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Elley, Warwick B. – International Review of Education, 2000
Summarizes the findings of Book Flood studies in Niue, Fiji, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Solomon Islands, and several other developing countries. It is possible to double the rate of reading acquisition of Third World primary school pupils with a Book Flood of about 100 high-interest books per class and short teacher training sessions.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Functional Literacy
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Shapiro, Nathaniel; Kriftcher, Noel – Journal of Reading, 1976
Describes a schoolwide secondary program in New York which includes the teaching of higher level reading skills for all. (RB)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Program Descriptions, Reading Difficulty, Reading Programs
Buffone, Joan; Potter, Sheila – 1988
Intended for administrators, curriculum directors, teachers, school board members, and representatives of local industry in Michigan, this module was designed to create awareness of the disparity between the demands of the workplace and literacy instruction in the schools, and to encourage school districts to develop new indices for assessing the…
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Labor Force, Literacy Education, Reading Skills
Fagan, William T. – 1990
The message about general literacy standards in Canada (as reported in the Southam Literacy Survey) is that approximately five million Canadians are illiterate. The validity of this message must be challenged because a group of middle-class Canadians with middle-class values established the criteria for being "literate" and felt that all…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Children, Foreign Countries
Rueda, Robert – 1984
The theoretical background and empirical studies concerned with the relationship between language and cognition in bilingual children and in bilingual mildly retarded children are examined. It is suggested that the effects of bilingualism are not necessarily detrimental to mildly handicapped children. Cognitive and interactional factors in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Functional Literacy
Brown, Rexford – Basic Education: Issues, Answers & Facts, 1988
The basic skills of reading, writing, and performing simple mathematical operations are not adequate for the non-college bound high school graduates to be fully prepared to enter the job market. Businesses today require employees who can communicate effectively, solve complex and unanticipated problems, and exercise tact and judgment. If the…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Competence, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship
ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH. – 1988
This document begins with an overview of trends and issues in the area of adult literacy. This overview briefly addresses: the number of adult illiterates, the costs of adult illiteracy, adult illiteracy as a barrier to increasing U.S. competitiveness, efforts that have focused on adult illiteracy, the issues that have surfaced, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Trends, Functional Literacy
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Lichtman, Marilyn – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1974
Presents information regarding item construction and validation procedures for a content-referenced test intended to measure functional literacy. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Functional Literacy, Measurement Instruments, Reading Research
Fedo, Michael W. – American Education, 1974
The Right to Read is educational priority number one in a crusade under way statewide and already involving over 400,000 youngsters. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Functional Literacy, Problem Solving
Literacy Work, 1975
The interim report outlines the evaluation of the program, defines functional literacy, and discusses the effectiveness of functional literacy work, costs, and conclusions. The most successful results were from programs that promoted effective literacy, introduced vocational and job skill training, encouraged logical thinking, and utilized…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Functional Literacy
Duffey, Joseph – 1979
The task of providing the tools of basic literacy for all citizens is still unfinished in the United States, as well as on an international scale. No longer can the developed and underdeveloped worlds relate as mentor and learner; the United States has much to learn from the great work in literacy and basic education performed in lesser developed…
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Global Approach, International Programs, Literacy
Grundin, Hans U. – 1978
Society expects certain levels of literacy from its citizens. In addition, individuals have expectations for their own levels of literacy. In defining functional literacy, there is considerable disagreement over what can be expected of consumers, employees, and taxpayers. Empirical studies in Sweden attempting to establish criteria of functional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Foreign Countries
Long, Fern – 1967
In a three-year project which began in 1965, the Cleveland Public Library established three Reading Centers for functionally illiterate adults. The purpose of the Centers was not to teach reading, but to develop already existent reading skills in disadvantaged adults. The staffing process, the establishment of the Centers, the attempts to identify…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Functional Literacy
Mack, Faite Royjier-Poncefonte – 1976
The first section of this paper reports the results of numerous literacy studies in which adults were tested on a variety of tasks, including filling out forms, answering questions about newspaper classified advertisements, and dealing with certain facets of consumer economics. The percentage of adults in the United States reported to be literate…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Consumer Economics, Functional Literacy
Newton, Eunice Shaed – 1973
The current status of world literacy can be revealed through recent UNESCO data: (1) the nations of the world spend an average of $7800 annually to train and equip one soldier, while spending only an average of $100 annually to educate one child; (2) a quarter of the world's population will not attend any school in this century; (3) more than 40…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Functional Literacy, Language Role, Language Standardization
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