The Challenge of Adult Literacy: Students with Learning Disabilities in the ABE Classroom.

Skinner, Louise; Gillespie, Phyllis; Balkam, Lynda

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ERIC Number: EJ617352

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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The Challenge of Adult Literacy: Students with Learning Disabilities in the ABE Classroom.

Skinner, Louise; Gillespie, Phyllis; Balkam, Lynda

Adult Basic Education, v10 n3 p147-66 Fall 2000

Describes a literacy program for adults with learning disabilities that consists of five modules: basic reading, spelling, writing; intermediate comprehension and vocabulary; comprehension and interpretation; intermediate writing; and intermediate spelling. Discuses screening, placement, core curriculum, multisensory and discovery learning, and evaluation. (Contains 45 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Learning Disabilities, Learning Modules, Models, Reading Comprehension, Spelling, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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