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Peer reviewedVockell, Edward L.; Sweeney, Jackie – Adult Basic Education, 1994
A literature review identified strengths and weaknesses of the Principle of the Alphabet Literacy System, a computerized adult literacy program, concluding that it showed no consistent achievement effects. Far less expensive technologies that could achieve the same goals with greater flexibility are available. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Instructional Material Evaluation
Lewis, Darrell R.; And Others – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1990
Cost effectiveness analysis in terms of personnel, facilities, equipment, materials, and overhead was made of two adult basic reading programs: Technology for Literacy Center's tutor-based program and Principle of the Alphabet Literacy System (PALS), computer-assisted instruction. Costs per unit of gain in reading skills clearly favored the PALS…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Dobrovolny, Jacqueline L.; McCombs, Barbara L. – 1980
It was hypothesized that a study skills package, based on active information strategies and incorporating test taking techniques, could be very beneficial to students enrolled in one of the four technical specialties courses in the Air Force Instructional System, a computer managed instructional system. The study skills materials consisted of…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Materials, Military Schools
Evaluation Research, Newton Highlands, MA. – 1990
This evaluation used ethnographic data collection methods to discover why IBM's PALS (Principle of the Alphabet Literacy System met with different degrees of success at the two Massachusetts pilot sites after 2 years of operation: the North Central Correctional Institute (NCCI) in Gardner, and the Brightwood Branch Library in Springfield. Three…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Download full textDaniels, Susan J.; Hess, Caryl A. – 1992
The University of Akron's Reading Assessment Component (RAC) research study assessed the effectiveness of a computer-based literacy program, Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System (PALS), as an alternative to classroom instruction for functionally illiterate adults living in Summit County, Ohio. The RAC study assessed four objectives: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Askov, Eunice N.; And Others – 1986
The effectiveness of using computer courseware developed for adults reading below the fourth-grade level was investigated with inmates at Rockview State Correctional Institution. Data were collected both to establish multiple baseline data and to permit experimental group comparison with a control group. The multiple baselines portion of the study…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
Bransford, John – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 1994
Describes the Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) Learning Technology Center, including profile of the center's personnel; description of representative projects, such as the Jasper-Woodbury Problem Solving Series, a multimedia literacy program for grades K-3, and the Adult Literacy Program; and a list of 14 representative publications by center…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research, Educational Technology
