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Peer reviewedDiehl, William A.; Mikulecky, Larry – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reports that reading on the job is extremely widespread, is primarily "reading-to-do" rather than "reading-to-learn," and is often aided by extralinguistic factors. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adults, Functional Reading, Job Skills, Reading Research
Download full textMikulecky, Larry; Diehl, William – 1979
After reiterating the findings of an earlier examination of job literacy, this paper discusses the results of a job literacy survey involving interviews with 107 individuals representing 100 occupations ranging from short-order cooks and assembly-line workers to lawyers and corporation vice-presidents. Other aspects of the research findings…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Reading, Job Skills, Readability Formulas
Noe, Katherine L. Schlick – 1988
Research was conducted into the metacognitive awareness of electronics workers in completing job reading tasks. The study examined how successful adult readers make decisions about why, when, and how to use reading on the job. It also identified unique aspects of the job reading context that both require workers to control their reading…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Ability, Functional Reading
Peer reviewedSeifert, Mary – Journal of Reading, 1979
An analysis of job reading requirements indicates that most job reading is reading-to-do, while job training programs require reading-to-learn tasks also. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Functional Reading, Job Skills
McNeil, John D.; Morimoto, Takiko – 1980
A study of the relation between the reading competencies for high school graduation and the reading demands of auto mechanics began with determining job reading tasks of auto mechanics. Fifty auto mechanics, the majority of them bilinguals, were interviewed. From this data about the kinds of information mechanics get from reading and with copies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Functional Reading, Graduation Requirements
Mikulecky, Larry J.; And Others – 1979
This monograph contains a discussion of a telephone survey conducted to gain more knowledge about the job-related reading, functional reading, and leisure reading habits of a representative sample of adults from Anderson, Indiana. The discussion highlights survey results by demographic variables, reports specific analyses of survey items, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Employed Women
Lashof, Judith R. – 1992
The Vermont Institute for Self Reliance (VISR) conducted a Basic Educational Skills for Training (BEST) program, a national demonstration project in workplace literacy, from April 1990 to March 1992. BEST provided learner-centered, context-based literacy instruction onsite, on company time, at two General Electric (GE) Aircraft Engines Rutland…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
