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Entering Freshmen Hindered by Functional Illiteracy.

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Sainz, JoAnn; Biggins, Catherine M. – 1992

Research has specifically linked dropping out of school to reading disabilities and related problems. Research on reading as a cognitive task has focused on reading as an active process with three questions of concern: (1) How does the learner learn to identify the printed word?; (2) How does he or she discriminate one word from another word?; and…

Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy, High Risk Students

How Can Community Colleges Prepare the ESL and Bilingual Community College Student Reading at Levels 0.0-4.0 for Skilled Professions.

Biggins, Catherine M.; Sainz, JoAnn – 1989

Drawing from the literature on reading research and theories, this paper discusses the problems of community college students with severe reading/writing deficits, reviews the advantages and limitations of various approaches to reading instruction, and suggests a new method of word decoding. First, the paper explores the difficulties facing the…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Communicative Competence (Languages), Community Colleges, Decoding (Reading)