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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
Askov, Eunice N.; Cole, Peter G. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1985
Courseware for teaching survival sight vocabulary and reading skills by computer to nonreading adults was developed using principles of adult learning. Non-English speaking immigrants in Western Australia used the modules cooperatively and were interviewed to determine their reactions to the approach. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction
