Research (NCSALL)

Focus on Basics

• More Curriculum Structure: A Response to "Turbulence"
  John Strucker (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006)
• Self-Study: Broadening the Concepts of Participation and Program Support
  Stephen Reder & Clare Strawn (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006)
• Is the GED an Effective Route to Postsecondary Education?
  A Conversation with John Tyler
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006)
• Navigating Healthcare
  Jennie E. Anderson & Rima Rudd (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006)
• Effective Research Dissemination: Lessons from NCSALL
  Cristine Smith, Mary Beth Bingman, & Kaye Beall (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006)
• Low Self-Esteem: Myth or Reality?
  Anastasiya A. Lipnevich (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B,  May 2006)
• Shaping and Sustaining Learner Engagement in
  Individualized Group Instruction Classrooms
  Hal Beder (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006)
• Influences on the Reading Practices of Adults in ABE
  Alisa Belzer (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006)
• Instructional Practices of ABE and GED Teachers
  Perrine Robinson-Geller & Ana Lipnevich (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006)
• Learners on Learning to Read
  Alisa Belzer (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B,  May 2006)
• Research in Progress: What Factors —Internal and External — Have an Impact On Service Delivery?
  Patsy Medina (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006)
• The "Lab School"
  Steve Reder (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005)
• Same Activity, Different Focus
  Kathryn Harris (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005)
•  A Conversation with FOB
  Modified Sustained Reading
  Sandra Banke & Reuel Kurzet (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005)
• Rewarding Conversations
  Betsy Kraft (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, November 2005)
• Spontaneous Conversations: A Window into Language Learners’ Autonomy
  Dominique Brillanceau (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005)
• Turn-Taking and Opening Interactions
  John Hellermann (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005)
• A Conversation with FOB
  Learning How to Teach Health Literacy
  Winston Lawrence & Lisa Soricone (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005)
• What Are the Economic Effects of Earning a GED in Prison?
  Research by John Tyler, article by Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005)
• Focus on Research Research on Factors that Shape Engagement
  (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005)
• Skills Matter in the Types of Jobs Young Drops Will First Hold
  John Tyler (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004)
• The Impact of Use of Authentic Materials and Activities
  (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003)
• Pathways to Change: A Summary of Findings from NCSALLís Staff Development Study
  Cristine Smith & Judy Hofer (FOB, Volume 5, Issue D June 2002)
• The Working Conditions of Adult Literacy Teachers
  Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer, & Marilyn Gillespie (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• Connecting Research and Practice
  Barbara Garner, Beth Bingman, John Comings, Karen Rowe, & Cristine Smith (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• The K-12 School Experiences of High School Dropouts
  Stephen Reder & Clare Strawn (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• Program Participation and Self-Directed Learning to Improve Basic Skills
  Stephen Reder & Clare Strawn (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• Taking Literacy Skills Home
  Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie Degener, Erik Jacobson, & Marta Soler (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• Sharing What NCSALL is Learning
  John Comings (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• Adult Basic Education and Professional Development: Strangers for Too Long
  Bruce Wilson & Dickson Corbett (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• Current Research in Adult Learning and Literacy
  Jessica Mortensen (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• Helping Adults Persist: Four Supports
  John Comings, Andrea Parrella & Lisa Soricone (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000)
• Do the Cognitive Skills of Dropouts Matter in the Labor Market?
  John Tyler (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000)
• Focus on Research: Voices of Learners: Learner Identified Impacts Study
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 3, Issue B, June 1999)
• Focus on Research: Documenting Outcomes
  (FOB, Volume 3, Issue C, September 1999)
• Home Literacy Practices
  (FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999)
• Focus on Research: NCSALL's Learner Motivation Study
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998)
• NCSALL Research Finding: The GED: Whom Does It Help?
  John H. Tyler (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998)
• NCSALL Research Finding: Describing Program Practice: A Typology Across Two Dimensions
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998)
• Focus on Research: NCSALL's The Process of Passing the GED
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998)
• NCSALL Research Findings: Health a Relatively High Priority
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue C, September 1998)
• Letter to the Editor
  John H. Tyler (FOB, Volume 2, Issue C, September 1998)
• Focus on Research: Staff Development
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue C, September 1998)
• NCSALL Research Findings: Lessons from NCSALL's Outcomes and Impacts Study
  Hal Beder (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998)
• Focus on Research: NCSALL's Transformational Learning in Adulthood
  Kathryn Portnow, Nancy Popp, Maria Broderick, Eleanor Drago-Severson, and Robert Kegan (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998)
• A Productive Partnership
  Richard J. Murnane and Bob Bickerton (FOB, Volume 1, Issue A, February 1997)
• Focus on Research: NCSALL's Longitudinal Study
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997)
• Focus on NCSALL's Research: Health and Literacy
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997)

Focus on Policy

• Is the GED Valuable to Those Who Pass It?
  Alice Johnson Cain (FOP, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2003)
• It it Time for the Adult Education System to Change Its Goal from High School Equivalency to College Readiness?
  Alice Johnson Cain (FOP, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2003)

