Wiley handbook of adult literacy /
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 sk...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley-Blackwell,
[2019]
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| Series: | Wiley handbooks in education.
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Table of Contents:
- Conceptual framework and overview of the handbook / D. Perin
- Section 1: Cognitive, affective and motivational factors underlying adult literacy
- Cognitive processing challenges associated with low literacy in adults / J. Sabatini, T. O'Reilly, Z. Wang, and K. Dreier
- Phonological abilities in fully illiterate adults / J. Morais and R. Kolinsky
- Gender differences in the reading motivation of adults with low literacy skills / J.C. Frijters, E. Brown, and D. Greenberg
- Integrating component skills in a reading comprehension framework for struggling adult readers / E.L. Tighe
- Writing challenges for postsecondary English learners with low levels of literacy / S.M. Doolan
- From 'degisned' and 'dezine' to 'design' : comparing adults' and children's spelling across tasks / K.S. Binder, A. Talwar, N. K. Bond, and N.G. Cote
- Literacy skills, academic self-efficacy and participation in prison education / L.O. Jones and T. Manger
- Readiness to learn among adults with low skills / M.C. Smith, T.J. Smith, A.D. Rose, and J. Ross-Gordon
- Cognitive profile of students with dyslexia entering postsecondary education / M. Callens and M. Brysbaert
- A cognitive framework for tracing the roots of reading disabilities among university students / G.K. Georgiou and J.P. Das
- Reading, writing, and self-efficacy of low-skilled postsecondary students / D. Perin
- Section 2: Contexts of literacy for adults with low skills
- Cognitive and sociocultural dimensions of adult literacy and integrating technology in adult education / A. Durgunoglu, H. Gen¿ay, M. Canturk, and H. Kus¿ul
- I will survive : sociocultural and educational factors underlying child mortality in rural Ghana / N.-H. Blunch
- Literacy and social change in South Asia / C. Smith and K.R. Chavva
- Literacy, numeracy, and self-rated health among U.S. adults / E. Prins and S. Monnat
- Adults with low skills and learning disabilities / M.B. Patterson
- Participation in literacy programmes for adults with low skills in South-Eastern Europe / G.K. Zarifis
- Making the most of learning contexts : a literature review of family and workplace literacy programs / H.C. Windisch
- Section 3: Education of adults with low literacy skills
- How to teach fully illiterate adults to read / R. Kolinsky, C. Carvalho, I. Leite, A. Franco, and J. Morais
- Developmental trajectories of adult education students: Implications for policy, research and practice / S. Reder
- Academic literacy as developmental pedagogy : the learning and growth of adult English language learners / J. Ouellette-Schramm
- Educational technologies that support reading comprehension of adults who have low literacy skills / A. Graesser, D. Greenberg, A. Olney, and M.W. Lovett
- Writing strategy instruction for low-skilled postsecondary students / Z.A.T. Philippakos and C.A. MacArthur
- Transitioning adult literacy students to postsecondary education / E. Rutschow
- Research on developmental education instruction for adult literacy learners / M. Cormier and S. Bickerstaff.