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Bacon, Margaret – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1983
Though adult students have rich and varied backgrounds which enhance their reading, too often teaching methods have focused on the print on the page rather than the ideas presented. There is a range of strategies for teaching reading comprehension which is applicable to any material. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cloze Procedure
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Keefe, Don; And Others – Reading World, 1982
Presents 10 strategies designed to assist adult disabled readers to move from decoding and word calling to active meaning making. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Martin, Deanna C.; Blanc, Robert – Lifelong Learning, 1984
This document offers "reciprocal questioning" as a technique that promotes active learning and that is a practical and powerful way to help students improve their reading comprehension. First, the technique is described in detail. Steps include selection of four to five paragraphs of text; preparation of 10-12 questions over the material,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Inquiry, Questioning Techniques
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Kossack, Sharon; Hoffman, Edwina – Journal of Reading, 1987
Provides information on how to use newspaper comic strips with reluctant, older disabled readers because the visual nature of the comics helps reading comprehension. Activity types include: (1) categorizing; (2) finding main ideas; (3) comparing; (4) determining cause-effect relationships; and (5) predicting outcomes. (SKC)
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Comics (Publications), Learning Disabilities, Newspapers
Scales, Alice M.; Biggs, Shirley A. – 1983
This book addresses a wide range of reading needs by providing exercises that focus on comprehension and word strategies. It also provides an instructional process for meeting those needs. The instructional process is individualized, and is designed to: (1) assess initial reading competence; (2) direct learners to the chapters specifically related…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Reading Programs, Critical Reading, Higher Education
Isaacson, Barbara; Miller, Gail – 1985
These instructional units are intended to help limited English proficient students establish the solid foundation of reading skills that will enable them to make a transition from English as a Second Language programs to General Educational Development or community college classes. An introduction and information on use of the lessons discuss the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, English (Second Language), Learning Activities
Rosenthal, Nadine – 1987
This guide gives new tutors who are not professional teachers some techniques for teaching others to read and write. A comprehension-based approach to literacy training is used. Part 1 presents a variety of background information on illiteracy. It also gives some guidelines useful for the new tutor. Part 2 is composed of two diagnostic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests
Boraks, Nancy; Richardson, Judy S. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1985
This article contains eight principles for teaching the adult beginning reader. Each principle is based on classical, established, or new research and learning theory related to the adult reader. With each principle, a brief rationale for its development is presented and practical instructional strategies are indicated. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Associative Learning, Beginning Reading
Gilliland, Hap – 1976
The diagnostic test combines an individual reading inventory, a reading comprehension test, and a work analysis test to determine and verify the basic reading level of students, locate individual reading problems, compare reading comprehension to vocabulary level, and locate deficiencies in phonetic and structural analysis skills. For use in…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Lipa-Wade, Sally – 2003
This teacher's guide is designed to assist in teaching an eight-level supplemental reading series to help students learn and practice a variety of reading comprehension strategies. It explains the format of the eight student books; provides a complete scope and sequence chart for the series; and includes a brief introduction to reading…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Materials
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Adult Education. – 1989
This scope and sequence chart was developed in South Carolina to aid adult literacy tutors. The chart is divided into four strands that represent the major components of reading: phonics; comprehension/critical thinking; communication; and life skills. Each strand is divided into skill areas that were considered to be major areas of need for adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Mercer County Community Coll., Trenton, NJ. – 1992
This document offers materials for a 16-hour course on reading and writing tasks performed by front-line hospital supervisors who have a high school education. The course was part of a workplace literacy project developed by Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) and its partners. The document begins with an explanation of the project, a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
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
Abadzi, Helen – 2003
Adult literacy program outcomes have been disappointing. A number of principals and methods from cognitive and neuropsychological research can be used to make literacy instruction more effective, including the following: improving cognitive function; fast reading; reading practice; literacy as a motivator; and improving use of class time.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Barabe, Rosemeri; And Others – 1987
Developed to facilitate the teaching/learning process, this guide corresponds to the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Reading Skills Workbook Level I, and may be used as an answer book, as well as a reference manual. It contains concise explanations of the various skills presented, suggested teaching strategies, answers to workbook exercises, and a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Alphabetizing Skills, American Indian Education
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