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Direct linkShippen, Margaret E. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two adult basic reading programs, Direct Instruction Corrective Reading Decoding and Laubach Literacy, on the reading achievement of incarcerated male adults (n = 27) in an Alabama prison. Participants were tutors and students taking part in a reading tutoring program at the facility. The…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Reading Programs, Correctional Institutions, Reading Achievement
Download full textMCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
TO HELP DISADVANTAGED INMATES WITH LOW READING LEVELS AND THOSE CONSIDERED FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE, THE DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN ALABAMA EXPERIMENTED WITH VARIOUS READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. MOST SUCCESSFUL WAS THE READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM USING THE PERCEPTOSCOPE. ALL APPLICANTS WHO SCORED BELOW THE SEVENTH GRADE READING LEVEL IN THE…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Media, Educationally Disadvantaged
