Betsy: Lessons Learned from Working with an Adult Nonreader.

Greenberg, Daphne

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ERIC Number: EJ558070

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Betsy: Lessons Learned from Working with an Adult Nonreader.

Greenberg, Daphne

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v41 n4 p252-61 Dec-Jan 1997-1998

Describes a case study involving the reading development of an adult nonreader (a woman in her early fifties) and discusses this growth in comparison with children beginning to read. Discusses the student's background and her literacy development and progress. Notes similarities and differences to children's learning. (SR)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Learning Strategies, Reading Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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