Basic Literacy Research

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Beginning Level Learners, Research from the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=43

Review of Adult Learning and Literacy

  • Lessons of Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children for Adult Learning and Literacy. Catherine E. Snow and John Strucker (1999) (Annual Review, Vol. I: Chapter Two)

Focus on Basics

  • Not by Curriculum Alone. Mary Lynn Carver (Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003)
  • Teaching Reading to First-Level Adults. Judith A. Alamprese (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
  • Using a Multisensory Approach to Help Struggling Adult Learners. Gladys Geertz (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
  • Beginning ESOL Learnersí Advice to their Teachers. MaryAnn Cunningham Florez (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
  • Techniques for Teaching Beginning-Level Reading to Adults. Ashley Hager (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
  • Theory to Practice, Practice to Theory. Anne Murr (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 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)

Assessment Strategies and Reading Profiles http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/ Based on the NCSALL Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS) this Web site is designed to offer teachers practical ways of assessing students and clustering them within typical reading profiles for which good reading materials are available.

The Adult Reading Components (ARCS) Study. John Strucker and and Rosalind Kasle Davidson. http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/HP_ARCS_Pop.htm

The list below of basic literacy references was provided by Tom Sticht in a message posted to the AAACE-NLA electronic list on October 10, 2005. Only the first one is an online reference.

Sticht, T. (2003, September). From oracy to literacy. Literacy Today (No. 36).[1]

Hofstetter, R., Sticht, T., and Hofstetter, C. (1999). Knowledge, literacy and power. Communication Research, 26, 58-80.

Sticht, T., Hofstetter, R., and Hofstetter, C. (1996). Assessing adult literacy by telephone. Journal of Literacy Research, 28, 525-559.

Sticht, T. and Armstrong, W. (1994, February). Adult Literacy in the United States: A Compendium of Quantitative Data and Interpretive Comments. Washington, DC: National Institute for Literacy.

Sticht, T. & McDonald, B. (1992). Teaching adults to read. In: J. Samuels & A. Farstrup (Eds.) What Research Has to Say about Teaching Reading. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Sticht, T. and James, J. (1984). Listening and reading. In: P. Pearson (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Reading. New York: Longmans.

Sticht, T. (1984). Rate of comprehending by listening or reading. In: J. Flood (Ed.) Understanding Reading Comprehension. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Sticht, T. (1979). Applications of the AUDREAD model to reading evaluation and instruction. In: L. Resnick and P. Weaver (Eds.), Theory and Practice in Early Reading: Vol. 1, Hillsdale, N.J., Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Sticht, T. (1978). The acquisition of literacy by children and adults. In: F. Murray and J. Pikulski (Eds.) The Acquisition of Reading. Baltimore, MD.: University Park Press.

Sticht, T., Beck, L., Hauke, R., Kleiman, G., and James, J. (1974).Auding and Reading: A Developmental Model. Alexandria, VA.: Human Resources Research Organization.

Sticht, T. (1972). Learning by listening. In: R. Freedle and J. Carroll (Eds.) Language Comprehension and the Acquisition of Knowledge. Washington D.C.: V.H. Winston & Sons.

Sticht, T.G. and Glasnapp, D.R. (1972). Effects of speech rate, selection difficulty, association strength and mental aptitude on learning by listening. Journal of Communication, 22, 174-188.

Sticht, T.G. (1970). Mental aptitude and comprehension of time-compressed and compressed- expanded listening selections. Journal of Auditory Research,10, 103-109.

Sticht, T.G. (1969). Comprehension of repeated time-compressed recordings. Journal of Experimental Education, 37, 60-62.

Sticht T. and Gray, B. (1969). The intelligibility of time-compressed words as a function of age and hearing loss. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 12, 443-448.

Foulke, E. and Sticht, T. (1969). A review of research on the intelligibility and comprehension of accelerated speech. Psychological Bulletin, 72, 50-62.

Sticht, T.G. (1968). Some relationships of mental aptitude, reading, and listening using normal and time-compressed speech. Journal of Communication, 18, 243-258.

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