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Monitoring and Evaluation of ICT in Education Projects: A Handbook for Developing Countries, Wagner, D. A. (Editor). (2005). Washington, DC: World Bank/InfoDev.
New Technologies for Literacy and Adult Education: A Global Perspective, Daniel Wagner and Robert Kozma Literacy(ies), culture(s) and development(s): The ethnographic challenge, Wagner, D. A. (2004). (A five-volume review). Reading Research Quarterly, 39 , 2, pps 234-241
Smaller, quicker, cheaper: Alternative strategies for literacy assessment in the UN Literacy Decade, Wagner, D. A. (2003). In special issue on "Literacy Proficiency: Investigations Using Direct Measures Of Skills", International Journal of Educational Research, 39 , 3, 293-309.
Literacy Assessment Practices (LAP) in Selected Developing Countries: The Case of India, I.V. Subba Rao (March 2002) Teacher Perspectives on the Adult Education Profession: National Survey Findings About an Emerging Profession, John P. Sabatini, Melanie Daniels, Lynda Ginsburg, Kelly Limeul, Mary Russell, & Regie Stites (October 2000), discusses the findings of a national needs assessment survey taken in conjunction with the Professional Development Kit (PDK) Project in order to profile the current cadre of "professional" adult educators, and to assess their experiences, needs, and preferences for professional development. (52 pages)
EFA 2000 Thematic Study on Literacy and Adult Education, Daniel A. Wagner Assessing Mathematical Knowledge of Adult Learners: Are We Looking at What Counts? Joy Cumming, Iddo Gal, & Lynda Ginsburg (May 1998), identifies 13 instructional strategies that address issues of assessment, development of mathematical skills, and development of problem-solving skills. The strategies reflect research on how adults learn, the cognitive processes involved in learning mathematics, and the mathematical concepts that are important for adults to learn for educational and real life purposes. (17 pages)
Learning to Earn: Direct Incentives for Work-Based Literacy Learning, Stephen Reder (May 1998), explores the impact of an innovative compensation system on the development of literacy skills among manufacturing and assembly workers in a high performance organization. (12 pages)
Literacy and Older Adults in the United States, Gail Weinstein-Shr (January 1995), explores the literacy needs and resources of older adults in the United States. Included in the report are individual profiles; functions and uses of literacy for the elderly; factors affecting the acquisition of literacy by older adults; and finally, general directions for policy, research, and literacy programming that take into account the special situation of the elderly. (25 pages)
Self-Assessed Skill Needs and Job Performance, Peter Cappelli & Nikolai Rogovsky (January 1995), presents new data obtained directly from workers and their supervisors about the importance of various skills and their contribution to job performance. The results suggest that basic skills associated with academic learning are especially important to performance in the workplace. (12 pages) Supply and Demand for Literacy Instruction in the United States, Richard L. Venezky & Daniel A. Wagner (September 1994), reviews critical features of the supply of literacy instruction by drawing on recent state and national surveys of service providers and of technology, data on the demand for literacy instruction, the recent National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), and studies of adult literacy participation. (13 pages)
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