Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id IAA26883; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:57:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:57:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s906af06.031@jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barbara Garner" <Barbara_Garner@jsi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:242] New Issue Available X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 1282 Lines: 33 The newest issue of Focus on Basics is available on our website gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall It is also being mailed this week. Contact your state ABE director if you don't receive yours soon. The issue is entitled "Learning From Research". John Comings, Lisa Soricone, and Andrea Parrella present their preliminary findings on what helps learners persist. Taking those ideas, Pam Meader and Marti Giese implemented changes in their programs and documented what happened. Read about what happens when research becomes practice. We've included an activity you can do in your classroom to help support learners persistence. John Tyler's empirical research on the economic impact of cognitive skills will give teachers a carrot to hold in front of their learners: higher skills result in higher earnings for dropouts, with or without the GED. Ann Hilferty, who teacher English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) explores the reciprocal relationship between speaking and reading and what that means for the classroom. Barbara Garner Editor Focus on Basics ****************************** Barbara Garner phone (617) 482-9485 World Education fax (617) 482-0617 44 Farnsworth Street e-mail bgarner@worlded.org Boston, MA 02210-1211
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