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Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills: Findings from Longitudinal Research. Routledge Research in Education
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Reder, Stephen, Ed.; Bynner, John, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend our knowledge of what works in raising skill…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Educational Development, Academic Persistence, Numeracy
The Political Benefits of Adult Literacy: Presumed and Real Effects
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Stromquist, Nelly P. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2008
This article reviews the research literature on political impacts linked to adult literacy. Despite the enormous importance of literacy, few studies exist on their interconnection. The majority of quantitative studies indicate higher levels of political participation by former adult literacy program participants compared to their non-participant…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Self Efficacy, Social Action, Adult Reading Programs
A Study of the Characteristics of Reading Programs in Federal, State, and City-County Penal Institutions.
Kilty, Ted K. – 1977
This study investigated the characteristics of reading programs offered to inmates of federal, state, and city/county penal institutions. The total number of institutions that responded to a questionnaire sent by the investigator was: federal, 27 (100% response); state, 426 (68% response); and city/county, 675 (16% response). Findings are reported…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Adult Illiterates and Adult Literacy Programs: A Summary of Descriptive Data.
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McGrail, Janet – 1984
A portrait of illiterates and literacy programs in the United States in the 1980s is derived from this summary of the most up-to-date, valid information that could be obtained from a literature review. The first section on adult illiterates identifies data sources, numbers of illiterates, and characteristics of the five main groups (the elderly,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Programs, Correctional Education
Knowing and Doing: Literacy for Women.
Chlebowska, Krystyna – 1992
In many instances, literacy trainers do not consider the specific needs and interests of women learners even when developing programs for audiences in which women outnumber men. Various United Nations agencies have proposed principles to integrate the gender issue into development programs and projects. By implementing these principles, literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
Assessing Workplace Literacy Training Needs in Minnesota. Promoting Labor, Industry, Education, and Worker Participation.
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Minnesota Teamsters Service Bureau, Minneapolis. – 1992
This guide presents step-by-step strategies for analyzing workplace literacy training needs through collaborative business, adult basic education (ABE), and worker partnerships. The first chapter provides an overview of literacy in the workplace and highlights challenges currently facing Minnesota and the nation as a whole in meeting needs for a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Cooperative Planning, Educational Cooperation