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Peer reviewedLindsey, Jimmy D.; Jarman, Leasa T. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Presents the results of a survey of adult basic education (ABE) literature from 1977 to l983 and offers suggestions on the design of future ABE programs. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Literature Reviews, Program Content
Peer reviewedAuten, Anne – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reports on research probing job-related literacy demands and on programs promoting job literacy. (JT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Functional Literacy
Download full textReed, Linda, Ed.; Ward, Spencer, Ed. – 1982
Resulting from a project involving district, state, and federal educational agencies, the papers in this, the second of two volumes, are intended to provide information from research and practice that can help school districts in their efforts to make decisions about goals and methods of basic skills instruction. The topics of the papers in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Russ-Eft, Darlene F.; McLaughlin, Donald H. – 1983
More effective reading, writing, and communication courseware can be promoted through clearer guidelines in courseware development, stronger incentives for courseware developers, and greater motivation for teachers to seek out and use the courseware. In reading and writing, software guidelines must reflect traditional instructional objectives--or…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs
Russ-Eft, Darlene F.; McLaughlin, Donald H. – 1983
The product of a comprehensive project aimed at identifying reading, writing, and communication courseware needs, this report first discusses the benefits of computer assisted instruction and obstacles to its implementation in the communications area. It then describes procedures used to gather information and presents a detailed review of the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs
Alvermann, Donna, Ed.; And Others – 1986
Intended for secondary school teachers in all subject areas, this book synthesizes and translates reading-related research on a variety of specific topics. Each chapter in the book opens with a question or questions posed by teachers, then proceeds to a discussion of the research and practice pertaining to the issues raised. Each chapter ends with…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational Theories
Longfield, Diane M. – 1984
Although English-as-a-second-language (ESL) practitioners are generally making good progress in teaching listening and speaking skills, the entire area of teaching literacy skills to ESL students is barely in the formative stage. The teaching of ESL is further complicated when students are not only lacking in English literacy skills but are also…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
