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The Role of Inferencing in Struggling Adult Readers' Comprehension of Different Texts: A Mediation Analysis
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Elizabeth L. Tighe; Gal Kaldes; Danielle S. McNamara – Grantee Submission, 2023
Inferencing skills uniquely contribute to the reading comprehension skills of older grade-school and college students. Evidence also suggests that children's reading component skills, such as decoding and language comprehension, differentially contribute to various reading comprehension assessments. However, additional research is needed to…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Morphology (Languages)
How Blending a Cyber ESL Program with In-Person Approaches Succeeded in Helping Unserved Native Spanish Speakers Improve Their English
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Bush, Malcolm; Lansing, Jennifer; Zapata-Gietl, Claudia; Thomas, Kathryn; Escobar, Carolina – Online Submission, 2018
This article describes process and outcome evaluations of a blended Cyber ESL program for native Spanish speakers in Chicago who could not use regular ESL classes. The outcomes measured against before and after scores and several comparison groups showed large gains in English language proficiency. 58% percent of students from the cohorts which…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, English (Second Language), English Instruction
A Quantile Regression Approach to Understanding the Relations among Morphological Awareness, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension in Adult Basic Education Students
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Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Schatschneider, Christopher – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the joint and unique contributions of morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge at five reading comprehension levels in adult basic education (ABE) students. We introduce the statistical technique of multiple quantile regression, which enabled us to assess the predictive utility of morphological…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Morphology (Languages), Vocabulary
Can a Workplace Credentialing Program Improve Inmate Literacy?
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Brown, Martha A.; Rios, Steve J. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2014
Correctional educators, recognizing that the majority of inmates lack the math, reading, and language skills required to be successful in today's workplace, strive to equip offenders with the skills and abilities needed to find and maintain work on their release. However, most adult literacy programs in prisons fail to raise the gradelevel…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Job Training, Credentials, Workplace Learning
Correlation Study of Adult English as a Second Language (ESL) and Adult Basic Education (ABE) Reading Tests. Final Report.
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Garreton, Rodrigo; Terdy, Dennis – 1991
In a study prompted by the need to standardize the reporting of educational progress of adult language minority students in Illinois, a commonly used adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) reading test was compared with two frequently used Adult Basic Education (ABE) reading tests. The testing instruments used were the ELSA (English Language…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
External High School Diploma Program Evaluation Project. Final Report, October 1, 1979-June 30, 1980. Part II: Testing Phases.
Hole, Wanda Clements; Seggerson, Sharon Corcoran – 1980
The purposes of this study were (1) to determine achievement levels of External High School Diploma Program (EHSDP) graduates at Waukesha County (Wisconsin) Technical Institute on the General Educational Development Test (GED) or other standardized tests nationally normed on high school students, and (2) to measure the basic skills level of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis