Research (General)
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) - Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Adult Literacy: Power, Pedagogy, and Programs
Deborah D’Amico (2004) (Review, Volume 4: Chapter 2) - Why Do Companies Provide Workplace Education Programs?
Alec Levenson (2004) (Review, Volume 4: Chapter 3) - The Year 2000 in Review
Lennox L. McLendon (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3: Chapter 1) - The Rise of the Adult Education and Literacy System in the United States: 1600-2000
Thomas G. Sticht (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3: Chapter 2) - Adults with Learning Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
Mary Ann Corley, Juliana M. Taymans (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3: Chapter 3) - Literacy Education in Adult Basic Education
John Kruidenier (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3: Chapter 4) - The Inclusion of Numeracy in Adult Basic Education
Dave Tout, Mary Jane Schmitt (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3: Chapter 5) - Current Areas of Interest in Family Literacy
Vivian L. Gadsden (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3: Chapter 7) - 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) - Time to Reframe Politics and Practices in Correctional Education
Stefan LoBuglio (2001) (Annual Review, Volume 2: Chapter 4) - Health and Literacy: A Review of Medical and Public Health Literature
Rima E. Rudd, Barbara A. Moeykens, and Tayla Colton (1999) (Annual Review, Volume 1: Chapter 5) - A Primer on Adult Learning and Literacy in the United Kingdom
Mary Hamilton and Juliet Merrifield (1999) (Annual Review, Volume 1: Chapter 7)
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) - A Second Look at the Health Literacy of American Adults
and the National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Andrew Pleasant
(FOB, Volume 9, Issue B, September, 2008) - Research in Progress: What Factors —Internal and External — Have an Impact On Service Delivery?
Patsy Medina (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006) - Two Ways to Assess Literacy Learners in Prison
Bill Muth (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005) - Understanding The Complexities of Offenders’ Special Learning Needs
Laura Weisel, Alan Toops, and Robin Schwarz (FOB,Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005) - Youth in ABE: The Numbers
Jennifer Roloff Welch & Kathrynn Di Tommaso (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - Some Findings on the Academic Vocabulary Skills of Language-Minority Community College Students
Maricel G. Santos (FOB, Volume 6, Issue D, February 2004) - A Conversation with FOB: What Works for Adult ESL Students
Heide Wrigley (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - A Maturing Partnership
Rima Rudd (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002) - Letting Learners Lead
Debby D'Amico & Mary Ann Capehart (FOB, Volume 5, Issue B, October 2001) - Teaching Reading to First-Level Adults
Judith A. Alamprese (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001) - Reading for Pleasure
Sondra Cuban (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001) - The Neurobiology of Reading and Dyslexia
Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., and Bennett A. Shaywitz, M.D. (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001) - Current Research in Adult Learning and Literacy
Jessica Mortensen (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Connecting Research and Practice
Barbara Garner, Beth Bingman, John Comings, Karen Rowe, & Cristine Smith (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - The Relationship Between Reading and Speaking Skills
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000) - Emerging Themes in Adult Multiple Intelligences
Silja Kallenbach (FOB, Volume 3, Issue A, March 1999) - Performance Accountability: For What? To Whom? And How?
Juliet Merrifield (FOB, Volume 3, Issue B, June 1999) - The National Reporting System
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 3, Issue B, June 1999) - Guiding Improvement: Pennsylvania's Odyssey
Cheryl Keenan (FOB, Volume 3, Issue B, June 1999) - Using Research on Writing
Marilyn Gillespie (FOB,Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999) - The Assumptions We Make: How Learners and Teachers Understand Writing
Mary Russell (FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999) - Power, Literacy, and Motivation
Greg Hart (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998) - Stopping Out, Not Dropping Out
Alisa Belzer (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998) - Knowledge in Action: The Promise of Project-Based Learning
Heide Spruck Wrigley (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998) - Research with Words: Qualitative Inquiry
Glynda Hull (FOB, Volume 1, Issue A, February 1997) - Knowing, Learning, Doing: Participatory Action Research
Juliet Merrifield (FOB, Volume 1, Issue A, February 1997) - The Multilevel Umbrella
Miriam Burt (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997) - The Theory Behind Content-Based Instruction
Tom Sticht (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997) - Too Little Time and Too Many Goals
Larry Mikulecky (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997) - The Impact of Content-Based Research
Barbara McDonald (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997)
Focus on Policy
- Is the GED Valuable to Those Who Pass It?