NCSALL Reports

• The Relationship of the Component Skills of Reading to IALS Performance: Tipping Points and Five Classes of Adult Literacy Learners
  John Strucker, Kentaro Yamamoto, and Irwin Kirsch (2007) (NCSALL Report #29)
• Learners' Engagement in Adult Literacy Education
  Hal Beder, Jessica Tomkins, Patsy Medina, Regina Riccioni, and Weiling Deng (2006) (NCSALL Report #28)
• An Evaluation of the NCSALL Publication Focus on Basics
  Barbara Garner, Marco Boscolo, John Comings, Donna Curry, Kelly McClure, and Cristine Smith (2006) (NCSALL Report #27)
• The Characteristics and Concerns of Adult Basic Education Teachers
  Cristine Smith and Judy Hofer (2003) (NCSALL Report #26)
• How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education
  Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer, Marilyn Gillespie, Marla Solomon, and Karen Rowe (2003) (NCSALL Report #25)
• Living with It: Federal Policy Implementation in Adult Basic Education
  Alisa Belzer (2003) (NCSALL Report #24)
• THE FIRST FIVE YEARS: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy 1996-2001
  (October 2002) (NCSALL Report #23)
• Open to Interpretation: Multiple Intelligences Theory in Adult Literacy Education.
  Kallenbach, S. & Viens, J. (2002) (NCSALL Report #21)
• Classroom Dynamics in Adult Literacy Education.
  Beder, H. & Medina, P. (2001) (NCSALL Report #18)
• Toward a New Pluralism in ABE/ESOL Classrooms: Teaching to Multiple "Cultures of Mind" Research Monograph
  740 pages) Kegan, R., Broderick, M., Drago-Severson, E., Helsing, D., Popp, N., Portnow, K. & Associates.(2001) (NCSALL Report #19)
• Documenting Outcomes for Learners and Their Communities: A Report on a NCSALL Action Research Project.
  Bingman, B. with Ebert, O. & Bell, B. (2001) (NCSALL Report #20)
• Cognitive Skills Matter in the Labor Market, Even for School Dropouts.
  Tyler, J., Murnane, R. & Willett, J. (2000) (NCSALL Report #15)
• The Devil is in the Details: Evidence from the GED on the Role of Examination System Details in Determining Who Passes.
  Tyler, J., Murnane, R. & Willett, J. (2000) (NCSALL Report #16)
• Affecting Change in the Literacy Practice of Adult Learners: Impact of Two Dimensions of Instruction.
  Purcell-Gates, V., Degener, S., Jacobson, E. & Soler, M. (2000) (NCSALL Report #17)
• Findings from a National Survey of State Directors of Adult Education.
  Rudd, R., Zahner, L. & Banh, M. (1999) (NCSALL Report #9)
• Changes in Learners' Lives One Year After Enrollment in Literacy Programs: An Analysis from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Literacy Participants in Tennessee.
  Bingman, B., Ebert, O. & Smith, M. (1999) (NCSALL Report #11)
• Persistence Among Adult Basic Education Students in Pre-GED Classes.
  Comings, J., Parrella, A. & Soricone, L. (1999) (NCSALL Report #12)

NCSALL-related Reports

• "As Long As It Takes" – Responding to the Challenges of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs.
  Comings, J., Cuban, S., Bos, J., & Porter, K. with Doolittle, F. (2003) (MDRC Report)
• "I Did it For Myself" – Studying Efforts to Increase Adult Learner Persistence In Library Literacy Programs.
  Comings, J., Cuban, S., Bos, J., & Taylor, C. (2001) (MDRC Report)
• "One Day I Will Make It" – A Study of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs.
  Porter, K., Cuban, S., & Comings, J. with Chase, V. (2005) (MDRC Report)

NCSALL Summary Reports

• How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education
  Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer, Marilyn Gillespie, Marla Solomon, and Karen Rowe (2003) (NCSALL Report #25a Report Summary)

NCSALL Occasional Papers

• Adult Literacy Research: Opportunities and Challenge.
  Comings, J. & Soricone, L. (2007) (Occasional Paper)
• Evaluating and Interpreting Research Syntheses in Adult Learning and Literacy.
  Cooper, H. (2007) (Occasional Paper)
• An Evidence-based Adult Education Program Model Appropriate for Research
  Comings, J., Soricone, L., and Santos, M. (2006) (Occassional Paper)
• Research Methods for Studying ABE/ESOL Populations
  Drago-Severson, E. (2004) (Occasional Paper)
• Outcomes of Participation in Adult Basic Education: The Importance of Learners' Perspectives
  Bingman, B. with Ebert, O. & Bell, B. (2000) (Occasional Paper)

NCSALL-related Publications

• Applying Research Findings to Instruction for Adult English Language Students
  Smith, C. Harris, K. & Reder, S. (2005) (CAELA Brief)

NCSALL Teaching and Training Materials

• Implications of NCSALL Research for Program Administrators
  (April 2006) (NCSALL Seminar Guide)
• Program Administrators' Sourcebook: A Resource on NCSALL’s Research for Adult Education Program Administrators
  Taylor, J., Smith, C., & Bingman, B. with Bott, M., Gass, K., Lay, B., Taylor, D. A., & Tiedeman, K. (December 2005) (Teaching and Training Material)
• Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education
  (2000) (NCSALL Study Circle Guide)

NCSALL Videos

• Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS) Panel Streaming Video- (Link will open in a new window.)
• Persistence Among Adult Education Students Panel Streaming Video- (Link will open in a new window.)
• Research on the Economic Impact of the GED Diploma Panel - [Link will open in a new window.]