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Download full textReale, Robin – 1999
This brief paper describes a literacy program for adults with mental retardation in the Boston metropolitan region developed when more than 300 individuals formally requested literacy services. Several cognitive and literacy assessments were reviewed and implemented. No one assessment was found to be sufficient to assess ranges from pre-literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Functional Literacy
Nickse, Ruth S.; Englander, Nancy – Equity and Choice, 1985
Describes the conceptual and operational framework of Collaborations for Literacy, an adult literacy project based on the premise that the educationally disadvantaged parent and child are a learning unit and might benefit from shared learning activities. Project's objective is to encourage adults to improve their own reading through reading to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Needs
Merson, Martha, Ed.; Reuys, Steve, Ed. – Connections: A Journal of Adult Literacy, 1999
Following an introduction on "Taking Risks" (Martha Merson), this journal contains 11 articles on taking risks in teaching adult literacy, mostly by educators in the Boston area. The following are included: "My Dreams Are Bigger than My Fears Now" (Sharon Carey); "Making a Pitch for Poetry in ABE [Adult Basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Classroom Techniques
