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Paris, Kathleen A. – 1990
The Wisconsin Workplace Partnership Literacy (WPL) Program provided job-specific basic skills education to employees at 11 worksites. A total of 1,441 employees were recruited to participate in on-site competency-based educational activities to upgrade their basic skills sufficiently for job retention or advancement. Participants were encouraged…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Job Development
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Bloomington, IN. – 1988
Compiled to assist those who are interested in building better workplace literacy programs, the first ERIC/RCS FAST (Focused Access to Selected Topics) Bibliography is a selection of representative documents from searches of the ERIC database. The bibliography is divided into the following groups: eight sources that provide an overview of concerns…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Annotated Bibliographies
King, Kenneth, Ed. – 1978
The nine papers in this document represent the final report of a workshop on research on literacy in developing countries. It is noted in the introduction by Kenneth King that research in literacy tends to be performed by persons who are also literacy activists and that the problem of motivation seems to be central to most literacy research. It is…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Research
Richards, Lisa, Ed. – 1996
"GED Items" is published by the GED Testing Service of the American Council on Education. This volume contains six issues, each containing several articles related to adult education, equivalency testing, and the General Educational Development (GED) program. In the lead article of the first issue, Judith Anderson discusses the Internet…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Educational Technology
Hollin, Freda, Comp.; Rowbottom, Nancy, Comp. – 1995
This British guide contains reviews of software available for Basic Skills, including English for Speakers of Other Languages, in both education and training for employment. In addition, it offers guidance on how to use software effectively to develop basic skills. Section 1 provides information about the following aspects of the guide: computers…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction

Mikulecky, Larry – Management Communication Quarterly, 1990
Examines increased print-communication demands in business organizations. Identifies three employee needs: (1) long-term support to move from illiteracy to productive skill levels; (2) basic skills training integrated with regular job training; and (3) short-term targeted training or access to redesigned documents and job performance aids. (KEH)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Research, Employee Assistance Programs
Boudard, Emmanuel; Rubenson, Kjell – International Journal of Educational Research, 2003
The purpose of this article is to investigate major determinants of participation in adult education. Specifically, a direct measure of literacy skills available in the International Adult Literacy Survey is included. Interpreted as a measure of human capital, it is expected that literacy skills are at least as important a predictor of…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Early Intervention, Educational Attainment, Adult Education
Georgia State Council on Vocational Education, Atlanta. – 1995
A study analyzed and reviewed corrections education programs for adult criminal offenders in Georgia correctional institutions. The following educational services were available: literacy/remedial reading, adult basic education, General Education Development, special education, vocational and on-the-job training (OJT), and college-level programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Vermont Inst. for Self-Reliance, Rutland. – 1996
This guide provides a description of Responsive Text (RT), a method for presenting job-relevant information within a computer-based support system. A summary of what RT is and why it is important is provided first. The first section of the guide provides a brief overview of what research tells about the reading process and how the general design…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16, Lewisburg, PA. – 1998
This document consists of a brief report and materials from a project that offered Pennsylvania adult education instructors internships in selected industries through the Educator in the Workplace initiative. The purpose of the project was to enhance the processes of curriculum, planning, and staff development with an intensive workplace…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Burt, Lorna; Lewandowski, Carol – 1994
This workbook, designed for workplace literacy courses, contains materials for a course on documentation. The six sessions of the course cover the following topics: (1) general principles of procedure writing; (2) principles of clear communication (clarity, audience, visuals) and identification of systems types, accounts, and customer requests;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Business Correspondence
Harlow, Debra B.; Askov, Eunice N. – 1994
Four community colleges in North Carolina cooperated to provide workplace literacy education to employees of eight plants in the state. The target population for the program was 710 adults who had not completed high school or who were functioning below high school level who were employed at one of the industry sites. The Comprehensive Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
O'Gorman, Lori A. Stinson – 1991
The Saskatchewan Federation of Labor (SFL) conducted a Workers' Education for Skills Training, or WEST Program, to upgrade its membership's basic literacy skills. The purpose of the WEST Program was to develop, ensure access to, and build support for a workplace literacy program designed to meet the diverse needs of affiliates' members. Six…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Illiteracy
National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1990
This booklet provides an overview of some projects and initiatives funded by the National Literacy Program in Canada in 1989-90. Many have been supported as well by the provinces and territories, community organizations, business, or labor organizations. The booklet also contains a sample of the activities of other federal departments and agencies…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Employment Potential, Federal Programs
Basic Skills Agency, London (England). – 1996
The aim of the Basic Skills at Work Program was to help improve the competence of the work force in England and Wales in basic literacy, numeracy, and communication skills. Of the 82 Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) in England and Wales, 73 participated. Surveys of basic skills requirements as perceived by local employers indicated that…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills