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Peer reviewedPershey, Monica Gordon; Gilbert, Thomas W. – Mental Retardation, 2002
This case study of an adult with developmental disabilities and no educational history reports on the successful literacy tutoring method used, which entails echo reading of brief passages and moving from holistic recognition of print to analysis of decoding and spelling. This approach contrasts with methods that first use small units of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Case Studies, Decoding (Reading)
Cable, Maryjane A. – 1978
Based on adult learning and reading acquisition theories, the model forming the basis of a one-semester graduate course resulted in increased competencies of thirty-five presently employed or future adult basic education teachers each of whom taught reading to one adult illiterate during the course. The model consisted of assessment of reading by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Functional Literacy
Macy, Rita – 1989
STRIDE (Success Through Reading Improvement and DEvelopment) is a literacy program developed in 1986 by Crowder College, located in the rural Ozarks of southwestern Missouri. Serving all age groups with trained literacy tutors ranging in age from 11 to over 60, STRIDE has been built on five main activities: (1) develop a philosophy that is…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Community Services
