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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Other Authors: Perin, Dolores (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, [2019]
Series:Wiley handbooks in education.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.