From Assessment to Practice: Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Reading to Adults
These two webcasts presented a practical and compelling rationale for the use of research-based principles for adult reading instruction. The presenters, Dr. John Kruidenier, Dr. Rosalind Davidson, and Ms. Susan McShane, showed how all four components provide a natural framework for assessing adult students’ reading ability, and how assessment results can lead seamlessly to a program of instruction to improve students’ reading.
Part 1: This webcast focused on two components of reading, word analysis and comprehension, and presented examples to illustrate research-based practices, focusing on specific assessment and instructional strategies derived from the research.
Part 2: This follow-up webcast focused on specific instructional strategies for two other components of reading, fluency and vocabulary.
Health Literacy
Advancing Health Literacy: Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners was the focus of the Institute’s webcast presented September 16, 2008. Ian Bennett, M.D., Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine and Graduate School of Education; Susan R. Levy, Ph.D. of the University of Illinois at Chicago; and Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D. of Rutgers University, and moderator Sandra L. Baxter, Ed.D. discussed new and emerging topics in health literacy.