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New Haven School District, VT. – 1978
The procedures described in this manual were developed in an adult Right-to-Read project that provided individualized home instruction in reading, writing, and related basic life skills to adults in rural settings. The eight sections of the manual deal with the following topics: intention of the manual and descriptions of the project and its…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Guides
Farren, Sean; Todd, Mary – 1986
A study investigated the ways in which the provision for adult literacy in Northern Ireland has developed since 1975. Questionnaires were circulated to program organizers, tutors, and other personnel to determine (1) enrollment patterns, (2) program organization and the evolution toward "adult basic education," (3) personnel resources…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Lane, Martha A. – 1984
This guide is designed to assist volunteer tutors participating in an adult literacy program. Discussed in the first chapter are the meaning of the term functional literacy, the way in which we get meaning from print, and word identification skills. The next two sections deal with the history of literacy education in industrialized countries and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
PDF pending restorationGila River Indian Community, Sacaton, AZ. – 1973
The purpose of the project reported on and evaluated in the document is to develop new approaches in Adult Basic Education to motivate undereducated, alienated, and disadvantaged American Indian adults. The project is located in central Arizona, serving a population of about 8,000. High school-dropout rates, unemployment, alcoholism, and health…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Brown, Nancy M.; Hakanson, Edward E. – 1985
This curriculum plan contains materials for tutors to use in teaching adults to read. It was developed for the Drake University reading tutoring program. The curriculum plan is organized in four levels. The first level covers letter recognition, handwriting, auditory discrimination, sound/symbol coordination, short vowel sounds, sight words, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Download full textHakanson, Edward E., Ed.; Gunderson, Doris V., Ed. – 1986
This guide was developed to assist volunteers in tutoring adult readers who read below the ninth-grade level. The following topics are discussed in the guide in either narrative or question-and-answer format: getting started as a tutor, who are the clients, getting acquainted, tutoring procedures, and teaching decoding skills. Procedures for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
San Antonio State Hospital, TX. Office of Education Services. – 1983
This instructional manual consists of materials for use in implementing a computer-assisted instructional program in reading skills development for adult nonreaders. Discussed first are the project during which this instructional program and manual were developed and the goals of the computer-assisted beginning reading program, a major feature of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Context Clues
