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Peer reviewedKokes, Loralyn B. – Journal of Reading, 1977
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Employees
Download full textDixon-Krauss, Lisbeth A.; Jennings, Clara M. – 1990
The social context activity model of adult literacy instruction posits that literacy is a relative phenomena and literacy needs are specific to the individual and the social context within which the individual operates. Instruction is based on the concept of activity with a prospective focus on the formation of students' shared and personal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
Peer reviewedCaldwell, Robert M.; Rizza, Peter J. – AEDS Journal, 1979
The Basic Skills Learning System is a modularized network of computer assisted tutorials, drills, tests, printed materials, and videotaped presentations directed at improving the basic reading, math, and language skills of adults who have mastered these skills at a level above third grade but below the eighth. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
BCEL Brief, 1993
This brief is a combination directory of contact persons and annotated bibliography designed to provide information on developing and implementing basic skills training programs for workers in the health care industry. The first section contains information on 33 contact persons currently operating employee basic skills programs for health care…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Harding, Mildred; Thomas, Claire – 1978
Beginning with a brief project report, this curriculum guide is intended to enable teachers to work effectively with Adult Performance Level (APL) programs. The manual (1) clarifies the concept of APL, (2) describes the APL-ABE (Adult Basic Education) curriculum at Florida Junior College (FJC), (3) provides examples of effective lesson plans for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Audiovisual Aids, Basic Skills
Phelps, Margaret S.; And Others – 1987
This paper describes a model for a literacy program proposed for the Rural Education Project at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. The program would target unemployed adults, at-risk youth and others in a seven-county target area whose lack of reading skills hampers their search for employment. The model calls for cooperative…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Basic Skills
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1986
This booklet provides descriptions of 16 adult education programs that have been validated as successful by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), U.S. Department of Education and that are being promoted by the National Diffusion Network (NDN). Although the programs were developed by individual school districts in response to local needs,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
