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Okwor, Roseline Ngozi; Mole, Austin J. C.; Ihekwoaba, Emmanuel Chukwudi – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2015
This paper seeks to examine the current state of academic utilization of government publications in Nigerian university libraries. Using a descriptive survey, the study focused on three academic libraries in Southeastern Nigeria serving a population of 11,996 undergraduate and postgraduate student library users, 592 of whom answered a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Publications, Academic Libraries, Information Utilization
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Townsend, Marilyn S.; Sylva, Kathryn; Martin, Anna; Metz, Diane; Wooten-Swanson, Patti – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2008
Literacy is an issue for many low-income audiences. Using visual information processing theories, the goal was improving readability of a food behavior checklist and ultimately improving its ability to accurately capture existing changes in dietary behaviors. Using group interviews, low-income clients (n = 18) evaluated 4 visual styles. The text…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Readability, Low Income, Evaluation Research
Okpalobi, Martis J. – 1979
High school teachers of reading, mathematics, social science, and science participated in a faculty development program, Teaching Reading in Content Areas (TRICA). A focused interview system, Levels of Use of Innovation (LOU) measured the extent to which teachers used TRICA in their classrooms. There are eight levels of use: non-use, orientation,…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Check Lists, Content Area Reading, Evaluation Criteria