Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

Explore a collection of 871 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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Tuning In to Local Labor Markets

2010
Uncoupling of Reading and IQ Over Time: Empirical Evidence for a Definition of Dyslexia

2010

This resource shows the realtionship between reading, IQ and dyslexia.

Professional Developers
Using Oral Language Skills to Build on the Emerging Literacy of Adult English Learners

2010

Informational Material

This resource is a research brief written for teachers, program administrators, and teacher trainers seeking ways to work effectively with adult and adolescent English language learners (ELLs) with emerging literacy skills.

Professional Developers

Adult Educators
What Community College Developmental Mathematics Students Understand about Mathematics

2010

Carnegie Senior Partner Jim Stigler and colleagues Karen B. Givvin and Belinda J. Thompson from the University of California, Los Angeles were commissioned by Carnegie to investigate what community college developmental mathematics students understand about mathematics and how we might help turn around the alarming statistics that show that an enormous number of those students drop out...

Administrators and Program Managers

Professional Developers

Policymakers

Adult Educators
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Literacy’s Impact on Workplace Health and Safety

2010
Wisconsin Promising Practices Program: English for Health

2010

Professional Development

Descriptions Of Practice

This report describes a health literacy education program that is suitable for English language and adult literacy learners.
Women's Health: A Special Addition to Staying Healthy: An English Learner's Guide to Health Care and Healthy Living (Teacher's Guide and Student Resource Book)

2010

Instructional Material

Women's Health: A Special Addition to Staying Healthy - An English Learner's Guide to Health Care and Healthy Living is a special addition to Staying Healthy: An English Learner’s Guide to Health Care and Healthy Living. The resource provides a broad overview of various women’s health topics such as women’s health reproduction, pregnancy, and early childcare, and emphasizes certain...

Administrators and Program Managers

Adult Educators

Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

Tuning In to Local Labor Markets

Uncoupling of Reading and IQ Over Time: Empirical Evidence for a Definition of Dyslexia

Using Oral Language Skills to Build on the Emerging Literacy of Adult English Learners

What Community College Developmental Mathematics Students Understand about Mathematics

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Literacy’s Impact on Workplace Health and Safety

Wisconsin Promising Practices Program: English for Health

Women's Health: A Special Addition to Staying Healthy: An English Learner's Guide to Health Care and Healthy Living (Teacher's Guide and Student Resource Book)