Daphne Greenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 6007650 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daphne Greenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daphne |
| FAMILY NAME | Greenberg |
| SIGNATURE | GREENBERG D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8565-5433 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Utility value of improving writing skills for adult basic education students
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, and revising skills. Findings revealed that participants had a high utility value of improving wri…
Exploring moderational and mediational relations among word reading, vocabulary, sentence processing and comprehension for struggling adult readers
Background A significant portion of adults struggle to read at a basic level. Word reading (defined here as decoding and word recognition) appears to play a pivotal role for this population of readers; however, less is known about how word reading relates to other important semantic processes (e.g., vocabulary, sentence processing) known to account for a large portion of variance in reading comprehension. This study used the Reading Systems Frame…
Do Struggling Adult Readers Monitor Their Reading? Understanding the Role of Online and Offline Comprehension Monitoring Processes During Reading
Comprehension monitoring is a meta-cognitive skill that is defined as the ability to self-evaluate one’s comprehension of text. Although it is known that struggling adult readers are poor at monitoring their comprehension, additional research is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying comprehension monitoring and their role in reading comprehension in this population. This study used a comprehension monitoring task with struggling adult re…
Rate of Stuttering and Factors Associated With Speech Fluency Characteristics in Adult Struggling Readers
Stuttering is a disorder that affects about 1% of the population and manifests as speech disfluencies. Reading difficulties and disabilities are commonly found in this population. Nonetheless, speech disfluencies have not been explored in adult struggling readers (ASRs). In the current study, we examined the rate of stuttering in ASRs as well as the relationships between their speech fluency and reading skills. A total of 120 participants were in…
Introduction to Special Series: Adults With Low Academic Skills
The purpose of this special series five articles is to highlight issues regarding decoding, comprehension, oral language fluency, and writing for adults with low literacy skills. Our authors’ samples include adults attending adult literacy programs, as well as those who are attending postsecondary programs who may or may not have official learning disability diagnoses. The authors address issues that are not often covered in adult literacy schola…
Importance of Learner Characteristics in Intelligent Tutoring for Adult Literacy
Adult literacy learners are characterized by their diversity, both in terms of educational histories and cognitive skill sets. Accounting for the specific strengths and weaknesses of each learner is vital to the assessment of literacy gains and optimization of educational systems. We examined pre- and postdifference scores on a component reading skills assessment battery collected before and after an instructional program that included an adult c…
Introduction to special issue
Unpacking the Simple View of Reading for Struggling Adult Readers
The Simple View of Reading (SVR), which posits that reading comprehension is the product of decoding and linguistic comprehension, has been studied extensively with school-age readers. However, little is known about the intricacies of the SVR for adults who struggle with reading. This study addresses notable gaps in this literature, including the dimensionality of linguistic comprehension, the interaction between the two SVR components, and the r…
Background Knowledge: The Neglected Component in Adult Literacy
Demographic Trends and Advocacy Experiences of Gay–Straight Alliance Advisors
Using an ecological model, the individual-, school-, and sociocultural-level characteristics that affect gay–straight alliance (GSA) advisors were examined in the current study. The formation of GSAs has been one way that schools have sought to improve the school climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. Limited information is available about the demographics and experiences of GSA advisors who lead these clubs. GSA adviso…
Measuring adult literacy students’ reading skills using the Gray Oral Reading Test
Understanding Dropout in an Urban Worker Education Program: Retention Patterns, Demographics, Student Perceptions, and Reasons Given for Early Departure
This study seeks reasons for dropout from an urban basic education program for paraprofessional health care workers in which the retention rate was 47%. Demographics, students' perceptions of the program, and reasons given by dropouts for early departure were compared across four groups: Completers, Non-Completers, Leavers, and Non-Attenders, the last two of which are often overlooked in the literature. The groups differed significantly in terms …
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Understanding Dropout in an Urban Worker Education Program: Retention Patterns, Demographics, Student Perceptions, and Reasons Given for Early Departure
This study seeks reasons for dropout from an urban basic education program for paraprofessional health care workers in which the retention rate was 47%. Demographics, students' perceptions of the program, and reasons given by dropouts for early departure were compared across four groups: Completers, Non-Completers, Leavers, and Non-Attenders, the last two of which are often overlooked in the literature. The groups differed significantly in terms …
Measuring adult literacy students’ reading skills using the Gray Oral Reading Test
Demographic Trends and Advocacy Experiences of Gay–Straight Alliance Advisors
Using an ecological model, the individual-, school-, and sociocultural-level characteristics that affect gay–straight alliance (GSA) advisors were examined in the current study. The formation of GSAs has been one way that schools have sought to improve the school climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. Limited information is available about the demographics and experiences of GSA advisors who lead these clubs. GSA adviso…
Unpacking the Simple View of Reading for Struggling Adult Readers
The Simple View of Reading (SVR), which posits that reading comprehension is the product of decoding and linguistic comprehension, has been studied extensively with school-age readers. However, little is known about the intricacies of the SVR for adults who struggle with reading. This study addresses notable gaps in this literature, including the dimensionality of linguistic comprehension, the interaction between the two SVR components, and the r…
Background Knowledge: The Neglected Component in Adult Literacy
Exploring moderational and mediational relations among word reading, vocabulary, sentence processing and comprehension for struggling adult readers
Background A significant portion of adults struggle to read at a basic level. Word reading (defined here as decoding and word recognition) appears to play a pivotal role for this population of readers; however, less is known about how word reading relates to other important semantic processes (e.g., vocabulary, sentence processing) known to account for a large portion of variance in reading comprehension. This study used the Reading Systems Frame…
Do Struggling Adult Readers Monitor Their Reading? Understanding the Role of Online and Offline Comprehension Monitoring Processes During Reading
Comprehension monitoring is a meta-cognitive skill that is defined as the ability to self-evaluate one’s comprehension of text. Although it is known that struggling adult readers are poor at monitoring their comprehension, additional research is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying comprehension monitoring and their role in reading comprehension in this population. This study used a comprehension monitoring task with struggling adult re…
Rate of Stuttering and Factors Associated With Speech Fluency Characteristics in Adult Struggling Readers
Stuttering is a disorder that affects about 1% of the population and manifests as speech disfluencies. Reading difficulties and disabilities are commonly found in this population. Nonetheless, speech disfluencies have not been explored in adult struggling readers (ASRs). In the current study, we examined the rate of stuttering in ASRs as well as the relationships between their speech fluency and reading skills. A total of 120 participants were in…
Introduction to Special Series: Adults With Low Academic Skills
The purpose of this special series five articles is to highlight issues regarding decoding, comprehension, oral language fluency, and writing for adults with low literacy skills. Our authors’ samples include adults attending adult literacy programs, as well as those who are attending postsecondary programs who may or may not have official learning disability diagnoses. The authors address issues that are not often covered in adult literacy schola…
Importance of Learner Characteristics in Intelligent Tutoring for Adult Literacy
Adult literacy learners are characterized by their diversity, both in terms of educational histories and cognitive skill sets. Accounting for the specific strengths and weaknesses of each learner is vital to the assessment of literacy gains and optimization of educational systems. We examined pre- and postdifference scores on a component reading skills assessment battery collected before and after an instructional program that included an adult c…
Introduction to special issue
Utility value of improving writing skills for adult basic education students
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, and revising skills. Findings revealed that participants had a high utility value of improving wri…
Psychology (11 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Reading comprehension (6 works) · Reading (process) (5 works) · Comprehension (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works)