This study presents guidelines that were designed as references to help professionals and paraprofessionals create new resources or modify existing materials to meet the changing needs, interests, and abilities of persons with reading problems. Four procedures were used to develop the guidelines and to test their validity: materials that were used…

A project was undertaken to develop, field test, and revise strategies for adult beginning readers (ABRs). During the first phase of the study, the researchers identified roadblocks to use of word recognition clues by ABRs. Based on data and feedback from local and state piloting and general principles of learning, the project staff developed the…