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Hovey, Sheryl – 1982
Statistics indicating that the problem of illiteracy is lessening mask a greater problem--that of functional illiteracy. Functional illiterates may have some reading and writing skills but are not able to apply them as functioning members of society. A 1975 study using the most sophisticated instrument that had ever been used to determine…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Educationally Disadvantaged, Functional Literacy
Partridge, Susan – 1989
The following intergenerational literacy programs are described in this document: (1) a Boston University program that provides about 112 hours of training for work-study students who then work as tutors for adults; (2) a program that uses the paired reading technique to involve parents in the development of their children's reading in the United…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Foreign Countries
Patterson, Martha – 1989
Workplace literacy is literacy training provided in the workplace, incorporating basic skills training with job-related instructional materials. Early research efforts to define the literacy requirements of jobs began with two military projects, Operational REALISTIC and Project 100,000, in the late 1960s. Subsequent studies have focused on the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship
Download full textSabatini, John P.; Venezky, Richard L.; Kharik, Polina; Jain, Richa – 2000
The Study of Adult Reading Acquisition (SARA) is a longitudinal research project designed to measure the development of reading subskills in adults enrolled in instructional programs. The study participants are all students enrolled in a variety of adult education sites and settings, including correctional institutions, community-based programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Measurement, Correctional Education
Roueche, Suanne D.; Hudgens, A. Gayle – 1979
The state of the art of literacy development among culturally different adult students is assessed. The report represents the first year's activities of a three-year research project to explore the acquisition of literacy among these adults at community colleges. Chapter I examines the evolutionary nature of the definitions of literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Community Colleges
Miller, Mev – Feminist Collections, 1999
The contemporary women's movement, communicating largely through the written word, mistakenly ignored or failed to notice the following: (1) almost one quarter of American women (23%) had severely limited literacy skills; (2) for female heads of households, 75% of those with less than a high school diploma lived in poverty; (3) nearly 40% of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators
