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• Guides to Understanding and Using Research

  The LINCS Special Collections include research resources that support evidence-based education. Evidence-based education is described by Grover Whitehurst, the Director of the Institute for Educational Sciences, as “the integration of professional wisdom with the best available empirical evidence in making decisions about how to deliver instruction” where professional wisdom is “the judgment individuals acquire through experience” and empirical evidence is “scientifically-based research” and “empirical data on performance used to compare, evaluate and monitor progress” (Whitehurst, 2002). In support of evidence-based education, this page provides access to guides for understanding and using research and places to look for new research in adult basic education and literacy, plus recommendations of the best research currently available on health and literacy.

• New Research in Adult Basic Education

  Professional wisdom grows and changes in response to the melding of continued experience and new research. Here are places to look for new research in adult basic education and literacy are:

• Select Health & Literacy Research

  The Core Knowledge Group for this site, experts in the field of health and literacy, has selected the following sites to link you to the most rigorous research and best professional wisdom in the field of health and literacy.