Learning from Research

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Learning from Research

• Masthead
  
  
• Welcome by Editor
  
  
• Helping Adults Persist:
  Four Supports
  by John Comings, Andrea Parrella & Lisa Soricone
  
  
• The Effects of Continuing Goal-Setting 
  on Persistence in a Math Classroom
  by Pam Meader
  
  
• Look Before You Leap:
  Helping Prospective Learners Make
  Informed Educational Choices 
  by Marti Giese
  
  
• Do the Cognitive Skills of Dropouts
  Matter in the Labor Market?
  by John Tyler
  
  
• The Relationship Between Reading 
  and Speaking Skills
  by Barbara Garner
  
  
• Focus on Teaching:
  Supports & Hindrances: A Force-Field Analysis
  by Andrea Parrella
  
  
• Focus on Basics ListServ
  
  
• Blackboard: A List of Related Resources