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Johnston, Suzanne – 1980
A study was conducted to determine if visualization could be used as an organizational tool to help adult education students improve their reading comprehension by helping them to see the structure of what they are reading in a sort of verbal picture of organized ideas. Following a review of research, which identified five areas in which…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension
Johnston, Suzanne – 1980
Many adult poor readers do not organize what they read in a way that best facilitates good comprehension. To help students overcome this problem, the Adult Day and Evening School in Oakland, California, organized a reading laboratory for their mostly low-income, educationally disadvantaged students with a diverse range of needs. Instruction in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students, Instructional Materials
