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Download full textHector-Mason, Anestine; Shaewitz, Dahlia; Sherman, Renee; Brown, Delphinia; Salomon, Erika; Bauman, Emily; Mendieta, Yorkmit; Corley, Mary Ann – American Institutes for Research, 2009
On July 17, 2008 the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) awarded a contract to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to assist OVAE in conducting a descriptive study of instructional and programmatic practices that support the transition of English language learners (TELL) from English as a second…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Adult Basic Education
Beaulieu, Paul – Centre for Literacy of Quebec, 2006
This bibliography was compiled for the 2006 Summer Institute at The Centre for Literacy-"Accountability and Public Trust: Restoring the Balance." The selections include lectures, research studies, policy papers, and government documents that describe and analyze recent concepts of accountability in the context of government funding in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Trust (Psychology), Financial Support
Elliott, Claire – Centre for Literacy of Quebec, 2004
This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2004 Summer Institute: "Adult Basic Education: Impact of Policy on Practice: International Perspectives". The references and annotations point to relevant research studies, advocacy papers, and government documents that describe and discuss the role that policy plays in shaping…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Viens, Julie; Kallenbach, Silja – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2001
Dr. Howard Gardner's introduction of multiple intelligences theory (MI theory) in 1983 generated considerable interest in the educational community. Multiple intelligences was a provocative new theory, claiming at least seven relatively independent intelligences. MI theory presented a conception of intelligence that was in marked contrast to the…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Learning Theories, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Direct linkComings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Christine, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bk), 2007
"Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 7" is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Public Health, Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries
Williams, Jean – Centre for Literacy of Quebec, 2001
How many adults with literacy problems actually have learning disabilities (LD)? Do most adults with severe literacy problems actually have a learning disability? What data exist to support the claims? How is LD being defined? Is the label overused? Is social/economic disadvantage misinterpreted as LD? What technologies and software exist to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Adult Literacy, Learning Disabilities, Adults
Elliott, Claire – Centre for Literacy of Quebec, 2005
This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2005 Summer Institute: "Adult Basic Education & Literacy, Media and Technology." The references and annotations point to relevant research, project, strategy and evaluation reports that describe and analyze the current and future influences of changing technologies on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Influence of Technology, Annotated Bibliographies
Centre for Literacy, 2000
Television has been seen by some as an enemy of literacy and by others as a tool for enhancing literacy. It has been used to arouse public awareness through national campaigns, to instruct in basic skills, and to motivate potential learners to seek education. According to the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), adults with limited literacy…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Adult Literacy, Television, Foreign Countries
Ward, Betty Arnett; Brice, Edward Warner – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
This bibliography should be useful to educators, researchers, teachers, personnel managers and placement officers, industrial training supervisors, vocational and rehabilitation counselors, and volunteers engaged in full- or part-time work with the backward and illiterate adult. It should serve librarians in the development of professional and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Adult Literacy
