John P.; Shore, Jane; Cutting, Laurie E.; Pugh, Kenneth; Katz, Leonard – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013
To obtain a fuller picture of the efficacy of reading instruction programs for adult literacy learners, gains by individual students were examined in a sample (n = 148) in which weak to moderate gains at the group level had been obtained in response to tutoring interventions that focused on strengthening basic decoding and fluency skills of low…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Adult Literacy, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Shore, Jane R.; Sabatini, John P.; Lentini, Jennifer; Holtzman, Steven – Reading Psychology, 2013
This article reports on pre to post changes found in learners who participated in the Relative Effectiveness of Adult Literacy (REAL) reading interventions study (n = 81). Changes reported cover the types of texts learners read, the frequency of self-reported reading, perceptions of how well they read the texts, and their perceptions of how…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Adult Learning, Adult Basic Education, Pretests Posttests
Alamprese, Judith A.; MacArthur, Charles A.; Price, Cristofer; Knight, Deborah – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This article reports the results from a randomized control field trial that investigated the impact of an enhanced decoding and spelling curriculum on the development of adult basic education (ABE) learners' reading skills. Sixteen ABE programs that offered class-based instruction to Low-Intermediate-level learners were randomly assigned to either…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Spelling, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Sabatini, John P.; Shore, Jane; Holtzman, Steven; Scarborough, Hollis S. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
To compare the efficacy of instructional programs for adult learners with basic reading skills below the 7th-grade level, 300 adults were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 supplementary tutoring programs designed to strengthen decoding and fluency skills, and gains were examined for the 148 adult students who completed the program. The 3 intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Fluency, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
