National Adult Literacy Database

Developing Materials

Authors: SkillPlan

Collection: Learning Materials

You may already be using the materials that are available for download at no cost at the website How do your skills Measure Up? Approximately 80 occupations are represented, however, these occupations may not suit your instructional setting. You may be considering developing your own materials.

These pages are for anyone who wants to link instruction with workplace applications. Getting Started is, as the title suggests, just the beginning. You can learn more about developing materials by referring to Developing Work-related Learning Materials, a publication available at http://www.skillplan.ca.

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Added: 2009-05-27

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• Démarrage

Authors: Theresa Kline, SkillPlan

Collection: Research Materials

This document grew out of a research project sponsored by SkillPlan, the British Columbia Construction Industry Skill Improvement Council, with funding from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

The project’s primary purpose was to explore whether work-related materials, as part of an instructional curriculum, are more effective in skill development than other instructional materials.

The study concluded that the group that had more than 50 per cent work-related learning materials increased their employment-related skills – specifically reading, document use and numeracy – at a higher rate than the group that had 50 per cent or less work-related materials.

Added: 2011-07-22

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Authors: SkillPlan

Collection: Research Materials

This document describes the results of an email survey carried out by SkillPlan, the BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council, to examine usage patterns of work-related materials from the practitioner point of view.

Survey respondents wanted work-related materials that were suited to the skill level of their learners and relevant to the workplace. They also wanted to learn more about how to deliver these skills. The Essential Skills most commonly required for learners were reading text, writing, and document use.

The authors note that because response to the survey was voluntary, the sample wasn’t random or representative but, at the same time, the responses did provide useful pointers for developing and delivering a program.

Added: 2011-06-23

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