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Numeracy for Adults with Learning Disabilities: A Focus on Concepts of Time
Education Sciences, 2022 Being numerate is a vital skill for participating in the community and helps individuals to become active and informed citizens. Understanding concepts of time supports adults to organise and participate in crucial tasks, both at home and at work. This research explored how two adults with learning disabilities used concepts of time in their workplaces.
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Predicting adult literacy and numeracy: Findings from the British cohort study
Acta PsychologicaThis study investigates factors that predict adult literacy and numeracy using a large, stratified, and nationally representative sample of 5397 adults (48.6 % females) in the UK.
Adrian Furnham, Helen Cheng
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Integrated functional adult education program and its contributions for livelihoods in Ethiopia
Heliyon, 2021 While adult literacy programs are considered as a potentially important vehicle to improve literacy and numeracy skills, their impact on the livelihoods of the rural poor in an integrated approach is less focused.
Temesgen Oljira, Muleta Hailu
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Adults with low literacy and numeracy skills [PDF]
OECD Education Working Papers, 2015 Identifying effective policy interventions for adults with low literacy and numeracy skills has become increasingly important. The PIAAC Survey of Adult Skills has revealed that a considerable number of adults in OECD countries possess only limited literacy and numeracy skills, and governments now recognise the need to up-skill low-skilled adults in ...
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Journal of Open Psychology Data, 2023 The Program for International Student Assessment Young Adult Follow-up Study (PISA YAFS) was conducted in the United States in 2016 with young adults (age 19) who participated in PISA 2012 when they were in high school (age 15). PISA YAFS was designed to
David Kastberg +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.People with systemic autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are at higher risk than the general population of experiencing adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal and/or fetal death.
Mehret Birru Talabi, Sonya Borrero
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Assessing Numeracy in the Upper Elementary and Middle School Years
Numeracy, 2015 Numeracy is the ability or tendency to reason critically about quantitative information. The preponderance of published research on numeracy examines this construct among either pre-K or early elementary samples, students with developmental challenges ...
Carol Ann Gittens
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin +5 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia +3 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong +7 more
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