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Chang, Kathryn L. – Lifelong Learning, 1987
The functional literacy movement has emphasized the ability to read job-related materials as a major occupational/functional skill. Various studies, by the Educational Testing Service and others, have supported the contention that the ability to read is a fundamental vocational skill in American society. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Job Skills
Fields, Ernest L. – Lifelong Learning, 1986
A project reviewed and classified adult literacy skills needed in industry and described nine industry-based literacy programs. The typology of such programs (direct/indirect; individual/group) provides a framework for analyzing industry perceptions of literacy needs. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Classification, Inplant Programs
