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Putting Research to Work: What Are the Characteristics of Successful GED
programs? This is a pdf document. If you don't have adobe,
you can download it by
clicking here.) This research brief prepared by Olga Ebert and
Mary Ziegler bring the latest research findings related to successful
GED programs and investigate their ramifications for Adult Literacy
Instruction.
National
Institute for Literacy (NIFL): programs and
services encouraging the development and provision of high quality adult
education and literacy services. Hosts National LINCS search
engine.
The Education
Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of
Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and
non-journal education literature.(Click "advanced search"
and type in "adult education" and "computer
literacy").
TV 411 Online: Features interactive lessons
and articles addressing themes of money, parenting, people, and health.
NCSALL National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and
Literacy: both informs and learns from practice. Its rigorous, high
quality research increases knowledge and gives those teaching, managing,
and setting policy in adult literacy education a sound basis for making
decisions . Focus on Basics is its quarterly publication
(available online).
Blue
Web'n Evaluation Rubric: An educational resource with a list
of rated websites in various content areas.
Thirteen ed online: Contextual lesson plans on many
subjects.
The Study P lace:
Adult learning...Anytime, anyplace, at any pace - On-line resources for
instructors of many subjects.
The following links provide suggestions when Teaching Young Learners:
- Young Adult Learners, Disaffection and Social Inclusion: This article discusses the emphasis of public policy emphasizing young learners in the U.K. It provides curriculum and what they learned about young learners over the past decade.
- Youth In Adult Basic and Literacy Education Programs: This Eric Digest "provides an overview of how programs are responding to the challenge of serving young adults."
- Youth in Adult Literacy Education Programs: This article from NCSALL examines the growing trend of teenagers in adult education programs and the ramifications for ABE/GED programs.
- The Challenge of Teens in the Adult Education Classroom: This article from the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning presents the voices of adult literacy instructors in Texas struggling to incorporate teenagers in their classrooms. This article presents the creation of a new research study in this area.