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Literacy Work, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Objectives, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedAhrendt, Kenneth M. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Attendance, Homework, Program Descriptions
Pidgeon, Douglas – Literacy Work, 1976
Describes "initial teaching alphabet" (i.t.a.), a self-instructional reading program designed to teach basic literacy skills in English to adults in a systematic and logical way by teaching the language sounds and their related i.t.a. characters through the use of recordings and workbook exercises. (WL)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Autoinstructional Aids
Download full textLane, Martha A. – 1987
This report provides a summary and evaluation of a retreat held for the directors and literacy coordinators of the 46 public libraries participating in the California Literacy Campaign (CLC), their supervisors, State Library staff, and members of the California Library Services Board. Following a brief introduction and overview, descriptions of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Financial Support, Library Planning
Greene, Frank P., Ed. – 1972
This is one of two volumes of papers drawn from the twenty-first annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1971. Focusing on research and teacher training concerns relating to mature reading, the 43 papers are arranged into the following categories: advanced organizers, cloze investigations, language investigations, measurement…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Advance Organizers, Cloze Procedure, Conference Reports
Causey, Oscar S., Ed.; Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed. – 1960
Focusing on research and evaluation in college reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the ninth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1959. Among the topics discussed in the 19 papers are the following: a proposed model of reading comprehension, factors affecting reading test performance, student attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Evaluation Methods
Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed.; Kingston, Albert J., Jr., Ed. – 1961
Focusing on phases of college and other adult reading programs, the papers in this volume were drawn from the tenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1960. Among the topics discussed in the 15 papers are the following: reading improvement in government, contributions of education to college and adult reading, the influence…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
Vincennes Univ., IN. – 1979
A part of the adult basic education (ABE) teaching/learning management system called CUBE (Continuity and Unity in Basic Education), this volume contains information for use in implementing reading programs for ABE students with learning disabilities. It consists of two notebooks. Included in the first one are an overview of the program; testing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests
Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed.; Staiger, Ralph C., Ed. – 1962
Focusing on problems, programs, and projects in college and adult reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the eleventh annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1961. The 29 papers are grouped into three sections, the first of which contains studies and theoretical papers that deal with reading speed and comprehension.…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
Greene, Frank P., Ed. – 1971
Focusing on the right to read, the articles in this volume were drawn from the twentieth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1970. Among the topics discussed in the 50 articles are the following: oral associates as predictors of verbal ability, reading readiness, the reading process, reading diagnosis, adult reading programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1970
This is the first of two volumes containing papers focusing on reading processes and pedagogy that were drawn from the nineteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1969. Among the topics discussed in the 42 papers are the following: underlining, individualized reading instruction, reading improvement programs in industry…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Critical Reading
Greene, Frank P., Ed. – 1972
This is one of two volumes of papers drawn from the twenty-first annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1971. Focusing on junior college and college reading programs and problems, the 40 papers are arranged into the following categories: designs for programs, special admission students, ethnically different students, adult…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Higher Education, Individualized Programs
