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Instruction/Teaching Practices
Review of Adult Learning and Literacy
- The Role of Vocabulary Instruction in Adult Basic Education
Mary E. Curtis (2006) (Review, Volume 6: Chapter 3) - Research in Spelling: Implications for Adult Basic Education
Diane J. Sawyer and M. Tara Joyce (2006) (Review, Volume 6: Chapter 4) - Issues in Teaching Speaking Skills to Adult ESOL Learners
Kathleen M. Bailey (2006) (Review, Volume 6: Chapter 5) - The General Educational Development (GED) Credential: History, Current Research, and Directions for Policy and Practice
John H. Tyler (2004) (Review, Volume 5: Chapter 3) - Metacognition, Cognitive Strategy Instruction, and Reading in Adult Literacy
Jennifer G. Cromley (2004) (Review, Volume 5: Chapter 7) - Applying Constructive-Developmental Theories of Adult Development to ABE and ESOL Practices
Deborah Helsing, Eleanor Drago-Severson, and Robert Kegan (2004) (Review, Volume 4: Chapter 5) - Adults with Learning Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
Mary Ann Corley, Juliana M. Taymans (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3: Chapter 3) - The Inclusion of Numeracy in Adult Basic Education
Dave Tout, Mary Jane Schmitt (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3: Chapter 5) - The Year 1999 in Review
David Speights (2001) (Annual Review, Volume 2: Chapter 1) - Making Sense of Critical Pedagogy in Adult Literacy Education
Sophie C. Degener (2001) (Annual Review, Volume 2: Chapter 2) - Research in Writing: Implications for Adult Literacy Education
Marilyn K. Gillespie (2001) (Annual Review, Volume 2: Chapter 3) - Youth in Adult Literacy Education Programs
Elisabeth Hayes (1999) (Annual Review, Volume 1: Chapter 3) - Using Electronic Technology in Adult Literacy Education
David J. Rosen (1999) (Annual Review, Volume 1: Chapter 8t)
Focus on Basics
- Take Charge of Your Health:
A Collaborative Health Literacy Intervention Linking Adult Education and Maternal-Infant Health Care
Ian M. Bennett, Pamela Pinder, Regina Szesniak, & Jennifer F. Culhane
(FOB, Volume 9, Issue B, September, 2008) - Health Literacy Curriculum Works for Adult Basic Education Students
Susan R. Levy, Sue Pinzur Rasher, Sarah Deardorff Carter, Lesley Maradik Harris, Michael L. Berbaum, Janice B. Mandernach, Laura Segal Bercovitz, & Laura Martin
(FOB, Volume 9, Issue B, September, 2008) - Using Part-Whole Thinking in Math
Dorothea Steinke
(FOB, Volume 9, Issue A, May, 2008) - Designing Instruction with the Components of Numeracy In Mind
Lynda Ginsburg
(FOB, Volume 9, Issue A, May, 2008) - The Evolution of an Adult Literacy Teacher
Margaret (Marn) Frank
(FOB, Volume 8, Issue D, November, 2007) - Addressing Potential Impediments to Learning with ESOL Students
Robin Lovrien Schwarz
(FOB, Volume 8, Issue D, November, 2007) - Leave No Stone Unturned Charter School Funding for Adult Education
Alice-Ann Menjivar
(FOB, Volume 8, Issue D, November, 2007) - Incorporating Multi-sensory Activities
Sheryl Sherwin
(FOB, Volume 8, Issue D, November, 2007) - More Curriculum Structure: A Response to "Turbulence"
John Strucker (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006) - Self-Study: Broadening the Concepts of Participation and Program Support
Stephen Reder & Clare Strawn (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006) - Distance Learning as a Backup
Lauri McLellan Schoneck (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006) - The GED Via TV
Molly K. Robertson (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006) - Shaping and Sustaining Learner Engagement in
Individualized Group Instruction Classrooms
Hal Beder (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006) - Influences on the Reading Practices
of Adults in ABE
Alisa Belzer (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006) - Instructional Practices of ABE and GED Teachers
Perrine Robinson-Geller & Ana Lipnevich (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006) - Learners on Learning to Read
Alisa Belzer (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006) - Taking a Closer Look at Struggling ESOL Learners
Robin L. Schwarz (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005) - Interactive Classroom Activities
Donna Moss (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005) - A Conversation with FOB
Modified Sustained Reading
Sandra Banke& Reuel Kurzet (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005)
- A Conversation with FOB
Learning How to Teach Health Literacy
Winston Lawrence & Lisa Soricone (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005) - Writing at the House: Bunker Hill Community College’s Offender Re-entry Program at the Suffolk County House of Correction
Bob Flynn (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005) - The Critical Poetry Project: Giving Voice to the Oppressed
Pauline Geraci (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005) - The Community High School of Vermont: An Uncommon High School in An Uncommon Setting
Tom Woods (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005) - Culturally Relevant Education: Teaching Hawaiian inmates about and via their culture motivates and inspires them
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005) - Teaching for Communicative Competence: Interaction in the ESOL Classroom
Donna Moss (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - Sustained Silent Reading: A Useful Model
Susanne Campagna (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - A Slow Conversion to Reading Groups
Susan Watson (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - Differentiated Instruction: Adjusting to the Needs of All Learners
Mary Ann Corley (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - Differentiating Instruction for a Multilevel Class
Catherine Saldana (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - A Conversation with FOB
The Best of Both Worlds: Using Individualized and Group Instruction
(Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - Individualized Group Instruction: A Common Model
Perrine Robinson-Geller (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - Focus on Research
Research on Factors that Shape Engagement
(Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - One-on-One Tutoring
Mary Dunn Siedow (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - The Home-Tutoring Model
by Marianne Buswell (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - Studying ESOL Online
Marisol Richmond, Marian Thacher, & Paul Porter (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - Implementation Isn't Easy
Janet Geary (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - Youth Cultural Competence: A Pathway for Achieving Outcomes with Youth
Josh Weber (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - Sudan to South Dakota: Helping Youth Make the Transition
Lara Ann Frey & Yvonne Lerew (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - Separate Yet Happy
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - Collaborating with Students to Build Curriculum that Incorporates Real-Life Materials
Charissa Ahlstrom (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - Values and Beliefs: The World View Behind Curriculum
Amy Prevedel (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - A Conversation with FOB: What Works for Adult ESL Students
Heide Wrigley (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - One Classroom, Two Languages: Adult Bilingual Curriculum Development
Kay Taggart & Sara Martinez FOB, (Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - Same Curriculum, New Mode of Delivery
Jane Martel (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - Changing a Stateís Approach to Curriculum: Insight from Oregonís Efforts
Dennis Clark (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - Creating Curricula for Challenging Circumstances
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - Not by Curriculum Alone
Mary Lynn Carver (Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - Multicultural Education Connecting Theory to Practice
Allison Cumming-McCann (FOB, Volume 6, Issue B, February 2003) - ESOL Teachers: Helpers in Health Care
Kate Singleton (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002) - Struggles: Writing as Healing
Leslie Ridgway & Dale Griffith (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002) - Study Circles Challenge the Intellect and Strengthen the Professional Community
Tom Smith (FOB, Volume 5, Issue D, June 2002) - Letting Learners Lead
Debby DíAmico & Mary Ann Capehart (FOB, Volume 5, Issue B, October 2001) - Techniques for Teaching Beginning Level Reading to Adults
Ashley Hager (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August 2001) - Beginning ESOL Learners' Advice to Their Teachers
MaryAnn Cunningham Florez (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August 2001) - Using a Multisensory Approach to Help Struggling Adult Learners
Gladys Geertz (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August 2001) - Theory to Practice, Practice to Theory
Anne Murr (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August 2001) - Reading for Pleasure
Sondra Cuban (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August 2001) - Teaching Reading to First-Level Adults
Judy Alamprese (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August 2001) - Taking Literacy Skills Home
Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie Degener, Erik Jacobson, & Marta Soler
( FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Teaching ESOL Using Word Processing: A Communicative Approach
Steve Quann & Diana Satin (FOB, Volume 4, Issue C, December 2000) - Building a Web Site in an ABE Class
Maura Donnelly (FOB, Volume 4, Issue C, December 2000) - Choosing and Using Web Sites for Literacy Instruction: Evaluation Resources and Strategies
Emily Hacker (FOB, Volume 4, Issue C, December 2000) - Using Software Applications to Teach Math
Catherine Cantrell (FOB, Volume 4, Issue B, September, 2000) - Beginning Math for Beginning Readers
Linda Huntington (FOB, Volume 4, Issue B, September, 2000) - The Relationship Between Reading and Speaking Skills
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000) - The Power of Writing, the Writing of Power
Elsa Auerbach (FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999) - How I Wish I was Taught to Write
Thanh Bui (FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999) - What's Right Rather Than Wrong
Rebecca Garland (FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999) - Seven Easy Pieces
Shirley Brod (FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999) - Multiple Assessments for Multiple Intelligences
Meg Costanzo and Diane Paxton (FOB, Volume 3, Issue A, March 1999) - MI, the GED, and Me
Martha Jean (FOB, Volume 3, Issue A, March 1999) - Putting Theory into Practice
Terri Coustan and Lezlie Rocka (FOB, Volume 3, Issue A, March 1999) - Less Teaching and More Learning
Susan Gaer (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998) - Knowledge in Action: The Promise of Project-Based Learning
