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NZCER's Adult literacy and numeracy work

Research projects for: Adult literacy and numeracy

Project Project leader(s) Summary
Adult literacy and numeracy assessment tool Charles Darr, Graeme Cosslett, Jenny Whatman

The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool is an online adaptive tool primarily designed to provide robust and reliable information on the reading, writing and numeracy skills of adults. This information will inform the development of learning interventions that match learners’ needs and strengthen their literacy and numeracy skills. The assessment tool will also allow learners to track their progress over time and enable educators and organisations to report on the progress made by groups or cohorts of learners.
He whanau matau, he whanau ora - adult literacy development and whanau transformation

Currently in New Zealand there is a strong focus on raising overall literacy levels – from young children in schools to adults in the workplace. However, understanding and improving Māori literacy rates requires approaches that focus, not on individuals in isolation, but on the wider, whānau-based context.

This project plans to investigate whānau literacy development, particularly the connections between parental literacy development, tamariki literacy development, and wider whānau development and transformation.
Language, Literacy & Numeracy (LLN) Training Programmes Evaluation Jenny Whatman

This project is looking at the effect of utilising training from within the company for sustainability purposes, in contrast to the use of outside providers.
Language, Literacy & Numeracy Skills in the Workplace Jenny Whatman

This research project for the Department of Labour (DoL) looked at how (and if) language, literacy and numeracy skills (LLN) from workplace training initiatives transfer to and in the workplace. It was part of a much larger suit of research projects the government has put in place to ascertain the effects of government initiatives to improve adult LLN.

Research outputs for: Adult literacy and numeracy

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Assessing Adult Learning: Literacy and Numeracy Competencies: Conference Proceedings, 2010
2010
NZCER
Conference proceedings

NZCER Conference Proceedings August 2010

This book is the proceedings from the NZCER conference, Assessing Adult Learning: Literacy and Numeracy Competencies, held in Wellington in August 2010. The day was focused on assessment in literacy and numeracy, at individual, organisational, national and international levels. It also explored the role of the new national assessment tool for adult learners, which was made available earlier in 2010.

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Assessment for Foundation Learning: The importance of purposeful assessment in adult literacy, numeracy and language courses
2005
NZCER, for Tertiary Education Learning Outcomes Policy (Learning for Living), Ministry of Education,
Research report

The purpose of this research study is to contribute to an understanding of what is required to enhance the assessment capability of tertiary education providers of learning in literacy, numeracy, and language.