For Adults Only: Reading Materials for Adult Literacy Students.

Rigg, Pat; Kazemek, Francis E.

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ERIC Number: EJ315158

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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For Adults Only: Reading Materials for Adult Literacy Students.

Rigg, Pat; Kazemek, Francis E.

Journal of Reading, v28 n8 p726-31 May 1985

Argues that using the adult learner's needs and interests to choose individual reading material makes better sense than using inappropriate workbooks and other commercial literacy materials, and offers six criteria for evaluating materials. (HOD)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Evaluation Criteria, Individual Needs, Language Experience Approach, Literacy Education, Reading Material Selection, Student Needs, Teacher Developed Materials

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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