Susan Imel
Articles
Adult Literacy Education: Emerging Directions in Program Development
"The one-size-fits-all programming for [adult literacy students] that has predominated in the past should not and indeed cannot continue in the future if practitioners are to be responsive to... [more]
Adult Literacy Education
Adult illiteracy is a growing problem despite efforts to curb it. Each year, an estimated 2.3 million persons join the pool of those 23 million adults considered to be functionally illiterate. This... [more]
Adult Literacy Issues
During the 1980s, increasing the literacy rate of adult Americans has been the focus of national attention. President Reagan's announcement of the Adult Literacy Initiative in September 1983... [more]
Adult Literacy Learner Assessment
Learner assessment, the process of collecting and analyzing data provided by learners in order to make judgments about the literacy accomplishments of individuals or groups, is a key feature of adult... [more]
Small Groups in Adult Literacy and Basic Education
Traditionally, a one-on-one, individualized approach to instruction has predominated in adult literacy and basic education (Bingham et al. 1990; Roskos 1990). According to Ennis (1990), this approach... [more]
Adult Literacy Volunteers
This ERIC digest examines such aspects of adult literacy volunteerism as recent developments, program characteristics, and advantages and disadvantages of using volunteers and suggests resources to... [more]
