This index lists, evaluates, and annotates books and articles for parents, teachers, librarians, tutors, psychologists, reading specialists, psychiatrists, neurologists, pediatricians and others who work to correct reading difficulties. Furthermore, books are described for reluctant readers, adult illiterates, foreign students who need to learn…

The purpose of the original three-year project was to establish a comprehensive regional plan for professional staff development for teachers of disadvantaged adults in the Southeast, but the focus shifted during the following two year phase toward using these resources for disseminating the latest and best information and materials. A project…

The project was conducted to find out if there was a need for an adult education program to provide instruction in job-related competencies in the basic skills of reading, writing, math, spelling, and communications for the unemployed and underemployed of Mohave County, Arizona. The report presents the procedures used to identify the persons…

Adaptable as a planning and analysis tool for any educational unit which desires to assess resources and needs for reading/literacy instruction, this needs assessment has been designed with three basic sections: summary of present programs; projections and priorities for new programs; and a summary of reading needs. The assessment procedure is…

Opportunities Unlimited is a State-wide program to provide adult basic education (ABE) and training for Indians on Minnesota reservations and in Indian communities. An administrative center in Bemidji serves communities on the Red Lake, White Earth, and Leech Lake Reservations, and a Duluth center provides ABE and training for communities on the…

An instructional system is presented for building the competencies of adult basic education students in making consumer decisions, and offers a guide to teachers who wish to design their own decision-making problems for students. The first four chapters provide a brief introduction, discuss the rational consumer decision-making process and the…

A model of the various tasks of the instructor of illiterate and semiliterate adults is presented and discussed. These tasks include assessing the learner, instructing the learner, selecting methods and materials, and evaluating the effectiveness of instruction. An abbreviated case study is used to illustrate these instructional roles. (AA)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether cloze procedure could be used in adult literacy programs serving those students reading from about fourth grade reading equivalent level through high school equivalency level. This research investigated three questions: (1) Is cloze procedure acceptable for this group? (2) Can cloze procedure be…

Adult literacy programs must provide individuals with the essential knowledge and skills which enable them to function effectively within their environments. The goal of adult literacy programs must be to enable students to become less dependent on others, which is also the goal of most adult students. Administrators of adult literacy programs…

Part of an Office of Education three-year project on metric education, the position paper is intended to alert and prepare teachers, curriculum developers, and administrators in vocational, technical, and adult education to the change over to the metric system. The five chapters cover issues in metric education, what the metric system is all…

Prepared to assist students and teachers, the document is a collection of 21 papers and a bibliography that have been screened for validity and usefulness at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. The papers, some being published for the first time, are arranged in four parts: (1) Overviews (two papers) discusses comparative education…

The Samoan Demonstration Program had the objectives of: (1) reaching disadvantaged Samoan immigrants to Hawaii to help them compete for vocational and apprenticeship programs; (2) integrating the program's services with other resources to reach the total family unit; (3) instituting peer instruction as a curriculum innovation; (4) teaching basic…

Study of research on adult basic education (ABE) conducted at Florida State University reveals an array of concerns--psychological, sociological, institutional, procedural , administrative, developmental, organizational, curricular, etc. Research has been largely a student oriented phenomenon resulting in theses; this concern for ABE is a fairly…

This report of the President's National Advisory Committee on Adult Basic Education describes the current Federal Adult Basic Education program, and summarizes a study of selected Federal programs with adult basic education components. The report also contains eight recommendations which the committee believes are essential to the further…

The overall goal of the Central California Action Associates Inc. (CCAA) program is to provide basic education and pre-vocational training so that migrant and seasonal adult farm workers will be able to upgrade their economic and social lives. Without increased educational attainment, the San Joaquin Valley farm workers face a grim future because…