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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
Holmes, Barbara J.; Green, Joslyn – 1988
This document contains a collection of direct quotations from the nearly 50 participants at a roundtable on workplace literacy. It also includes an executive summary, a list of participants, a list of related publications, and a synopsis of a presentation made at a follow-up activity.) The participants included business people, literacy experts,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Jacob, Evelyn; Crandall, Jo Ann – 1979
In a response to the Mikulecky and Diehl examination of work-related literacy, this paper points out the need for data based on ethnographic approaches to research and more realistic assessments of text difficulty. Also suggested are questions to which future research might respond: How much of functional literacy is really functional competency?…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Reading, Job Skills, Readability Formulas
Kangisser, Dianne – 1985
This document traces the history of volunteerism in the literacy field, discusses the current role and use of volunteers, and assesses the potential and the limits of volunteerism as a current and future means for overcoming illiteracy in the United States. (The major conclusion is that the current delivery system of literacy activities can go no…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills

Auten, Anne – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reports on research probing job-related literacy demands and on programs promoting job literacy. (JT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Functional Literacy

Maxcy, Doreen O.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1995
Introduces the standardized safety sign system being established in the United States. Argues that these safety signs, symbols, and warnings may be a good place to begin a workplace literacy project for workers with limited reading skills. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Functional Reading
Mendel, Richard A. – 1988
This study of work force illiteracy in the southern region of the United States reached the following five conclusions: (1) the problem is concentrated more among high school dropouts than among grade school dropouts who never learned to read; (2) the South risks creating a permanent, massive pool of undereducated citizens unable to support…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, Dropouts
Diehl, 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
Kern, Richard P. – 1980
This report was prepared to assist the United States Army in evaluating the usefulness of readability formulas in identifying material that will be comprehended by readers at a given reading skill level. Existing readability methods and research findings were reviewed against three major criterion questions and the findings are discussed. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Functional Reading, Job Training, Military Training
Kirsch, Irwin; Guthrie, John – 1982
In response to the assertion that reading is a fixed set of processes that can be identified and studied independently of context, a study was initiated based on the following assumptions: that different types of reading (prose comprehension and text search) can be identified and measured, that reading competencies are highly associated with uses…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Functional Reading, Methods Research
Latham, W.; Parry, O. – 1979
The Sheffield (Great Britain) Occupational Functional Reading Project was organized to study the functional reading required of 16-year-old school leavers who entered employment or training for a job, and to design instruments for assessing and diagnosing occupational functional reading abilities. The primary task of the project was to develop a…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Functional Reading
Bureau of Business Practice, Waterford, CT. – 1992
Functional illiteracy is an urgent problem for the U.S. business and industrial communities. Employers can uncover literacy problems among employees by conducting analyses of the literacy tasks needed on the job and assessing the basic skill levels of their work force. The design of a basic skills training program should be based on clearly…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Cooperation
Anderson, William W.; Stewart, Oran J. – 1989
A test of job-specific literacy, called the McCoy Assessment of Worksite Literacy Abilities (MAWSLA), could not predict the job success of the 100 employees who took it. The 108-item test was based on literary tasks encountered by employees in the course of a routine day at McCoy Electronics Company, a 560-employee firm in Pennsylvania. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, Functional Literacy
Morrow, Cherie – 2000
Part of a series of instructor guides designed to support Ohio's ACT Work Keys System, this book addresses the skills required to read and understand the kinds of documents used in the workplace and to apply the information they contain in performing job tasks. It is for teachers, tutors, parents, mentors, and trainers seeking strategies for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Functional Reading, Information Literacy, Instructional Materials
Chang, Kathryn L. – 1987
Some researchers estimate that 99 percent of occupations require some ability to read. Yet, illiteracy is a present and growing problem for many businesses. Some researchers contend that the basic educational system does not prepare workers to read on the job. Many teachers consider reading an elementary skill and do not focus on it in higher…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Educational Trends
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