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Hansen, Cheryl L.; Feinburg, Phil – 1982
To devise a list of functional sight vocabulary words, a search was made of numerous curriculum guides and books, school district curricula, and several commercial materials purporting to teach such words. This search provided 16 word lists with a total of 466 different words and symbols. The word lists ranged from as few as five words to as many…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Disabilities, Functional Reading, Language Handicaps
Internal Training Services, Media, PA. – 1987
This manual consists of reproducible forms that were collected or developed to represent the vast assortment of forms that may be encountered in the transaction of one's personal finances and related affairs. The items represent typical forms encountered by a resident of Pennsylvania, based on a review of forms collected throughout the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Daily Living Skills, Functional Reading
San Antonio State Hospital, TX. Office of Education Services. – 1983
This instructional manual consists of materials for use in implementing a computer-assisted instructional program in reading skills development for adult nonreaders. Discussed first are the project during which this instructional program and manual were developed and the goals of the computer-assisted beginning reading program, a major feature of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Context Clues
Colvin, Ruth J.; Root, Jane H. – 1987
This guide is intended to assist teachers and volunteer tutors who are teaching adults and teenagers to read. The nature and extent of the adult illiteracy problem and the process of learning to read are discussed in the first chapter. The characteristics that are desirable in basic reading tutors and those that are encountered in adult learners…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Leopold, Joan Y.; Anstine, Carolyn G.; Greene, Margaret P. – 1983
A project was undertaken to develop a realistic survival skills curriculum in language arts for adult basic education (ABE) students that could be used with predischarge residents in institutions for mentally ill individuals in Pennsylvania. After identifying 28 predischarge residents at the Harrisburg State Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives
