LINCS Resource CollectionsBasic Skills
Reading This resource introduces adult education practitioners to the components of reading that are part of making more fluent readers. It provides details, including objectives, audience, time, agendas, session preparation, and resources for 13 lessons designed to help learners understand the research-based components of reading.
This handbook is based on the results of "The Literacy Practices of Adult Learners Study" which focused on the nature and impact of two dimensions of classroom practice in adult basic education.
This resource is an interactive website where students can practice their reading fluency with leveled passages of high interest topics to adults (e.g. "Tom lost his job", "Wanted: A good repair shop", "A healthy pregnancy", "Safe at home").
Motivated by issues of intergenerational literacy, the researchers investigated the extent to which the use of authentic materials and the level of collaboration between students and teachers affect learners' literacy practices outside the classroom. The researchers used mixed methods and provide data as well as learner snapshots in this resource.
Writing Products/Materials
Title: Writing Next: Effective Strategies To Improve Writing Of Adolescents In Middle And High Schools
This report identifies 11 elements of current writing instruction found to be effective for helping
adolescent students learn to write well and to use writing as a tool for learning.
This resource is an interactive website where students can practice their reading fluency with leveled passages of high interest topics to adults (e.g. "Tom lost his job", "Wanted: A good repair shop", "A healthy pregnancy", "Safe at home").
Research Papers/Articles
Title: Using Research on Writing
This article is not a research study, rather a brief literature review of writing research and its applicability to basic skills adults. It is part of a publication focused on writing and adults, and examines mostly the k-12 and college research base, applying it to improving adults' writing.
This resource is chapter three, volume 2 in the NCSALL publication, Review of Adult Learning and Literacy. It is a meta analysis of various studies and trends about the "forgotten of the three R's-writing."
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The Basic Skills Resource Collection focuses on reading, writing, mathematics and numeracy resources that can improve instruction in basic skills. Resources in this Collection can be used directly in the classroom or can provide the research findings necessary to develop contextualized instruction (e.g., work, family, health, civics) to build adults' basic skills.
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