Basic Literacy Resources

Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research, The National Academies Press, (2012)

A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life—supporting a family, education, health, civic participation, and competitiveness in the global economy…This report responds to a request from the U.S. Department of Education to the National Research Council (NRC) to (1) synthesize research on literacy and learning, (2) draw implications for the instructional practices used to teach reading in adult literacy programs, and (3) recommend a more systemic approach to research, practice, and policy.” 

Contents include chapters on (links are live)

• Foundations of Reading and Writing,
• Literacy Instruction for Adults,
• Motivation, Engagement, and Persistence,
• Technology to promote Adult Literacy,
• Learning, Reading, and Writing Disabilities, and
• Language and Literacy Development of English Language Learners

Recommended for program staff and instructional trainers.

Contributors

National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Committee on Learning Sciences: Foundations and Applications to Adolescent and Adult Literacy; Alan M. Lesgold and Melissa Welch-Ross, Editors

Citation

National Research Council. 2012. Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13242.