Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research

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• Publisher: The National Academies Press
• eBook ISBN:
  5257182685972

Table of contents

• FrontMatter
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Foundations of Reading and Writing
• 3 Literacy Instruction for Adults
• 4 Principles of Learning for Instructional Design
• 5 Motivation, Engagement, and Persistence
• 6 Technology to Promote Adult Literacy
• 7 Learning, Reading, and Writing Disabilities
• 8 Language and Literacy Development of English Language Learners
• 9 Conclusions and Recommendations
• References and Bibliography
• Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
• Appendix B: Literacy in a Digital Age
• Appendix C: Interventions to Develop the Component Literacy Skills of Low-Literate Adults
• Appendix D: Search Procedures and Reviewed Studies of Adult Literacy Instruction