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Download full textAskov, Eunice N. – 1988
According to U.S. Census data, in rural Pennsylvania, 37% of adults did not complete higher school, and 21% did not go beyond 8th grade. As a consequence of present demographic and literacy trends, the proportion of the workforce with low levels of basic skills is growing. At the same time, a changing labor market is creating new jobs that demand…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Illiteracy
Peer reviewedMaclay, Connie M.; Askov, Eunice N. – Issues in Science and Technology, 1987
Promotes the development of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs as a way of educating illiterate parents and nonreading adults in general. Notes several programs of this nature already in operation around the nation. Describes some nonthreatening courseware that is being used to recruit more adults into such programs. (TW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
