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Forester, Anne D. – 1979
The process model of reading suggests that even the effective reader makes recurring regressions to lower levels of functioning when faced with unfamiliar topics or texts. The gradual formulation of new linguistic and cognitive structures necessitated by the task of reading is similar to the acquisition of language, and the process model suggests…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Reading Programs, Cognitive Development
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Direct linkKnight, Catharine C.; Sutton, Rosemary E. – London Review of Education, 2004
Educators are continuously challenged to increase their pedagogical effectiveness when teaching adult learners. Neo-Piagetian theory and research, based on Piaget's classic work, provides promising concepts and tools to help educators enhance their pedagogical knowledge and competence when teaching adults. Consequently, through research findings…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Seguin, Barbara Rehmann
Because adult basic education (ABE) students often have difficulty with problem solving and comprehension, a study was initiated to determine (1) at what levels of cognitive development ABE students are operating and (2) how teaching materials and methods relate to these cognitive levels. Thirty-two ABE students were given a written test of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Learning
