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McGarva, Mary – 1989
This article suggests the following ways of making material easier for adults to read: using layout and print size to make meaning clear; making audio recordings and simplified versions of printed matter; and increasing the relevance of the content to the reader. Intended for teachers of adults in reading programs, the study also contains a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy

Journal of Reading, 1980
Five contributors separately discuss (1) a formula for describing the anticipatory process in reading; (2) a combined reading, writing, and comprehension exercise that proved popular with rehabilitation students; (3) an adult education project involving reports on recreational reading; (4) limitations of the Fry Readability Graph; and (5) a method…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Foreign Countries
Kerr, Hugo – 1995
This book examines the basic principles of the cognitive psychology of literacy and explains how insights gained from that theory can inform and improve reading, spelling, and writing instruction aimed at adults. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's eight chapters: the principles of cognitive psychology (the nervous system,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Andragogy