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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
Peer reviewedMiller, Phyllis A. – Journal of Reading, 1988
Advocates using annual reports to help adult learners bridge the gap between competence with basic reading tasks and competence with more difficult and complex tasks which require inferential thinking and application of information for decision making and problem solving. (RS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Annual Reports
Download full textLashof, 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
