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Spodek, Bernard – 1979
The "back to basics" movement raises questions regarding the nature of reading that is assumed in instruction and testing. Of the three definitions of reading (decoding, meaning-from-page, and intellectual processes) the latter view, which sees reading as a broad range of perceptual, associative, and cognitive elements, is preferred. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Early Reading
Bryant, N. Dale; And Others – 1979
This research review on basic reading skills begins with an historical perspective on reading methods, followed by an overview of reading instruction methods for the general population. Research findings are presented on several instructional methods, including phonetic, linguistic, artificial orthography, basal reading, and language experience…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
New Educational Projects, Inc., Lancaster, PA. – 1992
This document consists of a guide for teachers and tutors and four "readers" for adults. These readers are intended to eliminate the problems associated with book-centered, one-to-one tutoring, such as the following: (1) uninteresting, irrelevant materials focusing on single reading skills rather than reading as communication; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books
Capuzzi, Dave; And Others – 1974
Examples of innovations in college and adult reading reading programs in five states are described. At Maricopa Technical College (Arizona) adult students have access to a special reading program emphasizing the language experience approach, capitalizing on students' life experiences and oral language facility. Otero Junior College (Colorado)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, College Instruction
Bear, Donald R. – 1987
Designed to instruct adult literacy teachers in using Language-Experience and Oral History techniques and distributed statewide to teachers in Nevada, this manual presents reading materials, diagnostic packages, and guidelines for adult literacy program organization. The first of three chapters begins with an introduction to the manual, and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Gunter, Jock – 1972
This document describes a literacy project in rural Ecuador using a modified version of Sylvia Ashton Warner's language experience approach. This method allows learners to approach written culture on their own terms by learning words important to their life, then transferring these works to sentences and stories. The approach reduces the rural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Daily Living Skills