AERA's Adult Literacy and Adult Education (ALAE) is excited to announce our sessions for the 2016 Annual Meeting. Please find session titles and authors below; for more detail about each paper, please click here. Specific times and locations for each session will be available soon.
In addition to our sessions, we are holding a festive ALAE Business Meeting/Reception, and we encourage you to join us!
Special speakers include:
· Dr. Johan Uvin, Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), U.S. Department of Education.
· Dr. Daphne Greenberg, Principal Investigator, Center for the Study of Adult Literacy, and Distinguished University Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Special Education, and Communication Disorders, Georgia State University.
Special topics include:
· Research in Regard to Adult and Workforce Literacy Preparation, Including PIAAC Research Opportunities
· Update on the Work of the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
· Public Scholarship in Adult Literacy: The Value of Researcher-Practitioner Connections
Light refreshments and drinks will be provided at the business meeting. Non-SIG members interested in research on adult literacy and adult education are also very welcome.
2016 Annual Meeting "Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies" Friday, April 8 – Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Washington, DC
Paper Session I: Adult Transitions in an Era of College and Career Readiness
Paper 1: Health Problems as a Barrier to College Enrollment, Persistence and Success for ABE- toCollege Transition Students
Cristine A. Smith, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Paper 2: Adult Readiness to Learn: An International Study of Individual and Contextual Predictors
Thomas J. Smith, Northern Illinois University; Amy D. Rose, Northern Illinois University; Jovita M. RossGordon Texas State University San Marcos; M. Cecil Smith, West Virginia University
Paper 3: Adult learning and parent engagement in the era of college and career readiness
Catherine Dunn Shiffman, Shenandoah University
Paper 4: Lost in Translation: Generation 1 Students Transition from Adult ESL to Community College
Emily Suh, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Paper 5: Piloting A NonCognitive Workforce Readiness Training System with Adults and Out of School Youth
Jane R. Shore, Educational Testing Service; Jennifer Lentini,Educational Testing Service; Samuel Rikoon, Educational Testing Service; Steven L. Holtzman, Educational Testing Services
Paper Session 2: Dimensions of Adult Literacy and College Reading Comprehension
Paper 1: Understanding Literacy of LowSkilled Adults using Multiple Measures
Dolores Perin, Teachers College, Columbia University
Paper 2: Direct and Indirect Effects of Metalinguistic Awareness on Reading Comprehension in Adult Literacy Students
Elizabeth Tighe, Arizona State University; Chris Schatschneider, Florida State University
Paper 3: Testing the Maximum Potential Hypothesis in Struggling College Readers’ Comprehension Processes
Omer Ari, Georgia State University ; Brendan D. Calandra, Georgia State University
Paper 4: Associations between Adults’ Education Skills and Political Efficacy: An Analysis of PIAAC’s U.S. Dataset
Leah Katherine Saal, Loyola University Maryland; Donita Joy Shaw, The University of Kansas; Kristen H. Perry, University of Kentucky; Fahad Abdullah Alharbi, The University of Taibah
Paper 5: Community College Discipline Faculty Perceptions of Role as Literacy Educators
Kristen H. Gregory, Tidewater Community College; Monique N Colclough, Old Dominion University
Roundtable Session 1:
International Adult Literacy and Language Learning
Paper 1: Toward Social Justice and Equity in Lifelong Education: Revisioning Education for All in the Age of Migration
Shibao Guo, University of Calgary
Paper 2: Community Service Learning as Critical Curriculum: Expanding Possibilities of International Students’ Second Language Experiences
Xia Chao, Duquesne University
Paper 3: Using Multilevel Modeling to Identify Differential Item Functioning in Reading Assessments for Struggling Adult Readers
Elena Colette Nightingale, Georgia State University; Erin R FitzPatrick, Georgia State University; Audrey J. Leroux, Georgia State University
Paper 4: Female Literacy in SubSaharan Africa: Examining the Role of Index of Economic Freedom and ReligionAmon Okey Okpala,Fayetteville State UniversityComfort O. Okpala, North Carolina A&T State University
Paper 5: Women in social welfare programs: Learning to negotiate and construct their identities
Mary V. Alfred, Texas A&M University; Michelle A Johnson, Texas A&M University
Paper 6: “A Big and Excellent Opportunity for My Future”: Adult Learner Leadership in Education Services
Margaret B. Patterson, Research Allies for Lifelong Learning
Roundtable Session 2: Reflections on Adults' Ways of Thinking and Learning
Paper 1: Exploring Adult Learners' Metacognition: A Survey of InPerson and Online Adult Learners
Kathryn Wozniak, Concordia University Chicago; Jose Zagal, DePaul University
Paper 2: Cascades That Work: Using Reflective Practice In The Context Of An Adult Literacy Campaign
Veronica I Mckay, University of South Africa
Paper 3: Critical Reflection: A Critical Review
Edward Woodbury Taylor, The Pennsylvania State University
Monica Fedeli, University of Padova
Paper 4: Credit for Prior Learning: Understanding Cultural & Structural Barriers to Serving Post Traditional Students
Christopher James Nellum, American Council on Education; Jennifer R. Crandall, University of Pittsburgh
Paper 5: Working Memory and Integrative Reading Processes in College Students
Omer Ari, Georgia State University
Symposium: What PIAAC Says About the Effects of Social Background on Adult Skills and Social Mobility
Symposium Paper 1: Skills and Competencies of ImmigrantOrigin Young Adults in North America and Europe
Jeanne Batalova, Migration Policy Institute
Symposium Paper 2: Persisting Gaps: Differences in Skill Levels Among College Graduates
Karly Ford, The Pennsylvania State University; Mark Umbricht, The Pennsylvania State University
Symposium Paper 3: Exploring the PIAAC U.S. National Supplement Findings on Young Adults, the Unemployed, and the Incarcerated
Stephen Provasnik,National Center for Education Statistics; Holly Xie, National Center for Education Statistics