Recent Research
ADULT
BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY JOURNAL
The following columns appeared as Research Digests in the Adult Basic
Education and Literacy Journal. The editor of the digests is Cristine
Smith, assistant professor at the Center for International Education at
the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and former Deputy Director of
the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.
The Journal is co-published by the Commission on Adult Basic Education
and ProLiteracy Worldwide. Each issue contains 3-4 peer-reviewed research
articles as well as resource reviews, articles by and for practitioners,
a WebScan column that reviews adult education and literacy-related Web
sites, and an occasional Viewpoint article in which selected leaders in
the field comment on current trends and issues.
To learn more about the journal, the process for submitting an article,
or how to subscribe, go to www.coabe.org
or send an e-mail to bmangicaro@proliteracy.org.
Completed Primary Research
- The Relationship of the Component Skills of Reading to IALS Performance: Tipping Points and Five Classes of Adult Literacy Learners (Strucker, Yamamoto, Kirsch)
- The Health Literacy of America’s Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (Kutner, Greenberg, Jin, Paulsen, White)
- Transitioning Adults to College: Adult Basic Education Program Models (Zafft, Kallenbach, Spohn)
- The Role of Corporate Giving in Adult Literacy (Chisman, Spangenberg)
- Does
Numeracy Matter More? (Parsons, Bynner)
Primary Research in Progress
- Adult ESL Explicit Literacy Impact Study (Condelli, Fishman, Ali)
- Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning (Reder)
- Learning
Together: Read and Write with Your Child: A Longitudinal Study of Family
Literacy (Phillips, Hayden)
Secondary Research, Meta-Analyses, and Reviews of Note
- Locked Up and Locked Out: An Educational Perspective on the U.S. Prison Population (Coley, Barton)
- An Evidence-Based
Adult Education Program Model Appropriate for Research (Comings, Soricone,
Santos)
Primary Research in Progress
- Compensated Adult Dyslexics: Deficits and Compensatory Mechanisms (Parrila, Wade-Woolley, Corkett, Deacon, Kemp)
- Adult’s
Experiences Living with Low Literacy Skills and a Chronic Illness (King)
Completed Primary Research
- Education Pays (Second Update) (Baum, Payea, Steele)
- America’s Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation’s Future (Kirsch, Braun, Yamamoto, Sum)
- Lost in Translation (Colton)
- New Light
on Literacy and Numeracy: Summary Report (Bynner, Parsons)
Secondary Research, Meta-Analyses, and Reviews of Note
- Adult Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes: A Review of Controlled Trials (Torgerson, Brooks, Porthouse, Burton, Robinson, Wright, Watt)
- The Federal
Role in Adult Literacy (McLendon, Murphy, Parker)
Recently Completed Primary Research
- Literacy in Everyday Life: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) (Kutner, Greenberg, Jin, Boyle, Hsu, Dunleavy, White)
- Reading Practices among Adult Education Participants (Mellard, Patterson, Prewett)
- Skill
Acquisition and Use Across the Life Course: Current Trends, Future Prospects
(Martin)
Primary Research in Progress
- Adult
Transitions Longitudinal Study (ATLAS), 2007-2011 (Smith, Sireci)
Secondary Research, Meta-Analyses, and Research Reviews of Note
- Forces
Changing Our Nation’s Future (Sum)
Recently Completed Primary Research
- Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults: Improving Foundation Skills (Looney)
- Illuminating
Disadvantage: Profiling the Experiences of Adults with Entry Level Literacy
or Numeracy over the Lifecourse (Parsons, Bynner)
Primary Research in Progress
- Adult
Literacy and Numeracy Development in Partnership: Social Capital Approaches
(Black)
Secondary Research, Meta-Analyses, and Research Reviews of Note
- The Fiscal Consequences of Adult Educational Attainment (Khatiwada, McLaughlin, Sum, Palma)
- Skills
and Social Practices: Making Common Cause (Green, Howard)
Recently Completed Primary Research
- Effects of Instructional Hours and Intensity of Instruction on NRS Level Gain in Listening and Speaking (Young)
- Success Factors in High Achieving Adult Learners (Smith, Baer)
- Adult
Education in America: A First Look at Results from the Adult Education
Program and Learner Surveys (Tamassia, Lennon, Yamamoto, Kirsch)
Primary Research in Progress
- Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
- Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development
Secondary Research, Meta-Analyses, and Research Reviews of Note
- Education at a Glance 2007: OECD Briefing Note for the United States Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development