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Perin, Dolores – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
Skills in reading, writing, and mathematics are key to academic learning but are conventionally taught separately from the discipline areas to which they must be applied. For example, students may be taught writing skills in the morning in an English course and then be expected to apply them to writing an essay in a history class in the afternoon.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Writing Skills, Learning Motivation, Skill Development
Norris, Carol A.; Wheeler, Linda – 1981
The Adult Reading Academy, a federally-funded service of the Phoenix Union High School District, serves native- and foreign-born adult students who are deficient in the basic skills of reading, writing, arithmetic, and oral communication. In 1980/81, the program served 476 students at 17 sites. Approximately 24 percent of the clients served were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education