Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection
Explore a collection of 838 high-quality multimedia instructional resources, informed by research, for use by adult educators. These resources have been reviewed by subject matter experts and recommended and approved by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy. Search the collection by category, keyword, date and more.
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Evaluating Professional Development Resources: Selection and Development Criteria
2003
This publication describes criteria and indicators that were developed to help the adult literacy field assess the quality of resources and materials used in professional development for instructors and administrators and to provide guidelines for the development of quality resources.
Administrators
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Expanding Access to Adult Literacy with Online Distance Education
2003
This resource traces the history of distance education, defines commonly used terms, and examines the potential online education has to meet the adult basic learners' needs.
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Graphic Organizers with UDL
2003
This paper discusses the research evidence for the effectiveness of graphic organizers.
Teacher Trainers
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How Much Are the Peppers?
2003
These short videos were created for teachers who are teaching lower levels of adult ESL.
Teacher Trainers
Instructional Staff
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Issues in Improving Immigrant Workers' English Language Skills
2003
This article addresses five points that are at issue for English language learners in the workplace (e.g., language and identity, measuring outcomes) and how employers might address them formally (e.g., through targeted ESL classes, educating non-immigrant workers) and informally (e.g., providing opportunities to use English on the job, involving leadership).
Administrators
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Math Anxiety: Literature Review with References
2003
This literature review by a mathematics professor at Humboldt State University focuses on the adult who suffers from math anxiety, with occasional references concerning math anxiety throughout the lifespan.
Administrators
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Numeracy: A Challenge for Adult Education
2003
This paper discusses the concept of numeracy and the way it was operationalized in the Adult Literacy and Lifeskills (ALL) survey to develop items for numeracy assessment. The second part is the author’s suggestions for implementation of numeracy in educational settings based on his own study of numeracy in adult basic education.
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What have we learned ... and have yet to learn?
2003
This resource discusses Quantitative Literacy (QL) and suggests that instruction for QL is not just the responsibility of the grades 10 to 14 but the responsibility of all levels of mathematics from basic through the highest levels.
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A Primer: Diagnostic, Formative, & Summative Assessment
2002
The article discusses the ‘assessment component’ of teaching and learning and outlines the purposes of assessment, along with the differences between diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment.
Administrators
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Policymakers and Implementers
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Adults with Learning Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
2002
In this literature review, the authors report on the research and current knowledge regarding adults with learning disabilities. The literature review covers a number of areas including defining learning disabilities and their affects, determining if adults have LD, reviewing effective teaching and support strategies, and giving some implications for research, policy, and practice.
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Building the Bridge Between Community College and Work For Students with Learning Disabilities
2002
This article presents information to assist students with LD, counselors and employers to build the bridge between community college and work. Students must learn to articulate how their LD impacts them in a variety of situations, especially those requiring learning and performing work related tasks. Preparing for job interviews, anticipating barriers throughout the employment process, and developing ways to mitigate these barriers are essential skills that must be learned.
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Business Partners
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Entrepreneurship: How to Begin
2002
This resource supports the teaching of specific education and training content that can be implemented by classroom instructors in the context of a particular career cluster.