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Review of adult learning and literacy : connecting research, policy, and practice. volume 5 / edited by John Comings, Barbara Garner, Christine Smith.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xiv, 242 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0805851402
  • 9780805851403
  • 0805851399
  • 9780805851397
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 374.012 22
Available additional physical forms:
  • Selected chapters available online.
Contents:
Ch. 1. The year 2002 in review / Thomas G. Sticht -- Ch. 2. Adult literacy policy, scientifically based research, and evidence-based practice / Larry Mikulecky -- Ch. 3. The General Educational Development (GED) credential : history, current research, and directions for policy and practice / John H. Tyler -- Ch. 4. Massachusetts : a case study of improvement and growth of adult education services / John Comings and Lisa Soricone -- Ch. 5. Volunteers in adult literacy education / Jennifer A. Sandlin and Ralf St. Clair -- Ch. 6. Adult literacy in New Zealand / Alice Johnson Cain and John Benseman -- Ch. 7. Metacognition, cognitive strategy instruction, and reading in adult literacy / Jennifer G. Cromley -- Resources in metacognition, cognitive strategy instruction, and reading in adult literacy / Jennifer G. Cromley.
Summary: "Review of adult learning and literacy : connecting research, policy, and practice, volume 5 is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning"--Book jacket.
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"A project of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. The year 2002 in review / Thomas G. Sticht -- Ch. 2. Adult literacy policy, scientifically based research, and evidence-based practice / Larry Mikulecky -- Ch. 3. The General Educational Development (GED) credential : history, current research, and directions for policy and practice / John H. Tyler -- Ch. 4. Massachusetts : a case study of improvement and growth of adult education services / John Comings and Lisa Soricone -- Ch. 5. Volunteers in adult literacy education / Jennifer A. Sandlin and Ralf St. Clair -- Ch. 6. Adult literacy in New Zealand / Alice Johnson Cain and John Benseman -- Ch. 7. Metacognition, cognitive strategy instruction, and reading in adult literacy / Jennifer G. Cromley -- Resources in metacognition, cognitive strategy instruction, and reading in adult literacy / Jennifer G. Cromley.

"Review of adult learning and literacy : connecting research, policy, and practice, volume 5 is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning"--Book jacket.

Selected chapters available online.

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