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Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills: Findings from Longitudinal Research
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Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend our knowledge of what works in raising skill levels, as well as the social and economic returns to improvement. Many fundamental research questions in adult education invo… More >>
Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills: Findings from Longitudinal Research
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Facing Learning Disabilities in the Adult Years
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Between five and eleven million individuals in this country struggle with learning disabilities throughout adulthood, and it is estimated that two to three percent of incoming college freshman are learning disabled. In fact, learning-disabled adults are the fastest growing population of disabled university students. But unlike in the past, learning disabilities are now well understood, and there is a great deal of help available for the disabled–if they can … More >>
Facing Learning Disabilities in the Adult Years
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Writing Because We Love To: Homeschoolers at Work
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This book is a rare glimpse at what children do when they are in charge of their own writing lives, and the story of how one adult writer responded to young people who asked for her help. It explores questions that are critical to parents interested in becoming helpful readers of their children’s work. Filled with examples of young writers’ work and their reflections on it…. More >>
Writing Because We Love To: Homeschoolers at Work
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