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Bell, T. H. – American Education, 1984
Discusses the breadth of the problem of adult functional illiteracy and the components of the National Adult Literacy Project, a National Institute of Education program to identify model programs, develop literacy materials, and involve college work-study students in tutoring illiterate adults. (SK)
Descriptors: Adults, Federal Programs, Functional Literacy, Higher Education
Download full textMacCabe, Bruce – 1994
The Literacy Learning Center Project, a project of the Meriden Public Library (Connecticut), targeted the educationally underserved and functionally illiterate, and involved recruitment, retention, space renovation, coalition building, public awareness, training, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, computer assisted services, and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Educational Cooperation
Gal, Iddo, Ed.; Schmitt, Mary Jane, Ed. – 1994
This document contains 13 papers from and about a working conference on adult mathematical literacy. The following papers are included: "Preface" (Iddo Gal, Mary Jane Schmitt); "Summary of Conference Discussions" (Iddo Gal et al.); "Reflecting about the Goals of Numeracy Education" (Iddo Gal); "Needed Skills and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators
Hall, Christine Betz; Sherif, Sue; Hurbi, Crystal – 1993
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library (Alaska) conducted a project that involved recruitment, coalition building, public awareness, training, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, computer assisted services, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of 50,000-100,000, and targeted inmates…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction
Dalheim, Zoe; Mauke, Martha – 1993
The Lee Library Association conducted a project that involved recruitment, public awareness, training, rural oriented, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, computer assisted services, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of 25,000-50,000 people, and targeted the homeless, learning disabled,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Advisory Committees
