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Download full textWerner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1994
This book contains 90 one-page project abstracts for adult basic education (ABE) in Pennsylvania. Each abstract contains the following information: project director's name, address and telephone number; products produced by the project; descriptors; and purpose, procedures, and summary of findings of the project. Projects are indexed by topics…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
Kazemek, Francis E., Comp.; Rigg, Pat, Comp. – 1984
Intended for use by literacy workers, teacher trainers, and program developers and directors, this annotated bibliography brings together the most current writings about adult literacy education available in journals, books, and ERIC documents. The entries are arranged into five sections: (1) the state of adult literacy, both in the United States…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Eddy, Wesley P. – 1979
Abstracts are presented of research studies undertaken in 1978-79 by the Planning and Research Branch of Alberta, Canada Education Department. Each report contains a statement of purpose, a description of design, an outline of results and recommendations based on study findings. Bibliographic information is provided on each study as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Emond, Louis – 1976
Junior colleges with open enrollment policies have as students many of the adults in this country whom national surveys and studies have indicated are functionally incompetent or barely literate. This paper contains a review of the literature concerning junior college remedial reading programs and compensatory education programs. The four…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Learning Laboratories, Literature Reviews
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1977
This catalog describes products--instructional programs and printed materials--developed with total or partial funding from the National Institute of Education that deal with reading and the language arts. A one-page summary describes each product and provides information on implementation requirements, services available, descriptors, target…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedRauch, Sidney J.; Sanacore, Joseph – Reading World, 1984
Annotates 21 sources of information about the role of effective administrative leadership in the school reading program. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Peer reviewedAu, Kathryn – Reading Teacher, 2001
Notes that a major issue in literacy instruction today is whether commercial reading programs emphasizing phonemic awareness and phonics are more effective than teacher-designed programs that focus on literature-based reading and process writing with integrated skill instruction. Reviews two books that address this controversy. Presents seven…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics
Winkeljohann, Rosemary, Comp. – 1976
This selective bibliography is one of nine documents compiled to provide titles and descriptions of useful and informative reading documents which were indexed into the ERIC system from 1966 to 1974. The 201 entries in this section of the bibliography concern adult education and are arranged alphabetically by author in one of the following eight…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Huang, Tsokan, Comp. – 1979
The 55 entries in this bibliography represent books published between 1960 and 1979. The entries deal with a variety of topics, including the following: reading success and personality characteristics; reading instruction; participating in secondary school reading; helping the nonreading student; classroom strategies; remedial reading; developing…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Program Development, Reading, Reading Improvement
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling. – 1980
The mission of the Wisconsin Research and Development Center is to improve the quality of education by addressing the full range of issues and problems related to individualized schooling. Each major line of inquiry pursued is designed to culminate in the publication of a "milestone" document such as a book, a monograph, or conference proceedings.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Cultural Background
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 13 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the development, implementation, and evaluation of a reading improvement program for business and industry; (2) how instruction in a college rapid reading course meets individual…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The ten titles deal with the following topics: passage integrity and type of instruction in prose learning; college student self-concept and reading gain in two instructional methods; the consequences for adults of childhood…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, College Students
Bloem, Patricia L., Comp.; Padak, Nancy D., Comp. – 1995
This publication lists 91 trade books that a group of adult literacy professionals have read and recommended for use in adult literacy programs. An introductory section explains the process used to decide upon recommended books, provides a key for the symbols that describe each book, and makes some general suggestions for the ways books from the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
Designed to supplement the day-to-day planning, teaching, and evaluation activities of reading teachers at all educational levels, this compilation contains 689 citations of documents that appeared in "Resources in Education" from 1966 to 1980. The classification scheme reflected in the table of contents, developed from staff recommendations and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading
Rasmussen, Sonja – 1989
Addressing many aspects of the use of computers in elementary reading instruction, this annotated bibliography in six sections contains 27 items from the ERIC database from 1987 to April 1989. The first section contains items discussing the pros and cons of such use; the second section deals with organizational aspects of computer use in the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education
