Research: Instructional Approaches

Research on Adult Learning Theory are listed in Reports and Articles under More Resources.

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Enhancing Services to Inmates with Learning Disabilities: Systemic Reform of Prison Literacy Programs
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M. Corley and J. Taymans, Journal of Correctional Education, 2001
Provides overview of learning disabilities and correctional education. Suggests a five-step plan to change instruction for inmates with learning disabilities.
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Focus on Basics: Corrections Education
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National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), Volume 7, Issue D, 2005
An online newsletter dedicated to the practical application of research. This issue includes articles that examine how correctional education can help prepare inmates for reentry. Topics include instructional and programmatic approaches to correctional education, services for inmates with learning disabilities, the impact of the GED on employment after incarceration, and the history of correctional education.
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=818

State Correctional Education Programs
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State Policy Update
M. Tolbert, National Institute for Literacy (NIFL), 2002
Provides an overview of the different facets of correctional education, summarizes funding sources for correctional education programs, and discusses correctional philosophy and laws that affect correctional education programs. It also looks at the characteristics of the current adult prison population and highlights initiatives in Maryland, Ohio, and Texas.
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