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Wilson, Lois S. – Training and Development Journal, 1990
The Army's Job Skills Education Program is a computer-based instructional program that teaches basic academic skills in a job-related context. Its transferability to the civilian workplace provides another tool for enhancing workplace literacy. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Military Training
Peer reviewedAskov, Eunice N.; Brown, Emory J. – Adult Basic Education, 1992
A group of 58 Pennsylvania workers completed the R.O.A.D. course, which involved functional context and interactive software to improve drivers' reading skills to pass the Commercial Driver's License exam. Comparison with pre- and posttest scores of 10 in a control group showed that R.O.A.D. completers had significantly higher scores. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Certification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Online Systems
Peer reviewedWoodward, John – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
Describes the Workplace Literacy Project which teaches mathematics to remedial and special education secondary students through a combination of conceptual approaches and problem-solving exercises anchored in the students' world. The approach also incorporates the use of calculators and computer software such as spreadsheets. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Disabilities, Experiential Learning
Mitchell, Charles J. – Training, 1991
Describes a program to screen out job applicants who lack the basic math skills needed to work in an aircraft manufacturing plant. Also describes the inplant program for employees. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Inplant Programs, Job Applicants
Thistlethwaite, Linda – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1989
A Job Training Partnership Act-funded reading, writing, mathematics, and cooperative learning program for 83 participants aged 14-21 was evaluated with pre- and postassessments. Program strengths identified were emphasis on a workplace atmosphere, structure with flexibility, variety in grouping procedures, computer-assisted writing, and outside…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Direct linkAnger, W. Kent; Tamulinas, Alys; Uribe, Andrea; Ayala, Cesar – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2004
Mexican immigrants working at a wholesale nursery were involved in developing user instructions for a computer-based instruction system. Sixty-one Latinos with 0 to 16 years of education completed user instructions delivered on the computer, and all but 3 completed training content about the nursery. Based on objective criteria, program use was…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Immigrants, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedYaden, David B. Jr.; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1994
This article gives a brief overview of issues in adult literacy; an assessment of workplace literacy; and components, concepts, and steps of the NASA Adult Literacy Evaluator project. The Adult Literacy Evaluator project applies NASA's technical experience to the problem of adult literacy and workplace literacy by finding ways to use interactive…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
