Theory

Review of Adult Learning and Literacy

• Applying Constructive-Developmental Theories of Adult Development to ABE and ESOL Practices
  Deborah Helsing, Eleanor Drago-Severson, and Robert Kegan (2004) (Review, Volume 4: Chapter 5)
• Current Areas of Interest in Family Literacy
  Vivian L. Gadsden (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3: Chapter 7)
• Resources on Family Literacy
  Vivian L. Gadsden (2002) (Annual Review, Volume 3)
• Making Sense of Critical Pedagogy in Adult Literacy Education
  Sophie C. Degener (2001) (Annual Review, Volume 2: Chapter 2)
• Research in Writing: Implications for Adult Literacy Education
  Marilyn K. Gillespie (2001) (Annual Review, Volume 2: Chapter 3)
• Organizational Development and Its Implications for Adult Basic Education Programs
  Marcia Drew Hohn (2001) (Annual Review, Volume 2: Chapter 7)

Focus on Basics

• Designing Instruction with the Components of Numeracy In Mind
  Lynda Ginsburg
  (FOB, Volume 9, Issue A, May, 2008)
• A Conversation with FOB: Is Math Universal?
  Joanne Kantner
  (FOB, Volume 9, Issue A, May, 2008)
• Differentiated Instruction: Adjusting to the Needs of All Learners
  Mary Ann Corley (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005)
• Youth Cultural Competence: A Pathway for Achieving Outcomes with Youth
  Josh Weber (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004)
• Values and Beliefs: The World View Behind Curriculum
  Amy Prevedel (Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003)
• Connecting Theory to Practice
  Allison Cumming-McCann (FOB, Volume 6, Issue B, February 2003)
• Naming the Power Dynamics in Staff Development
  Cassandra Drennon (FOB, Volume 6, Issue B, February 2003)
• Using a Learning Organization Approach to Enhance ABE Teachers' Professional Development
  M. Cecil Smith & Amy D. Rose (FOB, Volume 5, Issue D June 2002)
• A Maturing Partnership
  Rima Rudd (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002)
• Diffusion of Innovation
  Rima Rudd (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002)
• Literacy, Health, and Health Literacy: State Policy Considerations
  Marcia Drew Hohn (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002)
• Describing the NCSALL Adult Development Research
  The Adult Development Research Group (FOB, Volume 5, Issue B, October 2001)
• Four Adult Development Theories and their Implications for Practice
  Lisa M. Baumgartner (FOB, Volume 5, Issue B, October 2001)
• The Neurobiology of Reading and Dyslexia
  Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., and Bennett A. Shaywitz, M.D. (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
• Reading for Pleasure
  Sondra Cuban (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
• Learning with Computers: The Theory Behind the Practice
  Jennifer G. Cromley (FOB, Volume 4, Issue C, December 2000)
• Making Peace in the Math Wars
  Kathy Safford (FOB, Volume 4, Issue B, September 2000)
• Helping Adults Persist: Four Supports
  John Comings, Andrea Parrella & Lisa Soricone (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000)
• The Relationship Between Reading and Speaking Skills
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000)
• Understanding Multiple Intelligences: The Theory Behind the Practice
  Julie Viens (FOB, Volume 3, Issue A, March 1999)
• Performance Accountability: For What? To Whom? And How?
  Juliet Merrifield (FOB, Volume 3, Issue B, June 1999)
• A User's Guide to Standards-Based Educational Reform: From Theory to Practice
  Regie Stites (FOB, Volume 3, Issue C, September 1999)
• The Power of Writing, The Writing of Power
  Elsa Auerbach (FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999)
• Using Research on Writing
  Marilyn Gillespie (FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999)
• The First Three Weeks: A Critical Time for Motivation
  B. Allan Quigley (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998)
• NCSALL Research Finding: Describing Program Practice: A Typology Across Two Dimensions
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998)
• Why is Change So Hard?
  Marcia Drew Hohn (FOB, Volume 2, Issue C, September 1998)
• How Teachers Change
  Virginia Richardson (FOB, Volume 2, Issue C, September 1998)
• Knowledge in Action: The Promise of Project-Based Learning
  Heide Spruck Wrigley (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998)
• There's Reading... And Then There's Reading
  Victoria Purcell-Gates (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997)
• Models of Reading and the ESOL Student
  David E. Eskey (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997)
• The ESOL Adult and the Push Towards Meaning
  Judith Rance-Roney (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997)
• The Theory Behind Content-Based Instruction
  Tom Sticht (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997)

NCSALL 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 #25, Literature Review)
• 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 ìCultures of Mind.î Research Monograph
  (740 pages) Kegan, R., Broderick, M., Drago-Severson, E., Helsing, D., Popp, N. , Portnow, K. & Associates. (2001) (NCSALL Report #19)

NCSALL Occasional Papers

• An Evidence-based Adult Education Program Model Appropriate for Research
  Comings, J., Soricone, L., and Santos, M. (2006) (Occassional Paper)
• The Influences of Socail Capital on Lifelong Learning Among Adults Who Did Not Finish High School
  Strawn, C. (2003) (Occasional Paper)

NCSALL Teaching and Training Materials

• Adult Multiple Intelligences Theory
  (July 2006) (Seminar Guide)