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50 Years of ERIC
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A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials Evaluating Interventions in Adult Literacy and Numeracy
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Torgerson, Carole; Porthouse, Jill; Brooks, Greg – Journal of Research in Reading, 2005
This paper reports a systematic review of the quasi-experimental literature in the field of adult literacy and numeracy, published between 1980 and 2002. We included 27 controlled trials (CTs) that evaluated strategies and pedagogies designed to increase adult literacy and numeracy: 18 CTs with no effect sizes (incomplete data) and 9 CTs with full…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Adult Literacy
Deaf Schoolchildren, Reading and Sign Language.
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Brooks, Greg – Journal of Research in Reading, 1980
Examines and rejects the theory that the deaf have access to a "phonological" code. Recommends that if deaf children are to be introduced to a manual system of communication, it should be the syntactically adequate Paget-Gorman system. (Author/FL)
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Linguistic Competence
The Need for a Historical Dimension in Research on Reading.
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Brooks, Greg – Journal of Research in Reading, 1980
Argues that the poor coordination of much reading research is due partly to researchers' failure to consider previous findings. Offers illustrations from three lines of research: verbal reaction time, suppression effects, and phonological coding in silent reading. Offers two suggestions to help overcome the lack of historical awareness in the…
Descriptors: Educational History, History, Literature Reviews, Reading Research