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Achievement in Reading, Verbal Language, Listening Comprehension and Locus of Control of Adult Illiterates in a Volunteer Tutorial Project.

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Gold, Patricia Cohen; Horn, Pamela L. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982

Trained volunteers tutored youth and adults who were reading below fifth grade level. Pre- and posttest measures of reading, verbal language, listening comprehension, and locus of control were taken. Experimental subjects, but not controls, made significant gains in general reading and discrete reading subskills. Trained volunteers can ameliorate…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Functional Literacy, Pretests Posttests

Prediction of Achievement in Reading, Self-Esteem, Auding, and Verbal Language by Adult Illiterates in a Psychoeducational Tutorial Program.

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Gold, Patricia Cohen; Johnson, John A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982

Examined the effectiveness of specific psychoeducational tutoring methods on achievement in reading, self-esteem, auding, and verbal language in 132 youths and adults reading below fifth level. Found subjects made significant improvement. Also tested the adequacy of a developmental reading model for adult illiterates. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Literacy Education, Outcomes of Education