Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ560382
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Overt Literacy Action: A Key to Success in Adult Literacy Learning.
Moulton, Margaret R.
Journal of Adult Education, v25 n2 p2-20 Fall-Win 1997
Case studies of six adult literacy students revealed that overt literacy action--conscious effort to use new skills in authentic situations--was a key element in learner success. Most of the overt actions took the form of writing rather than reading. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Ethnography, Literacy Education, Success, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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