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Research (NCSALL)
Focus on Basics
- 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) - Is the GED an Effective Route to Postsecondary Education?
A Conversation with John Tyler
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006) - Navigating Healthcare
Jennie E. Anderson & Rima Rudd (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006) - Effective Research Dissemination: Lessons from NCSALL
Cristine Smith, Mary Beth Bingman, & Kaye Beall (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006) - Low Self-Esteem: Myth or Reality?
Anastasiya A. Lipnevich (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 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) - Research in Progress: What Factors —Internal and External — Have an Impact On Service Delivery?
Patsy Medina (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006) - The "Lab School"
Steve Reder (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005) - Same Activity, Different Focus
Kathryn Harris (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) - Rewarding Conversations
Betsy Kraft (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, November 2005) - Spontaneous Conversations: A Window into Language Learners’ Autonomy
Dominique Brillanceau (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005) - Turn-Taking and Opening Interactions
John Hellermann (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) - What Are the Economic Effects of Earning a GED in Prison?
Research by John Tyler, article by Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005) - Focus on Research
Research on Factors that Shape Engagement
(Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005) - Skills Matter in the Types of Jobs Young Drops Will First Hold
John Tyler (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - The Impact of Use of Authentic Materials and Activities
(FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003) - Pathways to Change: A Summary of Findings from NCSALLís Staff Development Study
Cristine Smith & Judy Hofer (FOB, Volume 5, Issue D June 2002) - The Working Conditions of Adult Literacy Teachers
Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer, & Marilyn Gillespie (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 K-12 School Experiences of High School Dropouts
Stephen Reder & Clare Strawn (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Program Participation and Self-Directed Learning to Improve Basic Skills
Stephen Reder & Clare Strawn (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Taking Literacy Skills Home
Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie Degener, Erik Jacobson, & Marta Soler (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Sharing What NCSALL is Learning
John Comings (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Adult Basic Education and Professional Development: Strangers for Too Long
Bruce Wilson & Dickson Corbett (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Current Research in Adult Learning and Literacy
Jessica Mortensen (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Helping Adults Persist: Four Supports
John Comings, Andrea Parrella & Lisa Soricone (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000) - Do the Cognitive Skills of Dropouts Matter in the Labor Market?
John Tyler (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000) - Focus on Research: Voices of Learners: Learner Identified Impacts Study
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 3, Issue B, June 1999) - Focus on Research: Documenting Outcomes
(FOB, Volume 3, Issue C, September 1999) - Home Literacy Practices
(FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999) - Focus on Research: NCSALL's Learner Motivation Study
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998) - NCSALL Research Finding: The GED: Whom Does It Help?
John H. Tyler (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998) - NCSALL Research Finding: Describing Program Practice: A Typology Across Two Dimensions
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998) - Focus on Research: NCSALL's The Process of Passing the GED
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998) - NCSALL Research Findings: Health a Relatively High Priority
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue C, September 1998) - Letter to the Editor
John H. Tyler (FOB, Volume 2, Issue C, September 1998) - Focus on Research: Staff Development
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue C, September 1998) - NCSALL Research Findings: Lessons from NCSALL's Outcomes and Impacts Study
Hal Beder (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998) - Focus on Research: NCSALL's Transformational Learning in Adulthood
Kathryn Portnow, Nancy Popp, Maria Broderick, Eleanor Drago-Severson, and Robert Kegan (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998) - A Productive Partnership
Richard J. Murnane and Bob Bickerton (FOB, Volume 1, Issue A, February 1997) - Focus on Research: NCSALL's Longitudinal Study
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997) - Focus on NCSALL's Research: Health and Literacy
Barbara Garner (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)
NCSALL Reports
- The Relationship of the Component Skills of Reading to IALS Performance:
Tipping Points and Five Classes of Adult Literacy Learners
John Strucker, Kentaro Yamamoto, and Irwin Kirsch (2007) (NCSALL Report #29) - 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) - Living with It: Federal Policy Implementation in Adult Basic Education
Alisa Belzer (2003) (NCSALL Report #24) - THE FIRST FIVE YEARS: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy 1996-2001
(October 2002) (NCSALL Report #23) - 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) - 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) - Findings from a National Survey of State Directors of Adult Education.
Rudd, R., Zahner, L. & Banh, M. (1999) (NCSALL Report #9) - Changes in Learners' 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)
NCSALL-related Reports
- "As Long As It Takes" – Responding to the Challenges of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs.Comings, J., Cuban, S., Bos, J., & Porter, K. with Doolittle, F. (2003) (MDRC Report)
- "I Did it For Myself" – Studying Efforts to Increase Adult Learner Persistence In Library Literacy Programs. Comings, J., Cuban, S., Bos, J., & Taylor, C. (2001) (MDRC Report)
- "One Day I Will Make It" – A Study of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs.Porter, K., Cuban, S., & Comings, J. with Chase, V. (2005) (MDRC Report)
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) - 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 Learners' Perspectives
Bingman, B. with Ebert, O. & Bell, B. (2000) (Occasional Paper)
NCSALL-related Publications
- Applying Research Findings to Instruction for Adult English Language Students
Smith, C. Harris, K. & Reder, S. (2005) (CAELA Brief)
NCSALL Teaching and Training Materials
- Implications of NCSALL Research for Program Administrators
(April 2006) (NCSALL 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) - Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education
(2000) (NCSALL Study Circle Guide)
NCSALL Videos
- Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS) Panel Streaming Video- (Link will open in a new window.)
- Persistence Among Adult Education Students Panel Streaming Video- (Link will open in a new window.)
- Research on the Economic Impact of the GED Diploma Panel - [Link will open in a new window.]