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Gambrell, Linda B.; And Others – Research in Education for Adult Learners, 1989
An inventory collected responses from 63 adult beginning readers and 41 proficient readers regarding beliefs, feelings, and behaviors about consumer, social context, work-related, at-home, and recreational reading. Many views of the two groups were similar, although beginners disliked reading complex materials and reading aloud, do not read at…
Descriptors: Adults, Beginning Reading, Consumer Education, Reading Attitudes