Alice Johnson Cain (FOP, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2003) - It it Time for the Adult Education System to Change Its Goal from High School Equivalency to College Readiness?
Alice Johnson Cain (FOP, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2003) - The GED Reduces Recidivism, Saves Money, and Reduces Crime
Steve Steurer (FOP, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2003)
NCSALL Reports
- Learners' Engagement in Adult Literacy Education
Hal Beder, Jessica Tomkins, Patsy Medina, Regina Riccioni, and Weiling Deng (2006) (NCSALL Report #28) - An Evaluation of the NCSALL Publication Focus on Basics Barbara Garner, Marco Boscolo, John Comings, Donna Curry, Kelly McClure, and Cristine Smith (2006) (NCSALL Report #27)
- 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) - Open to Interpretation: Multiple Intelligences Theory in Adult Literacy Education.
Kallenbach, S. & Viens, J. (2002) (NCSALL Report #21) - Organizational Development and Its Implications for Adult Basic Education Programs
Marcia Drew Hohn (2001) (Annual Review, Vol. II: Chapter Seven) - Classroom Dynamics in Adult Literacy Education.
Beder, H. & Medina, P. (2001) (NCSALL Report #18) - Toward a New Pluralism in ABE/ESOL Classrooms: Teaching to Multiple "Cultures of Mind." Research Monograph(
740 pages) Kegan, R., Broderick, M., Drago-Severson, E., Helsing, D., Popp, N. , Portnow, K. & Associates. (2001) (NCSALL Report #19) - Documenting Outcomes for Learners and Their Communities: A Report on a NCSALL Action Research Project.
Bingman, B. with Ebert, O. & Bell, B. (2001) (NCSALL Report #20) - Cognitive Skills Matter in the Labor Market, Even for School Dropouts.
Tyler, J., Murnane, R. & Willett, J. (2000) (NCSALL Report #15) - The Devil is in the Details: Evidence from the GED on the Role of Examination System Details in Determining Who Passes.
Tyler, J., Murnane, R. & Willett, J. (2000) (NCSALL Report #16) - 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) - The Outcomes and Impacts of Adult Literacy Education in the United States.
Beder, H. (1999) (NCSALL Report #6) - The Outcomes and Impacts of Adult Literacy Education in the United StatesóAppendix A: Abstracts of Studies Reviewed.
Medina, P. (1999) (NCSALL Report #6A) - Findings from a National Survey of State Directors of Adult Education.
Rudd, R., Zahner, L. & Banh, M. (1999) (NCSALL Report #9) - The Impact of Welfare Reform on Adult Literacy Education: Conference Papers and Themes from Small Group Sessions.
DíAmico, D., Levenson, A. & White, C. (1999) (NCSALL Report #10) - Changes in Learnersí Lives One Year After Enrollment in Literacy Programs: An Analysis from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Literacy Participants in Tennessee.
Bingman, B., Ebert, O. & Smith, M. (1999) (NCSALL Report #11) - Persistence Among Adult Basic Education Students in Pre-GED Classes.
Comings, J., Parrella, A. & Soricone, L. (1999) (NCSALL Report #12) - Contested Ground: Performance and Accountability in Adult Education.
Merrifield, J. (1998) (NCSALL Report #1) - 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 Summary Reports
- 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)
NCSALL Occasional Papers
- Adult Literacy Research: Opportunities and Challenge.
Comings, J. & Soricone, L. (2007) (Occasional Paper) - Evaluating and Interpreting Research Syntheses in Adult Learning and Literacy.
Cooper, H. (2007) (Occasional Paper) - The Components of Numeracy.
Lynda Ginsburg, Myrna Manly, and Mary Jane Schmitt, (2006) (Occasional Paper) - An Evidence-based Adult Education Program Model Appropriate for Research
Comings, J., Soricone, L., and Santos, M. (2006) (Occassional Paper) - Research Methods for Studying ABE/ESOL Populations
Drago-Severson, E. (2004) (Occasional Paper) - Outcomes of Participation in Adult Basic Education: The Importance of Learnersí Perspectives
Bingman, B. with Ebert, O. & Bell, B. (2000) (Occasional Paper)
NCSALL Teaching and Training Materials
- Implications of NCSALL Research for Program Administrators
(April 2006) (NCSALL Seminar Guide) - Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education.
(2000) (NCSALL Study Circle Guide)
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