Six practical and readily accessible informal assessment strategies for evaluating adult readers are described. These include (1) observation, (2) simplified reading inventories, (3) cloze procedures, (4) group reading inventories, (5) criterion-referenced tests, and (6) informal reading inventories. (CH)

THIS VOLUME IS THE SECOND OF THREE PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AS PART OF A RESEARCH PROJECT TO DESIGN AND TEST STUDY-DISCUSSION PROGRAMS IN SCIENCE FOR ADULTS PLANNED TO HELP THEM FORM SOUND JUDGMENTS ON PUBLIC POLICY. PHYSICAL CONCEPTS WHICH LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND OF THE STRUCTURE OF LIVING…

Describes the experience of a 19-year-old learning disabled woman who enrolled in a literacy program. After one year, she enrolled in a community college and was able to make plans for her future. (JOW)

The repeated reading technique has been used successfully with children to build fluency and enhance comprehension and can be a viable instructional and remedial technique for adult beginning readers. (SK)

A reading program for adult learners with minimum reading skills should include activities that immerse the student in actual reading experiences. Working with connected text using such approaches as assisted reading, language experience, and independent reading is suggested. Listening activities, discussion, and writing should be vital parts of…

Discusses a variety of programs, practices, and materials available to the teacher of adult basic education. (MKM)

Depicts partnership learning's evolution through a long struggle between students, staff, and board members. Describes a program that evolved from a one-on-one instruction to small group instruction in which student learners are encouraged to respect their own knowledge and experience and that of others and to work to become competent, independent…

Literacy has become an important predictor of well being in old age. Being literate in today's society demands a myriad of functional abilities, which, when absent, can have dramatic health, economic, and social consequences. The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for defining literacy within an increasingly technological society,…

Literacy has become an important predictor of well being in old age. Being literate in today's society demands a myriad of functional abilities, which, when absent, can have dramatic health, economic, and social consequences. The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for defining literacy within an increasingly technological society,…

The readability levels of 15 popular magazines were determined by applying the Flesch, Farr-Jenkins-Paterson, Gunning, and Fry readability formulas to the lead articles of each. Average grade levels found were 13, 14, 12.2, and 10.9. Probability intercorrelations between the easy-to-difficult rankings yielded by the four formulas were all…

This volume is the report of the proceedings of a seminar on adult education held in Tehran, Iran. The twelve papers included discuss such topics as adult literacy programs in Iran, literacy in Turkey, adult literacy problems and programs of Pakistan, the purpose of literacy training, defining literacy, planning literacy training programs,…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether students having different primary representational systems would make similar gains in an individualized developmental reading program at a large junior college. None of the primary mode groups (auditory, visual, kinesetic) seemed to enjoy an advantage in terms of vocabulary or comprehension…

The purpose of this article is to report findings from the research literature about adult literacy and adult reading materials for adults with limited reading experience, to define the dimensions of the problem, and to identify new concepts and trends in library programs in this area of adult service. (61 references) (Author/NH)

Describes projects of Oklahoma libraries designed to combat the problem of illiteracy among adults and explains Oklahoma Image, a humanities effort aimed at attracting out-of-school adults to public libraries by focusing on the state's multicultural heritage. Column also reports adult service news from other states. (JD)