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Peer reviewedKirsch, Irwin; Guthrie, John T. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1977
After reviewing the literature on functional literacy, proposes that new measures be developed and classified according to the practical information to be obtained and the decisions to be made from them. (AA)
Descriptors: Adults, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy, Literacy
Hicks, Angela A. – 1990
To investigate the extent of literacy programs in the workplace, an indepth look was taken at the different types of literacy programs in the workplace to determine what can help the state of literacy in the United States. The literacy efforts in the workplace among federal, state, and local government, schools, unions, businesses, corporations,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Cooperation
