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The goal of the Introduction to Health Literacy and Disease Prevention & Screening discussions is to prepare participants to help their students develop basic skills needed for engaging in disease prevention and screening activities. In this 15-hour study circle+, participants will learn key skills include decisionmaking, using graphs and charts, calculating percentages, and interpreting risks…
The goal of this 15-hour study circle+ is to prepare participants to help their students develop basic skills needed for chronic disease management. These skills include reading medicine labels, following directions, and measuring dosages correctly; using measurement tools to monitor health; monitoring symptoms and talking to health care professionals the observations; and making critical decisions…
The goal of the Skills for Health Care Access and Navigation guide is to prepare participants to help their students develop basic skills needed for engaging in disease prevention and screening activities. This 15-hour study circle+ is designed to prepare participants to help their students develop basic skills needed for accessing health-related services and for…
These study circles were developed in response to research findings that indicate that adults who have less than a high school education, are poor, are members of a minority group, and/or are immigrants face health problems. They have less access to health care, are more likely to die of a chronic disease, and are less…
This study circle guide addresses issues of student persistence, motivation, and retention in adult basic education (ABE). This revised guide includes the second phase of the research on adult student persistence.
This professional development guide provides all the steps, materials, and readings for conducting a 10-hour study circle for adult basic education and literacy practitioners. The study circle covers the up-to-date research on reading instruction.
This study circle guide was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) and is part of NCSALL’s effort to help connect research and practice in the field of adult basic education and adult literacy. This Study Circle Guide—Adult Development—is one of a series of study circles that NCSALL…
This study circle guide was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) and is part of NCSALL’s efforts to help connect research and practice in the field of adult basic education and adult literacy. This study circle guide—Rethinking Instruction and Participation for Adult Basic Education—is one of a…
This study circle guide was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) as part of the Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network (PDRN). The guide is part of NCSALL’s effort to help connect research and practice in the field of adult basic education and adult literacy. This study circle…
This study circle guide was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). The guide is part of NCSALL’s effort to help connect research and practice in the field of adult basic education and adult literacy. This study circle guide—Learner Persistence in Adult Basic Education—is one of a series…
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