Learning to Teach Reading
This article conveys one practitioner’s career-long journey related to teaching reading.
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Adult Literacy Facts
This fact sheet highlights the issue of adult skills in the United States, where 59 million adults read at or below the lowest levels.
Annual Statistical Report
The Annual Statistical Report compiles the results of the most recent annual survey into a concise and easy to interpret visual representation of key findings.
ALE Journal – Volume 8 Issue 1
This issue of the journal introduces a new editorial team and includes a Viewpoint on supporting learners who stutter, valuable insights in multiple Reports from the Field, and a Research Digest on approaches to college and career readiness.
Using the Newspaper in Instruction
Using the Newspaper in Instruction is a series of videos that will show you how to use the newspaper to teach phonics and decoding skills, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, discussion and oral language skills, writing, spelling and grammar, and critical thinking…
“You Don’t Know What I Went Through”: Adult Learners Healing Through Multimodal Play
This study utilizes elements of teaching inquiry, participatory action research, and qualitative methods, to investigate the outcomes of using multimodal play in a composition unit within an adult high school equivalency classroom.
Psychological Stress in Adult Learners with Low Literacy
This article addresses the effects psychological stress has on learning, then defines the constructs of stress, trauma, resilience, and psychological distress.
Voting Resources
Useful links to help adults understand and participate in the election.
Comic Life: Creatively Integrating Writing and Digital Skills with Adult Learners
The purpose of this article is to explore the use of Comic Life—an app designed to help users create original comic strips or graphic narratives on a variety of topics—to support the development of composition skills for adults.
The Role of PIAAC in Adult Education in the United States
This article outlines PIAAC’s approach to understanding adult foundational literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving skills and explores how this approach intersects with instructional practice and national-level policy.
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