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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
Bredemus, Claudia – 1992
Lists of resources are presented that were developed as part of the Empowering Learners Project (ELP), a collaboration of five United Way agencies in the St. Paul, Minnesota area. One of the goals of the project and its Technology for Literacy Center was to identify computer software and other media materials that would support the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Download full textEducation Turnkey Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA. – 1992
Over the past 10 years computer technology has come to occupy a central place in American life and has caused a redefinition of the level of literacy skills needed to participate effectively in American society. At the same time, some 20 to 30 million adults have serious problems of basic literacy. Within this context, the Office of Technology…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies, Computer Software
Meyers, Arthur S.; Somerville, Deborah J. – 1992
A 3-year Library Services and Construction Act grant project from 1989-1992 provided for adult learning centers, equipped with Apple IIGS computers and software at each location of the Hammond Public Library (Indiana). User-friendly, job-based software to strengthen reading, writing, mathematics, spelling, and grammar skills, as well as video and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Sivin-Kachala, Jay P.; Bialo, Ellen R. – 1992
This document, prepared for an ongoing assessment on adult literacy and new technologies, reports on a study that examined the scope and suitability of software for adult literacy programs, available sources of information concerning software use in adult literacy programs, and the implications for federal policy. First, a quantitative analysis of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Software
Florida State Council on Aging, Tallahassee. – 1993
This resource booklet was prepared to assist literacy projects and community adult education programs in determining the technology they need to serve more older persons. Section 1 contains the following reprinted articles: "The Human Touch in the Computer Age: Seniors Learn Computer Skills from Schoolkids" (Suzanne Kashuba);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Annotated Bibliographies
