We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
In this three-hour seminar, adult education practitioners not only examine reading instruction for English-for-speakers-of-other-language (ESOL) learners, but also consider how reading instruction varies from that for learners who are native language speakers.
Adult education practitioners examine several evidence-based approaches to instructing adult basic education (ABE) learners in reading during this three-hour seminar.
In this four-hour seminar, practitioners discuss the risk factors identified in children with reading difficulties and compare these characteristics to those of adult literacy students.
This four-hour seminar introduces teachers and tutors to Understanding What Reading Is All About: Teaching Materials and Lessons for Adult Basic Education Learners, a set of 13 lessons designed to help learners understand the components of reading that are part of becoming a more fluent reader.
This three-hour seminar helps teachers and tutors understand why developing reading profiles for students is important for planning better, more focused instruction. Participants learn to use the tools and reading profiles on the Assessment Strategies and Reading Profiles Web site.
This four-hour seminar introduces teachers and tutors to Going Beyond the GED: Making Conscious Choices about the GED and Your Future, a set of classroom materials designed for use in GED classrooms. The materials provide learners with practice in graph and chart reading, calculation, information analysis, and writing, while they examine the labor market, the…
This three-hour seminar focuses on instructional approaches that emphasize cognitive development.
This three-hour seminar examines why the adult education system should focus on supporting adult education-to-postsecondary transitions for students.
This three-hour seminar introduces policymakers and adult education practitioners to the research that has determined that GED students experience educational and financial gains when engaged in GED preparation courses that focus on cognitive development in addition to exam preparation and that provide support for transition to post-secondary education and training.
This 3 ½-hour seminar introduces adult education practitioners to the four supports to adult student persistence identified in the research study. This seminar guide was created by World Education NCSALL staff to introduce adult education practitioners to the research on adult student persistence and its implications for practice. Programs or professional developers may want to…
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