This resource reviews research that identifies best practices and trends pertaining to teaching adult English language learners (some research is not based in ESL studies).

Describes the teaching method of “dialogue journals” as an interactive, student-centered way for teachers to open channels of communication with their students in a natural context.

This resource addresses and describes the growing trend of adolescents (16-18 year olds) enrolling in adult education programs, including ESL classes.

This paper discusses the concept of numeracy and the way it was operationalized in the Adult Literacy and Lifeskills (ALL) survey to develop items for numeracy assessment. The second part is the author’s suggestions for implementation of numeracy in educational settings based on his own study of numeracy in adult basic education.

This paper describes how the College Transition Program (CTP) has attempted to strengthen GED graduates’ transition into The City University of New York (CUNY) through a semester of reading, writing, mathematics, and academic advisement. More precisely, this paper focuses on math teaching and learning in CTP.

This review of literature about adult numeracy instruction was prepared by a Canadian basic skills math instructor in her own search for the answer to the question of how ABE instructors can apply research findings to their practice.

This is the fourth paper in a series of papers that examines labor market underutilization problems experienced by college-educated immigrants who earned college degrees outside the United States compared with their counterparts who earned college degrees in the United States.

This document is the final report from the Adult Basic Education State Delivery System Strategic Planning and Service Provision Demonstration Project.

This is the third paper in a series of papers that examine labor market underutilization problems experienced by college-educated immigrants who earned college degrees outside the United States compared to their counterparts who earned college degrees in the United States.