Young Adult Literacy

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This is a forum related to serving 16-21 year olds in adult literacy education classes. Please add your thoughts, insights, knowledge, etc. to the discussion page of this topic.

Contents

QUESTIONS

  1. What is different about instruction for young adults compared with older learners with more life experience?
  2. How can a program retain 16-21 year olds who are reading below the 6th grade reading level but whose goals include obtaining their GED?
  3. How can we best integrate youth/young adults into adult literacy programs? http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/newsletr/apr06/apr06b.htm
  4. How can we improve motivation and participation levels of young adult learners?
  5. How can we best provide services to the more than 30% of students nationally who do not complete high school in a timely way? High School Dropouts
  6. How are the skills needed to read online different from those needed to read hard copy books? Online_Reading_Skills

RESEARCH

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DISCUSSION

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RESOURCES

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