mark morgan sept 26 th 2014 surveys of literacy levels: results and implications
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MARK MORGANSEPT 26TH 2014
Surveys of Literacy Levels: Results and Implications
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Overview
How international studies of literacy changed perceptions and definitions
International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS): 1994
Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC): 2012
Possible Developments for Research
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IALS
Major innovations: Literacy levelsLiteracy domains: Prose, Document and
Quantitative LiteracyCanada, Germany, Ireland, France, the
Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, USLiteracy practices and relationship to critical
factors including level of education25% at level 1!!!!Issue of response rates: Which direction is
bias?
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PIAAC
Broader assessment: ‘Real world’ Literacy tasks
‘Real’ numeracy tasks: Graph showing births in the US every ten years..in which decades was there a decline?
Problem solving in context of technology. Example of websites and selection of the
appropriate one and what information can be extracted
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Literacy Results in PIAAC
Ireland close to average of all countriesWell behind Japan and Finland17.9% at Level 1But even at level 1, 95% of word meanings
correct (vocabulary)Ireland significantly below international
average on numeracyWhen PIAAC and IALS linked..no change
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Influential Factors
Gender: No significant differences or in other countries
Contrast with school achievement and ‘reversal’ of gender effects…future
Age: Dependent on when access improvedEffects of age per se: Cognitive decline but
effects of compensation and individual differences
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Contd
Adult education (low participation in Ireland in IALS)
Related to literacy level…and in every country
Findings from GUI….Holistic nature of development. Association of social-emotional development with learning and literacy
Interaction with life-skills