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Thomas, Michael S. C.; Knowland, Victoria C. P.; Rogers, Cathy – World Bank, 2020
This report considers the science of adult literacy acquisition, with the goal of identifying principles that may improve the effectiveness of adult literacy programs. We define literacy as a continuum, from emerging literacy, through improving literacy, to fluent literacy and we outline the factors that influence how far along that continuum an…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Program Effectiveness, Skill Development
Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr., Ed. – APA Books, 2008
The most popular activities from APA's successful "Activities Handbooks for the Teaching of Psychology" are gathered together and updated in this book of teachers' favorites. The lesson plans, which encourage active learning and involve the whole class, have stood the test of time and proven themselves to be entertaining, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans
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McLaughlin, Barry – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Females, Individual Characteristics
Bern, Daryl J.; McConnell, H. Keith – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
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Davidson, Denise; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1995
Elementary school children were asked to recall information about individuals either labeled elderly or not labeled at all. Found that children rated the elderly as unattractive, poor, sad, and sick and also had negative feelings about being old. Results suggest that children's concepts or stereotypes about the elderly affect the organization and…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Karnes, Merle B.; Wollersheim, Janet P. – 1963
Sixteen partially seeing children in grades 1 to 8 who were enrolled in a special resource room program were slected for differential diagnosis; their characteristics as a group and as individuals were delineated. Tests administered were the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Wechsler Intelligence Scale…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Arithmetic, Case Studies