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Whitcomb, Leila M. – 1974
This paper discusses the teaching of reading to secondary level and adult ineffective readers. The paper deals with the real costs of reading failures, the human frustration of not being able to read, and the role of reading in our society. It presents three brief studies of adults' inability to read; discusses ways of helping ineffective high…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Content Area Reading, High School Students, Reading