Download or read book Review of Research and Evaluation on Improving Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills Research Paper Number 61 written by Michael Frearson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report from the Department for Business Innovation & Skills summarises a decade of research findings into how returns to adult literacy and numeracy learning for individuals, employers and wider society might be increased through effective and cost-effective interventions. Table of contents: * Executive Summary * Introduction * Methodology * Outcomes of learning: economic returns (Evidence. Findings. Earnings. Employment. Training and promotion. Job-skills and job-seeking skills. Unemployment. Costs and benefits for employers. Costs and benefits for the Exchequer) * Outcomes of learning: personal and social returns (Impact of improving skills in adulthood. Personal and interpersonal skills. Confidence and self esteem. Social capital) * Quality and effectiveness of provision: learning and learning-related outcomes (Reviews of evidence on effective teaching. Participation and achievement: the Skills for Life strategy. Practice and proficiency. Learning gains. Workplace programmes. Family literacy and numeracy. Offender learning. Formative assessment. Embedded provision) * Quality and effectiveness of provision: teaching and learning (Reading. Writing. Literacy. Inspection evidence. Numeracy. Inspection evidence) * Quality and effectiveness of provision: the workforce, teaching qualifications and skills * Quality and effectiveness of provision: efficiency * Quality and effectiveness of provision: motivation * Quality and effectiveness of provision: technology * Number of learning hours * Persistence in literacy and numeracy learning (Barriers to persistence. Provider support. Programme support. Practice. Policy support) * Skills acquisition, retention and loss (The effect of (un)employment on skills acquisition, retention and loss. Skills retention following literacy programmes) * What literacy and numeracy skills are needed?(The scale of skills needs. Skills needs assessment. Demand for literacy and numeracy provision. What literacy and numeracy skills do adults actually need?) * Conclusions (Assessing the evidence: Economic, social and personal outcomes. Quality and effectiveness of provision. Number of learning hours. Persistence. Skills retention and loss. Literacy and numeracy skills needs. Recommendations: Economic, social and personal outcomes. Quality and effectiveness of provision. Number of learning hours. Persistence. Skills retention and loss. Literacy and numeracy skills needs. Future research priorities) * Annex A: Bibliography * Annex B: Detailed methodology.
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Download or read book A Review of the Literature in Adult Numeracy Research and Conceptual Issues written by Larry Condelli and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need for numeracy skills in all aspects of adult life is increasing. Adult educators are seeing an increase in the number of students with numeracy needs. While numeracy instruction plays a significant role in adult education overseas, little attention is given to adult numeracy in the U.S. This US report examines the current state of knowledge in the field of adult numeracy, identifies gaps in knowledge about common strategies, looks at the professional development needs of teachers of adult numeracy, the need for professional certification and the types of assessment appropriate for use with adult learners. Table of contents: * Issues in conceptualising adult numeracy (theories on learning and knowing mathematics, affective factors, anxiety and learning styles) * Adult numeracy and mathematics instructional approaches and interventions * Assessment issues in adult numeracy (purposes of assessment, overview of widely used instruments, how can assessment be improved, what should be assessed in numeracy instruction?) * Professional development in adult literacy (issues in professional development) * Summary and implications for future research (definition and theories of adult numeracy, instructional approaches and interventions for adult numeracy, research to improve professional development) * Appendices (definitions of numeracy, summary of maths and numeracy intervention studies).
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