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Direct linkJennifer Martinez; Daphne Greenberg; Cynthia Puranik; Jason Braasch; Charles MacArthur; Zoi Philippakos; Christine Miller – Grantee Submission, 2024
Motivational research identifies utility value, or the importance of a learning task to future goals, as central to motivation to learn. This study analyzed survey data (N=86) collected from adult literacy learners to examine their utility value of writing improvement in grammar and spelling skills, word processing skills, and planning, drafting,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Skill Development, Adult Basic Education
Jennifer Martinez; Daphne Greenberg; Cynthia Puranik; Jason Lawrence Braasch; Zoi A. Traga Philippakos; Charles A. MacArthur; Christine Miller – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2024
Motivational research identifies utility value, or the importance of a learning task to future goals, as central to motivation to learn. This study analyzed survey data (N = 86) collected from adult literacy learners to examine their utility value of writing improvement in grammar and spelling skills, word processing skills, and planning,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Skill Development, Adult Basic Education
Tremblay, Kathryn A.; Binder, Katherine S.; Chuy, Anneli – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
This study sought to examine the pre-task planning and post-task revising practices of adults with low literacy and how those practices affect overall writing quality. Seventy-six adults with low literacy composed essays in response to a prompt and were given time for pre-task planning and post-task revising. Results showed that participants with…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Writing Skills
