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Maclay, Connie M.; Askov, Eunice N. – Lifelong Learning, 1988
Parents of Chapter 1 reading students were invited to take part in a reading program using courseware for adult beginning readers. A group of 52 parents completed the program; on average they gained more than one year in reading level after 20 hours of instructional time. Impact on children and delivery models are discussed. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Download full textMoore, Kimberly A.; Askov, Eunice N. – 1989
A 6-month study examined the attitudes of older, low-literate adults toward using computers to learn to read and tried to determine the effectiveness of Penn State Adult Literacy Courseware for beginning readers with older, low-literate adults at a community-based senior center. The students were 10 black adults, aged 66 to 86 and educated at the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attitude Change, Basic Skills
Central Intermediate Unit 10, Pleasant Gap, PA. – 1995
The New Technologies for ABE/GED (Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development) Classrooms project was conducted to determine the extent to which computer-related technologies are being used in ABE/GED classrooms throughout Pennsylvania and to develop and test methods/materials for integrating technology-based instruction into…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
