Persisters and nonpersisters: Identifying the characteristics of who stays and who leaves from adult literacy interventions

Reading and Writing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 495-514

  Greenberg, Daphne ^a   Wise, Justin C ^b   Frijters, Jan C ^c   Morris, Robin ^a   Fredrick, Laura D ^a   Rodrigo, Victoria ^a   Hall, Ryan ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult literacy; Attendance; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876445055     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-012-9401-8     Document Type: Article

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