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Direct linkTakashi Yamashita; Wonmai Punksungka; Donnette Narine; Abigail Helsinger; Jenna W. Kramer; Phyllis A. Cummins; Rita Karam – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2023
Adult numeracy is one of the essential skill sets to navigate through numeric information-rich labour markets in general, and STEM industries in particular. Yet, relatively little is known about how numeracy skills are used in different settings in the USA. This study examined numeracy skill use patterns of STEM and non-STEM workers at work and…
Descriptors: Numeracy, STEM Education, STEM Careers, Work Environment
Download full textYalçin, Seher; Bayraktar, Aysegül – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2021
This study aimed to compare reading strategies and habits regarding reading achievement of selected age-group participants from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 and the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2015 within Turkey. A cohort design was utilized because it was assumed that reading literacy…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Takashi Yamashita; Wonmai Punksungka; Donnette Narine; Abigail Helsinger; Jenna W. Kramer; Phyllis A. Cummins; Rita Karam – Grantee Submission, 2022
Adult numeracy is one of the essential skill sets to navigate through numeric information-rich labor markets in general, and STEM industries in particular. Yet, relatively little is known about how numeracy skills are used in different settings in the USA. This study examined numeracy skill use patterns of STEM and non-STEM workers at work and…
Descriptors: Numeracy, STEM Education, Science Careers, Work Environment
Saal, Leah Katherine; Yamashita, Takashi; Perry, Kristen H.; Shaw, Donita Joy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2021
Aligned with the 2021 AERA conference theme, which asks us as citizen-scholars to use educational research to address complex social and educational problems, the objective of this study is to provide the first nationally-representative, empirical evidence on the relationships among literacy, literacy skill use, and these information-seeking…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Citizenship, Social Problems, Correlation
Jeanne Batalova; Michael Fix – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2022
More than 10 million U.S. workers with college degrees, or one in six, are immigrants. While many have found jobs that make full use of their education and skills, nearly a quarter are underemployed, that is, they are either working in jobs that require no more than a high school diploma or are out of work. Tackling immigrants' skill…
Descriptors: Adults, Adult Literacy, Higher Education, Educational Attainment
