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Download full textReder, Stephen – 1992
A considerable body of evidence indicates that using technology simply to expand traditional adult literacy approaches and programs will not likely meet existing literacy needs, let alone the heightened expectations of the national literacy goal. One promising approach is to use home-based personal computers (PCs) equipped with modems and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Networks
Askov, Eunice N.; And Others – 1986
The effectiveness of using computer courseware developed for adults reading below the fourth-grade level was investigated with inmates at Rockview State Correctional Institution. Data were collected both to establish multiple baseline data and to permit experimental group comparison with a control group. The multiple baselines portion of the study…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
Rockman, Saul – 1992
For this paper, prepared as an input to an ongoing assessment called "Adult Literacy and the New Technologies: Tools for a Lifetime," the literature on the use of technology in educational programs was reviewed, and the use and instructional effectiveness of audio equipment, television, computers, and interactive media were examined. Special…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Eveland, J. D.; And Others – 1992
A series of sequentially replicated case studies examined the use of information technologies in the context of existing adult literacy programs. Literacy programs offered by the following institutions were studied: Watts Adult Learning Center (Los Angeles, California); Creative Academic Achievement Pro-Success Learning Center (McAllen, Texas);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies
Sivin-Kachala, Jay P.; Bialo, Ellen R. – 1992
This document, prepared for an ongoing assessment on adult literacy and new technologies, reports on a study that examined the scope and suitability of software for adult literacy programs, available sources of information concerning software use in adult literacy programs, and the implications for federal policy. First, a quantitative analysis of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Software
Smith, Janet C.; Diaz, Ricardo – 2002
Case study-based teacher education has been advocated since the mid-1980s. The evolution of technology-facilitated, case study-based professional development for adult education professionals may be traced by examining three projects involving the National Center on Adult Literacy and the International Literacy Institute at University of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
