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Gillette, Tracy L. – 1991
A project developed a plan to improve oral reading in 12 mentally handicapped adults by stressing observation of punctuation marks, reading in phrases, using proper volume, and increasing confidence levels. Identifying the parts of a book and identifying new words were also included. The 12 students were reading below their potential, as shown by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Learning Activities, Mental Retardation
Drabek, Jane – 1980
Intended for use by adult basic education (ABE) instructors who are organizing or reorganizing their reading programs for individualized instruction, this guide outlines the ABE Reading Sequential Competency System (SCS). The main benefits of this particular system for reading are that it delineates a sequence of reading skills, allows the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Behavioral Objectives