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Direct linkPerin, Dolores, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2019
This handbook presents a wide range of research on adults who have low literacy skills. It looks at the cognitive, affective, and motivational factors underlying adult literacy; adult literacy in different countries; and the educational approaches being taken to help improve adults' literacy skills. It includes not only adults enrolled in adult…
Descriptors: Guides, Adult Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Literacy Education
Download full textPianta, Robert C., Ed.; Cox, Martha J., Ed. – 1999
On the premise that early school transitions affect children's future educational success and that these critical transitions need to be improved, this book explores the research on early schooling and reexamines educational beliefs, policies, and practices relating to the first years of school, including readiness assessment, entrance ages,…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Disabilities, Diversity (Student), Early Childhood Education
National Parents' Day Coalition, Washington, DC. – 1998
Noting that the most accurate predictor of a student's achievement in school is the extent of the family's involvement and participation in school-related matters, this book presents ideas for helping young children learn and do better in school. The book includes brief articles from educational and parenting experts as well as checklists, pages…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Elementary Secondary Education, Fathers
2001
This document contains three papers on evaluation in human resource development (HRD). "Utilization of Corporate University Training Program Evaluation" (Christopher F. Bober) reports on a study that examined how training program evaluation results are being utilized in corporate universities and determined that the following seven…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1991
The following papers are presented in this book: "Self-Directed Learning: Consensus and Conflict" (Long); "Challenges in the Study and Practice of Self-Directed Learning" (Long); "A Conceptual Model of Autodidactism" (Tremblay, Theil); "Functional and Dysfunctional Uses of Self-Directedness in Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, College Students, Competence
Wright, Judith, Ed.; Podmore, Valerie, Ed. – 1997
This booklet is a collection of articles addressing current issues in early childhood education. The first article, "Would You Like to Pack Away Now?: Improving the Quality of Talk in Early Childhood Programs," (Laurie Makin) addresses how teachers talk to children. The second article, "Persistence When It's Difficult: A Disposition…
Descriptors: Child Language, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1990
Selected papers presented in this book are: "Changing Concepts of Self-Direction in Learning" (Long); "The Transition from Learner-Control to Autodidaxy: More than Meets the Eye" (Candy); "Self-Directed Learning and the Theory of Adult Education" (Jarvis); "On the Theme and Variations of Self-Directed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Distance Education, Educational Practices
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1989
This book contains the following collection of papers: "Self-Directed Learning: Emerging Theory and Practice" (Long); "Self-Directed Orientation toward Learning: A Learning Style" (Bonham); "Self-Direction and Problem Solving: Theory and Method" (Peters); "Facilitating Self-Directed Learning: Not a Contradiction…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1996
This document contains the following papers examining current developments in self-directed learning: "Self-Directed Learning: Challenges and Opportunities" (Huey B. Long); "Examination of Self-Directed Learning Readiness and Selected Demographic Variables of Top Female Executives" (Lucy M. Guglielmino); "Enhancing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Continuing Education
Copley, Juanita V., Ed. – 1999
Noting that young children are capable of surprisingly complex forms of mathematical thinking and learning, this book presents a collection of articles depicting children discovering mathematical ideas, teachers fostering students' informal mathematical knowledge, adults asking questions and listening to answers, and researchers examining…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Arithmetic, Books, Childrens Literature
