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Mikulecky, Larry; Diehl, William – VocEd, 1983
How-to-do-it monologues and tasks based on actual job reading give students needed practice in relating reading to job activities. (SK)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Functional Reading, Literacy, Secondary Education
Mikulecky, Larry; Diehl, William – 1979
After reiterating the findings of an earlier examination of job literacy, this paper discusses the results of a job literacy survey involving interviews with 107 individuals representing 100 occupations ranging from short-order cooks and assembly-line workers to lawyers and corporation vice-presidents. Other aspects of the research findings…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Reading, Job Skills, Readability Formulas