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Aspects of Functional Literacy.
Grundin, Hans U. – 1978
Society expects certain levels of literacy from its citizens. In addition, individuals have expectations for their own levels of literacy. In defining functional literacy, there is considerable disagreement over what can be expected of consumers, employees, and taxpayers. Empirical studies in Sweden attempting to establish criteria of functional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Foreign Countries
Functional Literacy for Adults; A Status Report of the Adult Performance Level Study.
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Northcutt, Norvell – 1974
Funded by the Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education of the Office of Education, the Adult Performance Level (APL) study has as its objectives: to describe adult functional literacy in pragmatic, behavioral terms and to develop devices for the assessment of literacy which will be useful at a variety of operational levels. Two years…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Language Ability