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Direct linkMellard, Daryl F.; Fall, Emily – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2012
The following insights into the reading skills of 312 participants in adult basic and secondary education programs are based on a principal components analysis of reading components' contributions to variance in reading comprehension. Overall, 75% of variance was explained by four composite variables representing word skills, language…
Descriptors: Memory, Factor Analysis, Adult Education, Functional Reading
Delen, Anneke M.; McLaughlin, T. F. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1984
Two special needs adults with speech disorders were taught to read functional vocabulary and short phrases/sentences with strategies involving listening, demonstration of community contexts, word meaning drills, beginning sound identification and shaping, prompting, correct pronunciation, and teacher encouragement. Large increases in correct word…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Communication Disorders, Functional Reading
