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Elish-Piper, Laurie – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1997
Reports on four low-income families enrolled in a summer family literacy pilot program. Describes how all of the families used literacy for meaningful purposes. Notes that the purposes and degrees of literacy used differed in connection with the social-contextual factors in their lives. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Family Literacy