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[ProfessionalDevelopment 2053] Adult Reading COABE Pre-conference sessionSusan McShane smcshane at famlit.orgThu Apr 3 11:35:59 EDT 2008
Greetings! If you're interested in adult literacy, you may want to attend the pre-conference session I'll be presenting at the COABE conference in St. Louis on Monday, April 28th. It's titled, Adult Reading Instruction: Research-Based Strategies for Meeting Varied Needs. Have you ever wondered why some adult learners struggle with their class work--why they "give up" quickly or make little progress over time? This session offers a brief overview of the research, focusing on common reading problems. Research suggests that one source of difficulty may be a deficit that isn't reflected in a TABE or CASAS test score. This training introduces the components of reading that may contribute to a reading problem: alphabetic skills, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. It also introduces common reader profiles identified by research and suggests resources for initial diagnostic assessment. Finally, participants learn and practice a selection of research-based instructional strategies for addressing adults' needs in the reading-component areas. This full-day training is sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy. To learn more about the conference, check out the web page at http://www.coabeconference.org/ To register you can go directly to http://www.coabeconference.org/form.html I'm looking forward to a stimulating, interactive session. Please come, so we can all learn more about addressing this important need! See you in St. Louis, Susan Susan McShane National Center for Family Literacy 502-584-1133, Ext. 175 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20080403/91b0d99e/attachment.html
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