In addition to the new NCSALL publication on adult numeracy just
announced, those interested in this topic may want to read A Review of
Literature in Adult Numeracy: Research and Conceptual Issues, which
includes contributions by Iddo Gal, Diana Coben and Kathy Safford.  The
review is the first major product of the Adult Numeracy Initiative, a
two-year project funded by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
U.S. Department of Education, and conducted by the American Institutes
for Research.  The report provides a synthesis of conceptualizations of
adult numeracy, a review of the U.S. and international research
evaluating instructional approaches and interventions in adult
mathematics and numeracy teaching, a summary of professional development
initiatives and discussion of issues around assessment for adult
numeracy.  The second report of the project, a comprehensive review of
professional development initiatives in adult numeracy, will be
available later this winter.

 

Go to: http://www.air.org/projects/projects_ehd_adult_ed.aspx
<http://www.air.org/projects/projects_ehd_adult_ed.aspx>  to download
the literature review.

 
Renee Sherman

American Institutes for Research 
1000 Thomas Jefferson, NW 
Washington, DC 20007-3541 


 
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