Hello Izabella,

Wouldn't one of the key factors be the teacher and teaching method? 
Wouldn't it also be interesting to hear the teacher's view - why some
students succeeded and others failed?

Cheers from Chiswick,

John

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Izabella Waszkielewicz" <nova.iza at gmail.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-family at literacy.nifl.gov>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2186] Need for research participants



> Dear colleagues,

>

> On behalf of Dr. Alisa Belzer at Rutgers University, I am trying to

> recruit adult literacy students for a research study.   We would like

> to learn from adults who made very significant progress in their

> reading development (say from below a 4.0 to GED, or close to it) what

> they think were the key factors (people, events, activities,

> materials, etc), that enabled them to accomplish this. We are hoping

> that by learning directly from learners, we might develop some really

> helpful and unique implications for practice.

>

> However, to do this, we need to find learners who fit the description.

> This is where we would like some help and input from you. If you or

> anyone you know can put us in touch with learners who moved from being

> very low level readers to ones who read quite well now and were able

> to get over the literacy "hump," it would help us tremendously.  We

> are looking for around 10 adults who fit this description.  Each will

> be interviewed for about an hour and will receive $50 for their time.

> Please e-mail me if you know of students who would be interested in

> participating, have other suggestions for identifying students who

> would be helpful for this study, or have questions.  My email address

> is nova.iza at gmail.com

>

> Thanks!

> Izabella Waszkielewicz

> Graduate Assistant

>

>

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> Izabella I. Waszkielewicz

>