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Sacks, George A.; Sacks, Florence – 1968
A study of the reading rate and comprehension of 10 aerospace engineers and analysis of the readability of sample company communications were undertaken. The Nelson-Denny Reading Test comprehension scores for the engineers, when compared with scores of a norm group provided by the Nelson-Denny Test Manual, were nearly the same in mean and standard…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Engineers, Functional Reading, Professional Personnel
Download full textRakes, Thomas A. – 1972
This appraisal of the readability of materials used by Adult Basic Education (ABE) teachers determines readability by using the Dale-Chall Readability Formula, the Fry Readability Graph, and the Gunning Fog Readability Formula. An introductory chapter states the problem, defines terms, and presents the importance, hypotheses, design, limitations,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Readability, Reading Achievement
Redman, Margaret C.; And Others – 1977
This teacher's manual is designed to accompany a reading kit intended to provide high interest reading materials for late adolescent and adult elementary-level readers (see note). Introductory information discusses the development of the reading exercises from unedited stories dictated by students (the Learning Experience Approach) and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Basic Reading
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the relationship between readability of written material and reading competency of upper middle class adult readers, the economic benefits of adult basic education…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Annotated Bibliographies
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
