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Download full textCrew, Edith; Easton, Peter – 1990
This document is the third volume of the Adult Literacy Leadership Project, an effort to identify the educational and training needs of Florida's literacy personnel--instructors, administrators, and advisors. Volume three contains an annotated bibliography on effective strategies for combatting adult illiteracy. The bibliography covers the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Mercer County Community Coll., Trenton, NJ. – 1992
This document offers materials for a year-long course on general basic reading skills that was part of a workplace literacy project developed by Mercer County Community College (New Jersey), and its partners. The document contains the following: (1) outlines (each of which contains objectives, a topical outline, and list of textbooks) for two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
Biro, Jan E. – 1991
A study examined the factors shaping English language education within the Japanese public education system and the attitudes of Japanese learners toward the pronunciation of English, first in an overview and then within the context of a case study of an adult Japanese student. The first section discusses the status and instruction of English in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Students
Melanges Pedagogiques, 1987
The 1986/87 issue of the journal on second language teaching and learning contains seven articles in French and four in English, including: "Learning How To Learn English"; "Socrate est-il un chat? Pratiquer le syllogisme pour apprendre a argumenter (Is Socrates a Cat? Practicing Syllogisms To Learn To Argue)"; "La production orale en francais des…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Traits, English (Second Language), French
Culclasure, David F. – 1982
A study evaluated the potential of low-cost microcomputers for enhancing the effectiveness of adult basic education (ABE) programs conducted for mentally handicapped adults. In conducting the study, researchers selected a sample of 36 mentally-handicapped adults who were served by the San Antonio State Hospital and the San Antonio State School.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Brookes, Gay, Ed.; Gantzer, Jack, Ed. – 1987
Papers presented at the City University of New York's English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) Council conference on the relationship between text and context in college second language instruction include the following: "Reading Research: New Directions and Implications for ESL" (M. Trika Smith-Burke); "Two ESL Readers: Case Studies of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Diaries, English (Second Language)
Fairfax County Schools, VA. – 1986
A unit of instruction used with limited English proficient (LEP) students in kindergarten through grade 3 who are being screened for placement in special education programs is described. The unit can be adapted for use with LEP students receiving special education services. Lessons teach and reinforce directional vocabulary (up/down, right/left,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Daily Living Skills, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria
Morgan, Wendy R. – 1986
If young readers (adolescents) are introduced to a range of story structures and less structured texts (or "deviant narratives"), it may encourage the development of more diverse and accommodating schemata and the capacity to make inferences about the link between discourse units. It is, after all, a basic principle of recent narrative…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Discourse Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Expressive Language
Karolides, Nicholas J., Ed. – Wisconsin English Journal, 1987
The compendium of articles in this journal issue deal with the diverse components of the language arts, communication, and critical thinking curricula. The titles and authors of the articles are as follows: (1) "What to Do until the Doctor Comes: Speech in the Language Arts Classroom" (John Fortier); (2) "Teaching and Thinking…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Critical Thinking
Kirsch, Irwin S.; Jungeblut, Ann – 1986
In 1985 the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessed the literacy skills of America's young adults. The survey stressed the complexity and diversity of literary tasks in American society rather than using a simplistic single standard for literacy. NAEP convened panels of experts whose deliberations led to this definition of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Difficulty Level, Dropouts, Educational Assessment
Singer, Harry, Ed.; Ruddell, Robert B., Ed. – 1985
Intended for teachers, students, and researchers of reading, this book reflects the theories, models, and research generated over the past 10 years on the psychology and pedagogy of reading. Essays in the first section of the book deal with the historical changes in reading research and theory, and the pioneers of reading research. Essays in the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Educational History, Educational Theories
Whitmer, Jean E. – 1986
A study examined whether writing modeled from children's picture books would improve reading comprehension of fourth and fifth graders as much as traditional skills instruction. Subjects, 69 children reading at least one year below grade level from six Chapter 1 Colorado schools, were pretested for reading comprehension levels. Subjects were then…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Gibbs, Elizabeth D.; Carswell, Lynn E. – 1988
Down Syndrome children exhibit language delays, particularly in expressive abilities, more severe than would be anticipated from their cognitive level alone. This research project sought to develop a procedure for introducing total communication into the home environment of prelinguistic Down Syndrome infants and for comparing the relative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 28 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) abled and disabled sixth grade readers' knowledge of story structure under three conditions, (2) the impact of typographical factors on the visual information…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational History
Oxman, Wendy G.; Michelli, Nicholas M. – 1984
Project THISTLE (Thinking Skills in Teaching and Learning) was developed by Montclair State College (New Jersey) faculty in collaboration with the Newark, New Jersey, public schools. The project is designed to improve the basic skills of urban college-bound high school students by working with their teachers in an integrated process of curriculum…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College School Cooperation, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
