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Peer reviewedDiehl, William A.; Mikulecky, Larry – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reports that reading on the job is extremely widespread, is primarily "reading-to-do" rather than "reading-to-learn," and is often aided by extralinguistic factors. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adults, Functional Reading, Job Skills, Reading Research
Download full textDiehl, William A. – 1979
The variable nature of literacy is discussed in chapter one of this paper, including problems of arbitrary standards, instruments, and criteria. In the second chapter, some of the historical roots of the concept of literacy are traced both to show how the concept of literacy evolved and to show how literacy has always been closely tied to the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cultural Influences, Educational Philosophy, Functional Literacy
