ERIC Number: EJ1248996
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 19
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PIAAC Numeracy Skills and Home Use among Adult English Learners
Patterson, Margaret Becker
Adult Literacy Education, v2 n1 p22-40 Spr 2020
Research on adult English learners (ELs) typically (and appropriately) focuses on language-related skills. However, adult ELs may need numeracy instruction to navigate daily life or understand health information. Little is known about how ELs use numeracy skills at home and connections of skill use with related electronic numeracy skills. The purpose of this paper is to examine numeracy skill levels and home skill use of adult ELs. Employing Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012/2014 data, the paper begins with identifying adult ELs' numeracy skill levels. The relationship of skill level with skill use is then analyzed to determine how six discrete groups of ELs at various skill levels employ numeracy skills, and to describe characteristics and backgrounds of each group for adult education instructors and interested stakeholders. The paper concludes with recommended implications for instruction from Curry's (2017) instructional guide based on the "PIAAC Numeracy Framework".
Descriptors: Adults, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, English Language Learners, Immigrants, Adult Learning, Family Environment, Scores, Educational Attainment, Parent Background, Health, Use Studies, Daily Living Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
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