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Workplace Literacy for World Class Manufacturing. Final Report.

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Dowling, William D.; And Others – 1992

The Ohio State University, Inland Fisher Guide Division of General Motors, and United Auto Workers Local 969 formed a collaborative partnership in 1990 to train employees whose inadequate literacy skills made them unable to respond to the requirements of "synchronous manufacturing" (or "just in time" production). One of the…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs

Columbia/Willamette Skill Builders Consortium. Final Performance Report. Appendix 5C: Blueprint Math Applications. A Basic Math Skills Program for Leupold & Stevens, Inc. Instructors' Reports and Curriculum Materials.

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Burwell, D'Anne; And Others – 1991

Leupold & Stevens, Inc. and Portland Community College (Oregon) cooperated in offering special math instruction as part of a workplace literacy project. A needs assessment indicated a problem in basic math skills such as simple calculations on a calculator and decimals, which were used on blueprints. Operators, set-up workers, and lead workers…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Blueprints

Columbia/Willamette Skill Builders Consortium. Final Performance Report. Appendix 5C: Workforce Literacy at LWO Corporation. English in the Workplace (Beginning and Intermediate). Instructors' Reports and Curriculum Materials.

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Schneider, Ann L. – 1991

Interviews with managers and other staff were used to assess the communication and language development needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) workers at Lattice Works of Oregon (LWO) Corporation. Task analysis was used by Portland Community College (Portland) to develop a curriculum for twice-weekly classes held before or after shift changes.…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs