Meeting of the Minds, Dec. 9-11, 2004, Sacramento, CA.

Concurrent Sessions

The 30 concurrent sessions featured nationally recognized scholars discussing their current work with a specific focus on supporting student success. All sessions addressed to some degree the challenges of supporting student success in a quality adult basic education and literacy education system and the ways in which research can further the development and implementation of quality policy and practice. Each presenter prepared an abstract of his/her research. These were printed and compiled into binders that were given to participants at registration.
To view individual session abstracts, click on the title of the presentation below:

Session Abstracts
Session # Presenter(s) Title
000 Mark Kutner, John Tibbetts, and Renee Sherman Study of ABE/ ESL Instructor Training Approaches
001 Hal Beder Instructional Paradigms
101 John Strucker Reading Profiles of US ABE and ESOL Students:
Results of NCSALL’s Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS) and NCSALL/ETS Level 1 Study
102 John Comings Learner Persistence
103 Jerome Johnston Supporting ABE Learners Studying at a Distance: Lessons from Project IDEAL States
104 Erik Jacobson The Use of Authentic Materials in the Adult Literacy Classroom
105 Sandra Banke & Dominique Brillanceau A Modified Sustained Silent Reading Program
in Beginning Adult ESOL Classes
201 Rima Rudd and Maricel Santos Health Literacy Skills: A New Focus
202 Marilyn Gillespie The Forgotten “R”: Toward an Agenda for Research on Writing
203 Mary Beth Bingman and Reuel Kurzet Evidence- based Practice and Professional Development
204 Ellie Drago-Severson Research Methods for ABE/ ESOL Populations
205 Chuck Darrah Ethnography and the Workplace
301 Regie Stites Standards-based Reform:Lessons Learned from EFF
302 Kathryn A. Harris Pair Activities in Beginning Adult ESL Classes
303 Silja Kallenbach Open to Interpretation:Multiple Intelligences Theory in Adult Literacy Education
304 Perrine Robinson-Geller Individualized Group Instruction:A Reality of ABE
305 Clare Strawn and Stephen Reder Self- Study Among Adult Learners: Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning
401 Larry Condelli , Heide Spruck Wrigley Effective Instruction in Adult ESL Literacy: Research and Practice
402 Christine Smith How Teachers Change: Implications for Supporting Student Success
403 John Comings Learner Persistence
404 Silja Kallenbach Open to Interpretation:Multiple Intelligences Theory in Adult Literacy Education
501 John Tyler The Impact of the GED Credential on Earning Potential: What We've Learned from Recent Research
502 Richard Stiles and Autumn Keltner The Relationship of Adult Learner Test Performance to Hours of Attendance in WIA Title II Funded Programs
503 Paul Gerber The Reality of the Workplace for Adults with Learning Disabilities:Implications for Transition in the Americans with Disabilities Act Era
504

Alisa Belzer

 Impact of WIA and Welfare Reform on Practitioners
505 Myrna Manly Factors Affecting the Difficulty of Numeracy Test Items
602 Paul Porter Research Methods for Adult Distance Learning
603 Ellie Drago- Severson Research Methods for ABE/ ESOL Populations
604 John Hellermann Interactive Practices in the Classroom for Developing
Second Language Literacy with Sustained Silent Reading

 

Some of the presenters have consented to have their PowerPoint slides posted to the Symposium Web site. To view individual session presentations, click on the title of the presentation below: 


Session Presentations
Session # Presenter(s) Title
001 Hal Beder Instructional Paradigms
101 John Strucker Reading Profiles of US ABE and ESOL Students:
Results of NCSALL’s Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS) and NCSALL/ETS Level 1 Study
105 Sandra Banke & Dominique Brillanceau A Modified Sustained Silent Reading Program
in Beginning Adult ESOL Classes
202 Marilyn Gillespie The Forgotten “R”: Toward an Agenda for Research on Writing
204 Ellie Drago-Severson Research Methods for ABE/ ESOL Populations
301 Regie Stites Standards-based Reform:Lessons Learned from EFF
302 Kathryn A. Harris Pair Activities in Beginning Adult ESL Classes
303 Silja Kallenbach Open to Interpretation:Multiple Intelligences Theory in Adult Literacy Education
304 Perrine Robinson-Geller Individualized Group Instruction:A Reality of ABE
401 Larry Condelli , Heide Spruck Wrigley Effective Instruction in Adult ESL Literacy: Research and Practice
402 Christine Smith How Teachers Change: Implications for Supporting Student Success
405 Alisa Belzer
Pam Meader
Lyle Heikes
Barbara Ponsgrikul
Helen Casey		 What is Practitioner Inquiry? Definitions and Demonstrations
501 John Tyler The Impact of the GED Credential on Earning Potential: What We've Learned from Recent Research
504

Alisa Belzer

 Impact of WIA and Welfare Reform on Practitioners
604 John Hellermann Interactive Practices in the Classroom for Developing
Second Language Literacy with Sustained Silent Reading

 

Sessions were structured in the following manner: Each research presentation was followed by (1) two practitioner-discussants who responded to the presentation, and (2) group discussions among participants who explored the topic from their perspectives as practitioners, policy makers, and researchers. Participants, in small groups, brainstormed the implications for policy, practice, and research, and recorded the implications on response cards. The responses have been summarized for each session. To view the summary of responses, click on the title of the presentation below: 

Participants' Suggested Implications for Policy, Practice, and
Research
Session # Presenter(s) Title
001 Hal Beder Instructional Paradigms
101 John Strucker Reading Profiles of US ABE and ESOL Students:
Results of NCSALL’s Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS) and NCSALL/ETS Level 1 Study
102 John Comings Learner Persistence
103 Jerome Johnston Supporting ABE Learners Studying at a Distance: Lessons from Project IDEAL States
104 Erik Jacobson The Use of Authentic Materials in the Adult Literacy Classroom
105 Sandra Banke & Dominique Brillanceau A Modified Sustained Silent Reading Program
in Beginning Adult ESOL Classes
201 Rima Rudd and Maricel Santos Health Literacy Skills: A New Focus
202 Marilyn Gillespie The Forgotten “R”: Toward an Agenda for Research on Writing
203 Mary Beth Bingman and Reuel Kurzet Evidence- based Practice and Professional Development
204 Ellie Drago-Severson Research Methods for ABE/ ESOL Populations
205 Chuck Darrah Ethnography and the Workplace
301 Regie Stites Standards-based Reform:Lessons Learned from EFF
302 Kathryn A. Harris Pair Activities in Beginning Adult ESL Classes
303 Silja Kallenbach Open to Interpretation:Multiple Intelligences Theory in Adult Literacy Education
304 Perrine Robinson-Geller Individualized Group Instruction:A Reality of ABE
305 Clare Strawn and Stephen Reder Self- Study Among Adult Learners: Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning

402

 Christine Smith How Teachers Change: Implications for Supporting Student Success
403 John Comings Learner Persistence
404 Silja Kallenbach Open to Interpretation:Multiple Intelligences Theory in Adult Literacy Education
501 John Tyler The Impact of the GED Credential on Earning Potential: What We've Learned from Recent Research
502 Richard Stiles and Autumn Keltner The Relationship of Adult Learner Test Performance to Hours of Attendance in WIA Title II Funded Programs
503 Paul Gerber The Reality of the Workplace for Adults with Learning Disabilities:Implications for Transition in the Americans with Disabilities Act Era
504

Alisa Belzer

 Impact of WIA and Welfare Reform on Practitioners
505 Myrna Manly Factors Affecting the Difficulty of Numeracy Test Items
602 Paul Porter Research Methods for Adult Distance Learning
603 Ellie Drago- Severson Research Methods for ABE/ ESOL Populations
604 John Hellermann Interactive Practices in the Classroom for Developing
Second Language Literacy with Sustained Silent Reading