Descriptor
Source
Publication Type
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 6 |
| Teachers | 5 |
| Administrators | 1 |
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
| Puerto Rico | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textHoward, Molly P.; And Others – 1989
The study investigated the effectiveness of an ecological inventory and screen writing for the acquisition of reading words for secondary-aged moderately mentally handicapped students. The study utilized an ecological inventory model which is an adult-referenced curriculum based on adult tasks and local resources and environments, rather than on…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Functional Reading, Instructional Effectiveness
Smith, Jeanne H. – 1985
This resource manual of ideas for incorporating functional literacy applications into student lessons is intended for volunteers trained to teach one-to-one in adult literacy programs and for teachers of adult students. The ideas are designed to increase beginning student exposure to and familiarity with functional literacy materials. It provides…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
Puerto Rico State Dept. of Education, Hato Rey. Office of Special Education. – 1989
As part of the special education curriculum developed by the Puerto Rico Department of Public Instruction, this teacher's guide (in Spanish) presents a basic curriculum for reading skills. The curriculum is designed so that the defined skills will meet the needs of children with disabilities. The form in which teachers and other professionals will…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Disabilities, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Barnes, Martha; And Others – 1985
The purpose of this curriculum guide is to assist Training Specialists in teaching Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development (ABE/GED) students basic skills in language arts and mathematics. The guide begins with an introduction (purpose, overview, adult learner characteristics, teacher type), curriculum policies, curriculum structure,…
Descriptors: Addition, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Arithmetic
Carnes, Sandy; And Others – 1995
This curriculum offers an eclectic, multisensorial, holistic, and flexible approach to reading. Sections I and II are an introduction and information on using the curriculum. Section III offers strategies for working with adults. Section IV describes means of formal and informal assessment of the learner. Section V presents an overview of ways…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
Colvin, Ruth J.; Root, Jane H. – 1987
This guide is intended to assist teachers and volunteer tutors who are teaching adults and teenagers to read. The nature and extent of the adult illiteracy problem and the process of learning to read are discussed in the first chapter. The characteristics that are desirable in basic reading tutors and those that are encountered in adult learners…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
