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Hunt, Suzanne Mahn – 1982
Prompted by concern that the State of New Jersey driver's manual was too difficult for many low-skilled readers to read and comprehend, a study was conducted in which chapter 6 of the driver's manual was rewritten, lowering its readability level from grade 8 to grade 6. It was hypothesized that significant differences in comprehension would result…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading, Government Publications
Download full textCrandall, JoAnn – 1981
An ethnographic study of five clerk-typists and five applications clerks in a large federal agency included observations, interviews, and a 3-week job literacy program. Both in their performance on job tasks and in the tests and exercises in the literacy program, the clerks demonstrated a number of strategies by which they quickly locate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Clerical Workers
