The three divides: The digital divide and its relation to basic skills and employment in Portland, USA and London, England
1st January 2008
The context of this comparative study was the rising importance of digital competence and access…
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Improving reading: Phonics and fluency1st January 2008
One of the main aims of the Skills for Life strategy has been to improve...
Parents’ basic skills and their children’s test scores1st January 2008
The aim of this report is to assess the impact of parents’ basic skills in...
The right course? An exploratory study of learner placement practices in ESOL and literacy1st January 2008
This study set out to answer the question: How do ESOL or bilingual learners get...
The Learner Study: The impact of the Skills for Life strategy on adult literacy, language and numeracy learners1st January 2008
The NRDC Learner Study took place between 2003 and 2006 with an overall aim of...
The digital divide: Computer use, basic skills and employment – Research summary1st January 2008
The context of this comparative study is the rising importance of the use of and...
Research briefing: Progression1st January 2008
Progression is central to Skills for Life, and if the challenging targets set out in...
Research briefing: Priority groups1st January 2008
This paper summarises the key messages from recent NRDC research and development activity on priority...
Research briefing: Persistence1st January 2008
There are no simple answers to the question of why some adult learners persist with...
Research briefing: Numeracy1st January 2008
While numeracy has been the ‘poor cousin’ of literacy in the past, and still is...
