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Peer reviewedRigg, Pat; Kazemek, Francis – Educational Gerontology, 1983
Reviews recent literature about literacy and the aged and maintains there is a need for empirical research into the perceptions of reading and writing needs and interests of the elderly themselves. The effects of societal expectations of the elderly on their reading/writing behavior and interests should also be examined. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literature Reviews, Needs Assessment, Older Adults
Peer reviewedRigg, Pat; Kasemek, Francis E. – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1983
In lieu of literacy programs based on teacher-as-parent, student-as-child relationships or student/teacher partnerships, the authors propose (1) developing an adult/adult learning environment, (2) using a psycholinguistic model of the reading process, and (3) using a cognitive-discovery model of the writing process. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedKazemek, Francis E.; Rigg, Pat – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes how the work of modern poets can expand adult learners' views of the uses of reading and writing and their own ability and specifically shows how the works of Carl Sandburg, Lucille Clifton, William Carlos Williams, and Langston Hughes can be used to teach adults to read. (SRT)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedKazemek, Francis E.; Rigg, Pat – Adult Basic Education, 1997
Imagination is indispensable for knowing the world. However, visual and musical imagery are ignored in education. Adult literacy education can be enhanced by the process of reading the world through print, pictures, and music. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Strategies, Imagination
Peer reviewedRigg, Pat; Taylor, Liz – English Journal, 1979
Presents the case history of an adult nonreader taught to read through the language experience approach, rereading, retelling, assisted reading, and sustained silent reading. (DD)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies
Peer reviewedRigg, Pat; Kazemek, Francis E. – Journal of Reading, 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
Peer reviewedRigg, Pat – Journal of Education, 1985
Both a case study of a middle-aged Mexican migrant woman's attempt to learn to read and write and a personal account of the tutor's discovery of some of the social and psychological factors that kept her illiterate. Discusses methodology, materials, techniques, conflicting conceptions of literacy, and sociocultural expectations. (RDN)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Cultural Background, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedRigg, Pat; Kazemek, Francis E. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Describes a program designed to build a literate environment to meet the strengths and needs of Job Corps trainees. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Literacy Education, Nontraditional Students
