Educational Research

18 records
Title	Date	Abstract
Practitioners speak: contributing to a research agenda for adult basic education	1998	This report summarizes the results of nine focus groups of adult educators who met to discuss questions related to issues whi...
Outcomes and impacts of adult literacy education in the United States	1999	This is a report of a study on the outcomes and impacts of adult literacy education through a qualitative assessment of the o...
Outcomes and impacts of adult literacy education in the United States. Appendix A: abstracts of studies reviewed	1999	This document is an annotated bibliography accompanying the research summary,ER0006, i.d.#2910. The study investigated the o...
Vocational education research trends	2000	This alert examines how educational research seeks to answer the question of how we can best prepare youth and adults for the...
Research-based principles for adult basic education reading instruction	2002	This report makes suggestions for basic reading instruction with adults based on an evaluation of research. Main sections in...
Qualitative research in adult, career, and career-technical education	2002	This publication introduces qualitative research. It discusses differences between qualitative and quantitative research and...
Reading and adult English language learners: the role of the first language	2003	This Q & A discusses the small body of research that currently exists about reading development among adult English language ...
Teaching style vs. learning style	2003	This paper examines research regarding the behaviors (teaching and learning styles) that teachers and learners exhibit in the...
Establishing an evidence-based adult education system	2003	The paper describes an approach to evidence-based adult education and proposes a way to establish an evidence-based adult edu...
Applying adult learning theory: self-directed learning and transformational learning in the classroom	2005	This brief describes implications of research on self-directed learning and transformative learning as applied to experiences...
Research on participatory approaches to adult basic and literacy education	2005	This annotated bibliography highlights readings that define participatory education and the methods for putting this theory i...
Adult learning in focus: national and state-by-state data	2008	This is a report on adult participation in education in the United States. It identifies participation rates in higher educat...
Making it worth the stay: findings from the New England Adult Learner Persistence Project	2009	This project details persistence strategies and learner outcomes from 18 adult education programs in five New England States....
Applying research findings to instruction for adult English language students	August 2005	For educators that are not experienced in using research findings to guide instruction, more information about how research c...
Research utilization in the field of adult learning and literacy: lessons learned by NCSALL about connecting practice, policy and research	August 2007	This Occasional Paper is a summary of what the staff of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCS...
Program administrators' sourcebook: a resource on NCSALL's research for adult education program administrators	December 2005	The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) has conducted research relevant to the challenges o...
Technical report and data file users manual for the 2003 national adult literacy survey	July 2009	The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) assessed the English literacy skills of a nationally representative sam...
The Northwest Practitioner Knowledge Institute: reports and resources	May 2006	This brief provides an overview of the collaboration of the California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPR...