Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy (ISAL)

  • United States

Organization profile

Organization profile

Research Interests

Fingerprint The fingerprint is based on mining the text of the scientific documents related to the associated persons. Based on that an index of weighted terms is created, which defines the key subjects of research unit

parent education Social Sciences
literacy Social Sciences
Adult Education Social Sciences
discourse analysis Social Sciences
social support Social Sciences
immigrant Social Sciences
interaction Social Sciences
parents Social Sciences

Profiles

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Carol Dawn Clymer

Person: Academic

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Edith N. Gnanadass

Person: Academic

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Kaylynn Hamilton

Person: Academic

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Blaire Willson Toso

Person: Academic

20082012

Research Output 2008 2012

  • 43 Citations
  • 3 h-Index
  • 3 Article
4 Citations

Receptivity toward Immigrants in Rural Pennsylvania: Perceptions of Adult English as Second Language Providers

Prins, E. & Toso, B. W., Sep 1 2012, In : Rural Sociology. 77, 3, p. 435-461 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

immigrant
language
national politics
local politics
educational institution
19 Citations

"It feels like a little family to me": Social interaction and support among women in adult education and family literacy

Prins, E., Toso, B. W. & Schafft, K. A., Aug 1 2009, In : Adult Education Quarterly. 59, 4, p. 335-352 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Adult Education
social support
literacy
interaction
poverty
20 Citations

Defining and measuring parenting for educational success: A critical discourse analysis of the parent education profile

Prins, E. & Toso, B. W., Sep 1 2008, In : American Educational Research Journal. 45, 3, p. 555-596 42 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

parent education
discourse analysis
parents
literacy
discourse