Using Telephone and Mail Surveys as a Supplement or Alternative to Door-to-Door Surveys in the Assessment of Adult Literacy. Working Paper Series.

Autor/in	Sticht, Thomas G.
Institution	Education Statistics Services Inst., Washington, DC.
Titel	Using Telephone and Mail Surveys as a Supplement or Alternative to Door-to-Door Surveys in the Assessment of Adult Literacy. Working Paper Series.
Quelle	(2000), (60 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Development; Adult Literacy; Cognitive Ability; Comparative Analysis; Educational Assessment; Educational Theories; Literature Reviews; Mail Surveys; Models; National Surveys; Oral Language; Research Methodology; Telephone Surveys; Test Validity; Trend Analysis; International Adult Literacy Survey; National Adult Literacy Survey (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Erwachsenwerden; Denkfähigkeit; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Erhebungsinstrument; Analogiemodell; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Testvalidität; Trendanalyse
Abstract	This paper discusses the use of telephone surveys as a substitute for, or addition to, the use of door-to-door surveys in assessing adult literacy ability. Part 1 addresses issues of validity in adult literacy assessment, including the concepts of construct or inferential validity and action or use validity. Part 2 is a review of related research that has used telephone and mail surveys to assess the cognitive abilities of adults. Part 3 discusses the theoretical model of literacy that the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) and International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) have used and how that model can be modified to incorporate a developmental and componential model of literacy that also includes the oral language aspects of literacy given in the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998. Part 4 addresses several issues about the use of telephone and mail surveys, including concerns about using these survey methods in such a way as to make continuity in trend data from previous surveys of adult literacy possible. Appendixes include 69 references and a summary of an empirical study of the proposition that at a certain stage adults' comprehension of language can be assessed as well by listening as by reading. (Author/YLB)
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