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Mellard, Daryl F.; Patterson, Margaret Becker – Remedial and Special Education, 2008
This study of 311 adult education learners found 29% self-reported having a specific learning disability (SLD). Significant differences in demographic, academic, and life experience variables between the adult learners with and without SLD included prior participation in special education, having both an SLD diagnosis and a high school diploma,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Adult Basic Education, Literacy Education, Adult Learning
Scanlon, David; Mellard, Daryl F.; Garrison, Steven; Lancaster, Sean; Mellard, Jessica; Rausch, Trena – 1998
The research on literacy practices for adults with learning disabilities was reviewed. A computerized search of four databases--Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI), ERIC, Psychological Abstracts (PA), and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--yielded more than 500 pertinent publications that were published during the past 14 years. Of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy