Learning to Read, Reading to Learn.

Parish, Carole Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ397155

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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Learning to Read, Reading to Learn.

Parish, Carole Anne

Humanities, v10 n5 p31 Sep-Oct 1989

Discusses Kentucky's efforts to increase adult literacy through the New Books for New Readers program in which scholars were asked to write books emphasizing adult topics with a reading level of third to fifth grade. Describes the process through which the target audience is involved in the creation of books for the program. (KO)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Illiteracy, Participative Decision Making, Reading Difficulties, Reading Materials

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky

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