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PDF pending restorationRoberts, Lynn – 1993
A curriculum designed by the Maury, Tennessee, Literacy Council to address deficiencies in English-language skills is presented. Maury County, Tennessee, is a rural area south of Nashville whose automotive industries and ethnic restaurants have immigrant populations in need of English instruction. A state 353 teacher training grant was obtained to…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Curriculum, English (Second Language)
Jones, Paul L.; And Others – 1989
An intensive industry immersion program of reading and mathematics was conducted in Spring 1989 for employees at Valley Products, Inc., in a cooperative venture by the Literacy Foundation, Memphis, the Memphis City Schools Adult Education Program, and the company. Employee participants were assessed with the San Diego Quick Assessment Test to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Corporate Education, Educational Needs
Naval Technical Training Command, Millington, TN. Research Branch. – 1989
A pilot program of the industry immersion model of reading and mathematics instruction was conducted on site at the Airport Field Maintenance Facility, Memphis, in January-February 1989. After this intensive immersion program (80 hours of instruction in 4 weeks), the 12 participants showed significant gains averaging 2.2 grade levels in reading…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Needs, Employee Attitudes
