Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

Adult English learners (ELs) may need numeracy instruction to navigate daily life or understand health information, so this paper examines numeracy skill levels and home skill use of adult ELs in Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012/2014 data and recommends implications for EL numeracy instruction.

This review discusses four online articles that provide essential background and useful instructional approaches for teaching digital literacy and digital problem solving in adult basic education classrooms and beyond.

This brief provides an overview of research on effective teaching that can be applied in multiple settings by a broad range of teachers across adult education programs who share a commitment to reigniting and nurturing students’ lifelong love of learning and preparing them for postsecondary and career success.

A part of a series of info sheets that looks at the particular attention needed to motivate students with learning disabilities

This paper briefly describes constructive developmental theories of adulthood, implications for academic language and critical thinking, and outlines developmentally scaffolded learning activities.

This article explores how art in its many forms can be used in correctional education.

This practitioner packet summarizes CCRC and other research on nonacademic student supports, defined as activities and programs that are designed to encourage academic success but that do not deal directly with academic content.