Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension

2002
This research article summarizes much of the research about reading comprehension and what good readers do when they read.
Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators
Professional Developers

Effective Ways of Teaching Complex Expression in Writing

2008
2007 Department for Children, Schools and Families commissioned review of the research literature on effective ways of teaching complex expression in writing at secondary school.
Adult Educators

Bringing Health Literacy Research to Practice

2005
This article explores how research informs practice and what constitutes evidence when looking for evidence-based materials in a new field such as health literacy.
Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators

Using the ESL Program Standards to Evaluate and Improve ESL Programs

2005
This resource defines, reviews the history of, and gives the rationale for utilizing program standards (both adult education and ESL).
Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators

Evidence-based Reading Instruction: Comprehension: Research and Teaching Strategies

2007
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Administrators and Program Managers
Professional Developers
Adult Educators

Using Adult ESL Content Standards

2007
The authors define content standards and then divide the paper into guiding questions that teachers need to consider when including standards into their teaching practice.
Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators

Getting Online: Distance Education Promising Practices for Canadian Literacy Practitioners

2008
This resource reports the findings from the Getting Online: Distance Education Promising Practices for Canadian Literacy Practitioners(the GO Project).
Administrators and Program Managers
Professional Developers
Policymakers
Adult Educators
State Leaders