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1. A 10-year, Results-Based National Literacy Action Plan (2005)
2006-2016
Authors: Movement for Canadian Literacy
Collection: Research Materials
This document outlines a 10-year National Literacy Action Plan (2006 to 2016) to begin addressing Canada's literacy challenges.
It builds on the federal, provincial and territorial governments' expressed recognition of the literacy challenges; on the National Literacy Action Agenda widely endorsed by the literacy community in 2002-2003, on the all-party parliamentary Standing Committee 2003 report on "Raising Adult Literacy Skills: The need for a Pan-Canadian Response"; and on Minister Bradshaw's current pan- Canadian round of consultations on literacy.
Added: 2006-02-13
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2. ABE Enrichment - Learner Activities 1 & 2 (2006)
Series: 2006 Census ABE/Literacy Kit
Authors: Statistics Canada, Statistique Canada
Collection: Learning Materials
ABE Enrichment LEARNER ACTIVITY 1:
Questions and Answers about the Census of Canada
Details on census collection
1.1 Help is available
1.2 Everyone is included
1.3 Kids count too
1.4 How to get a census form
1.5 Every dwelling counts
1.6 What are statistics?
ABE Enrichment LEARNER ACTIVITY 2:
Reading Numbers, Tables and Bar Graphs
Basic tools for using and understanding data
2.1 What the census tells us
2.2 Reading large numbers
2.3 Comparing populations listed on a table
2.4 Identifying Canada's provinces and territories
2.5 The parts of a table of data
2.6 Reading results from a table of data
2.7 Reading a bar graph
2.8 Constructing a graph using data in a table
Added: 2006-04-07
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3. ABE Instructor's Guide (2006)
Series: 2006 Census ABE/Literacy Kit
Authors: Statistics Canada, Statistique Canada
Collection: Learning Materials
The ABE Enrichment Instructor's Guide provides information for instructors working with adult learners, particularly Adult Basic Education (ABE) and ESL (English as a Second Language) learners. The information was developed to complement information in the
ABE Instructor's Guide and ABE Learner Handbook.
Added: 2006-04-07
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4. ABE Learner Handbook (2006)
Series: 2006 Census ABE/Literacy Kit
Authors: Statistics Canada, Statistique Canada
Collection: Learning Materials
This ABE Learner Handbook is part of the 2006 Census ABE/Literacy Kit.
It has information regarding the 2006 Census, such as:
- What is a Census?
- Why do we have a Census?
- How does it work?
- What questions will be on the questionnaire?
Added: 2006-04-07
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5. Academic Studies Math - Fractions: Part 1 - An Introduction to Fractions for the Adult Learner (1999)
Support Materials and Exercises
Series: Curriculum Project - Math
Authors: New Brunswick Community College
Collection: Learning Materials
This is an introduction to fractions for the adult learner. It contains support materials and exercises.
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Added: 2005-11-01
6. Academic Studies Math - Fractions: Part 3 - The Multiplication and Division of Fractions (1999)
Support Materials and Exercises
Series: Curriculum Project - Math
Authors: New Brunswick Community College
Collection: Learning Materials
This manual deals with the multiplication and division of fractions. It also includes support materials and exercises.
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Added: 2005-11-01
7. Adult Basic Education & Literacy, Media and Technology (2005)
An annotated bibliography
Authors: Centre for Literacy of Quebec
Collection: Research Materials
This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2005 Summer Institute: Adult Basic Education & Literacy, Media and Technology.
The references and annotations point to relevant research, project, strategy and evaluation reports that describe and analyze the current and future influences of changing technologies on definitions of literacy, lifelong learning policy, and program-level practice in Canada and internationally.
This list is far from exhaustive, but represents a core set of readings on the topic and offers a solid starting point for more in-depth research.
Added: 2006-03-02
8. Adult Education for Abundance and Liberty for All (2006)
Celebrating 40 Years of the Adult Education and Literacy System of the United States
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
Collection: Research Materials
The author discusses 40 years of Adult Education in the United States. This year, they celebrate 40 years of Adult Literacy and Literacy System that was created by the Adult Education Act of 1966, and which continues today as Title 2: The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
How the Adult Education Act emerged from the adult basic education program of the War on Poverty illustrates how multiple interests were brought together to break through a barrier that had blocked the development of an Adult Education and Literacy System for decades.
Added: 2006-07-25
9. Adult literacy and economic growth (2004)
Authors: Grant Johnston
Collection: Research Materials
This paper looks at whether an increase in the basic literacy skills of adults would have a positive effect on the New Zealand economy. It finds good evidence for the benefits of literacy: studies
consistently find that adults with better literacy skills are more likely to be employed, and to earn more, than those with poorer literacy skills, even when taking account of other factors which affect work performance.
There is little rigorous evidence, however, for the benefits of adult literacy training and almost no accompanying information on the costs of this training.
While there is a good case for an increased focus on adult literacy, and on workplace literacy in particular, these findings suggest a cautious approach to expanding publicly-funded adult literacy programmes.
There is a clear need for more and better New Zealand-based research, for piloting innovative literacy programmes and for undertaking good-quality evaluations. A modest increase in literacy training may not materially affect economic performance.
Added: 2006-04-11
10. Adult Literacy in Ontario (1998)
The International Adult Literacy Survey Results
Authors: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (Ontario)
Collection: Research Materials
In 1990, Statistics Canada released the results of the Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities (LSUDA), a 1989 Canada-wide survey of the reading skills of adults. In 1992, the then Ontario Ministry of Education reported on the LSUDA results for Ontario (Stan Jones, Survey of Adult Literacy in Ontario).
Shortly after the release of the LSUDA results in Canada and those of the National Adult Literacy Survey in the United States, interest in a comparative international study of adult literacy began to grow. In December 1995, the first results of the 1994 survey of adult literacy in seven countries, the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), were reported in Literacy, Economy and Society, a joint publication of Statistics Canada and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In September 1996, Statistics Canada released Reading the Future: A Portrait of Literacy in Canada, a report on the national data collected in IALS.
To measure literacy in IALS, respondents answered a set of test questions designed to measure adult reading skills as well as background questions about their education, work experience and literacy practices.
Ontario participated in the survey in order to gain key data to inform policy development and to focus its literacy programming. The present report covers in detail the IALS results for Ontario. It updates and supplements the previous report, Survey of Adult Literacy in Ontario. It is organized much as the previous report with a table, graph and commentary for each of the major literacy relationships. Throughout the text, shaded boxes provide background information. Usually the tables provide results for three scales -- prose, document and quantitative -- but the graphs are used to point to particularly interesting results in part of the data.
Added: 2007-05-11
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