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A Program for Fostering of Reading and Thinking of Disadvantaged Adolescents in Israel.

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Lasser-Cohen, Hadara – Journal of Reading, 1985

Describes an Israeli reading program for disadvantaged adolescents based on verbal exercises using informative, literary, and speculative texts to improve their reading comprehension and cognitive functions. (HOD)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Disadvantaged

Language and Reading: A Study of Adult Literacy Students in Northern Ireland.

Peer reviewed

Whyte, Jean – Journal of Reading, 1981

A study conducted in Northern Ireland discovered differences in cognitive processing between average adult readers and adult literacy students. (MKM)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes