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Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2005-05-11
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9264010394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on the Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey conducted in Bermuda, Canada, Italy, Mexico (Nuevo Leon), Norway, and the United States of America in 2003 and 2004, this book presents an initial set of findings that shed new light on the twin processes of skill gain and loss.
Author: Stephen Reder
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-09-16
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 1135903301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPoor literacy and numeracy skills of adults remain substantial problems in today’s societies. This volume examines this issue through an analysis of adult education programs and their impact on basic skills development. The contributors offer far-reaching conclusions about what works and for what reasons in addressing adult literacy and numeracy.
Author: Marcella Milana
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-07-21
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1137388250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe worldwide appearance and expression of adult education and lifelong learning have changed significantly during the past 20 years. This book explores recent changes in their related national and international policies, how they intersect with developments in higher education and how they may contribute to debates on citizenship and democracy.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2013-10-08
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9264204024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis reader’s companion for the Survey of Adult Skills explains what the survey measures and the methodology behind the measurements.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2019-11-15
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9264385134
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edition of the Reader’s Companion accompanies Skills Matter: Additional Results from the Survey of Adult Skills that reports the results from the 39 countries and regions that participated in the 3 rounds of data collection in the first cycle of PIAAC, with a particular focus on the 6 countries that participated in the third round of the study (Ecuador, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Peru and the United States). It describes the design and methodology of the survey and its relationship to other international assessments of young students and adults.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2008-02-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9264039961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study looks specifically inside the programmes for adult LLN (Language, Literacy, Numeracy) learners, with a focus on formative assessment – referring to the frequent assessment of learner understanding and progress to identify needs and shape teaching and learning.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2021-04-30
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9264946063
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) represents a comprehensive international comparative assessment of the information processing skills of adults vital for the full participation in social and economic life in the 21st century. PIAAC is now in its second cycle and continues a series of international assessments of adult skills that began in the mid-1990s with the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS).
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2016-06-28
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9264258078
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the wake of the technological revolution that began in the last decades of the 20th century, labour market demand for information-processing and other high-level cognitive and interpersonal skills is growing substantially.
Author: Dolores Perin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2019-10-15
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 1119261376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the widespread phenomenon of poor literacy skills in adults across the globe This handbook presents a wide range of research on adults who have low literacy skills. It looks at the cognitive, affective, and motivational factors underlying adult literacy; adult literacy in different countries; and the educational approaches being taken to help improve adults’ literacy skills. It includes not only adults enrolled in adult literacy programs, but postsecondary students with low literacy skills, some of whom have reading disabilities. The first section of The Wiley Handbook of Adult Literacy covers issues such as phonological abilities in adults who have not yet learned to read; gender differences in the reading motivation of adults with low literacy skills; literacy skills, academic self-efficacy, and participation in prison education; and more. Chapters on adult literacy, social change and sociocultural factors in South Asia and in Ghana; literacy, numeracy, and self-rated health among U.S. adults; adult literacy programs in Southeastern Europe and Turkey, and a review of family and workplace literacy programs are among the topics featured in the second section. The last part examines how to teach reading and writing to adults with low skills; adults’ transition from secondary to postsecondary education; implications for policy, research, and practice in the adult education field; educational technologies that support reading comprehension; and more. Looks at the cognitive processing challenges associated with low literacy in adults Features contributions from a global team of experts in the field Offers writing strategy instruction for low-skilled postsecondary students The Wiley Handbook of Adult Literacy is an excellent book for academic researchers, teacher educators, professional developers, program designers, and graduate students. It’s also beneficial to curriculum developers, adult basic education and developmental education instructors, and program administrators, as well as clinicians and counselors who provide services to adults with reading disabilities.
