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Direct linkAukerman, Maren; Brown, Rachel; Mokhtari, Kouider; Valencia, Sheila; Palincsar, Annemarie – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2015
The essays below were prepared following the LRA session organized by Janice Almasi entitled, "Examining the relative contributions of content knowledge and strategic processing to comprehension." What unites these essays are the personal and historical stances that each writer has taken; in addition, the essays are rich with…
Descriptors: Essays, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Theories
Download full textDeFord, Diane – Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse, 2012
This brief by the Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse is about reaching for the stars--stories of vision and commitment from educators in small and large schools. Everyone knows of people who are held up as "visionaries" throughout history: Leonardo Da Vinci, Mahatma Gandhi, Jules Verne, Thomas Edison, Susan Anthony, or John Dewey, to name a few. The…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Work Experience Programs, Literacy, Coaching (Performance)
Graff, Harvey J.; Street, Brian V.; Jones, Stan – Centre for Literacy, 1998
This document is a collection of three parts: two extended papers and one shorter commentary on the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). These originally appeared in "Literacy Across the Curriculum" in response to an invitation for comment to several prominent international researchers. The first of these entitled "The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Surveys, Cultural Influences
Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Lundell, Dana B., Ed.; Duranczyk, Irene M., Ed – Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota, 2007
During the past year the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy (CRDEUL) has moved from the former General College (GC), which after 74 years of service to a diverse student body closed its doors on June 30, 2006, to the University of Minnesota's new College of Education and Human Development (CEHD). The new mission…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Postsecondary Education, Student Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), Harvard University, 2004
"Focus on Basics" is the quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. It presents best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy, and how research is used by adult basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and policymakers. "Focus on Basics" is dedicated to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Transitional Programs, Adult Basic Education, Academic Discourse
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), Harvard University, 2004
Focus on Basics is the quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. It presents best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy, and how research is used by adult basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and policymakers. Focus on Basics is dedicated to connecting…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Administrators, Adult Learning, Educational Research