Heide Spruck Wrigley (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998) - Project-Based Learning and the GED
Anson Green (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998) - Describing Program Practice: A Typology Across Two Dimensions
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998) - Changing Approaches to Math
Cynthia J. Zengler (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998) - Hooked on Learning: The Internet Poetry Project
Linda Parrish (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997) - Developing Materials and Curriculum
Char Ullman & Aliza Becker (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997) - The Theory Behind Content-Based Instruction
Tom Sticht (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997) - Poe, Alcoholism, and ESOL
Lynne McCarthy & Bernadette Comeau (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997) - Building Community and Skills Through Multilevel Classes
Judy Hofer & Pat Larson (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997) - Technology Melts Classroom Walls
Susan Cowles (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997) - Multilevel Literacy Planning and Practice
Cathy Shank & Lynda Terrill (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997) - There's Reading... and Then There's Reading
Victoria Purcell-Gates (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997) - Models of Reading and the ESOL Student
David E. Eskey (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997) - Reversing Reading Failure in Young Adults
Mary E. Curtis & Ann Marie Longo (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997) - Rediscovering Themselves: Learning to Read for Survival
Melissa Nieves (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997) - Reconceptualizing Roles: Mathematics and Reading
Mary Jane Schmitt (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997)
NCSALL Reports
- Learners' Engagement in Adult Literacy Education
Hal Beder, Jessica Tomkins, Patsy Medina, Regina Riccioni, and Weiling Deng (2006) (NCSALL Report #28) - The Characteristics and Concerns of Adult Basic Education Teachers
Cristine Smith and Judy Hofer (2003) (NCSALL Report #26) - How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education
Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer, Marilyn Gillespie, Marla Solomon, and Karen Rowe (2003) (NCSALL Report #25) - How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education
Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer, Marilyn Gillespie, Marla Solomon, and Karen Rowe (2003) (NCSALL Report #25a Report Summary) - Open to Interpretation: Multiple Intelligences Theory in Adult Literacy Education.
Kallenbach, S. & Viens, J. (2002) (NCSALL Report #21) - Classroom Dynamics in Adult Literacy Education.
Beder, H. & Medina, P. (2001) (NCSALL Report #18) - Affecting Change in the Literacy Practice of Adult Learners: Impact of Two Dimensions of Instruction.
Purcell-Gates, V., Degener, S., Jacobson, E. & Soler, M. (2000) (NCSALL Report #17) - Adult Literacy Program Practice: A Typology Across Dimensions of Life-Contextualized/Decontextualized and Dialogic/Monologic
Purcell-Gates, V., Degener, S. & Jacobson, E. (1998) (NCSALL Report #2) - Practitioners Speak: Contributing to a Research Agenda for Adult Basic Education
Bingman, B., Smith, C. & Stewart, K. (1998) (NCSALL Report #4)
NCSALL Occasional Papers
- Expanding Access to Adult Literacy with Online Distance Education
Askov, E. N., Johnston, J., Petty, L. and Young, S. J. (2003) (Occasional Paper) - Teachers' Recommendation for the National Adult Literacy Summit Action Agenda: A Report of Five Focus Groups
(2000) (Occasional Paper)
NCSALL Teaching and Training Materials
- Activity-based Instruction: Why and How
(July 2006) (Seminar Guide) - Adult Multiple Intelligences in Practice
(July 2006) (Seminar Guide) - Adult Multiple Intelligences Theory
(July 2006) (Seminar Guide) - Program Administrators' Sourcebook: A Resource on NCSALL’s Research for Adult Education Program Administrators
Taylor, J., Smith, C., & Bingman, B. with Bott, M., Gass, K., Lay, B., Taylor, D. A., & Tiedeman, K. (December 2005) (Teaching and Training Material) - Overview of Critical Pedagogy
(November 2005) (Seminar Guide) - Philosophy of Using Authentic Curriculum
(January 2006) (Seminar Guide) - Using Authentic Curriculum and Materials
(October 2005) (Seminar Guide) - Building Teacher/Learner Collaborations
(March 2006) (Seminar Guide) - Research-based Adult Reading Instruction
(2005) (NCSALL Study Circle Guide)
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Ideas for Teaching Reading: ABE (2005) (Seminar Guide)
- Ideas for Teaching Reading: ESOL (2005) (Seminar Guide)
- Ideas for Teaching Reading: Program Administrators and Counselors (2005) (Seminar Guide)
- Reading Difficulties (2005) (Seminar Guide)
- Reading Profiles (2005) (Seminar Guide)
- Rethinking Instruction and Participation for Adult Basic Education Jones, R. (July 2005) (NCSALL and Goodling Institute Study Circle Guide)
- Teaching Learners What Reading Is All About (2005) (Seminar Guide)
- Adult Development (August 2005) (NCSALL Study Circle Guide)
- Adult Multiple Intelligences
Parrella, A., Hofer, J. with Bubp, S., Finn-Miller, S., Graves, N., and Meador, P. (January 2004) (Study Circle Guide) - Adult Multiple Intelligences
Hofer, J. (January 2004) (Mentor Teacher Group Guide) - Beyond the GED: Making Conscious Choices About the GED and Your Future. Lesson Plans and Material for the GED Classroom.
Fass, S. & Garner, B. (2000) (Teaching Materials)