We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
This training guide was part of NCSALL’s effort to help connect research and practice in the field of adult education and family literacy. The Training Guide: Health Literacy Study Circle+ Facilitators is one of a series of teaching and training materials developed under NCSALL. A Health and Adult Literacy and Learning (HALL)/NCSALL Health Literacy Study Circle+…
This Practitioner Research Training Guide was part of NCSALL’s effort to help connect research and practice in the field of adult education and family literacy. The Practitioner Research Training Guide: Research-based Adult Reading Instruction is one of a series of teaching and training materials that NCSALL has developed. The purpose of this guide is to…
This training guide provides comprehensive instructions for preparing experienced adult education practitioners to facilitate NCSALL study circles. The training focuses on the NCSALL study circle, Research-based Adult Reading Instruction. However, the training can be adapted to prepare facilitators for NCSALL study circles in general or on another topic. The guide provides all the necessary materials…
This seminar guide was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) to assist program administrators in accessing, understanding, judging, and using research for themselves and for their staff. Participants explore the Program Administrators’ Sourcebook: A Resource on NCSALL’s Research for Adult Education Program Administrators and other training materials…
This Sourcebook is designed to give program administrators, direct access to research that may help address the challenges faced on the job.
This "how-to" was designed to assist public health professionals and members of departments of public health to provide a state or local health literacy forum and thereby raise awareness about health literacy and links to health outcomes within your state, county, or city. This forum provides a vehicle for raising awareness and for sharing ideas…
Getting practitioners involved in reading and thinking about the uses of research in their practice is important for ensuring that research is actually influencing practice. This guide provides detailed instructions for organizing a mentor teacher group to consider the implications of Multiple Intelligences Theory in instructional practice.
What difference are we making? How do we know? How can we show it? These questions about program performance are asked by adult literacy and ESOL teachers, program administrators, and funders. This guide is designed to be used by local adult education programs to facilitate a systematic inquiry process answering these kinds of questions. In…
Reading teachers are often guided by what they know about the stages and components of the reading process, but they may not share this information with learners. By understanding how others become fluent readers, learners can reflect on their own process of improving reading skills. This guide offers a set of 13 lessons designed to…
GED instructors—especially those who teach young people—often work with learners who are interested in getting GEDs because they hope or believe the credential will be the key to their economic futures. We firmly believe that receiving a GED credential is a valued step in an adult learner’s life for many intangible reasons. We also believe…
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