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Peer reviewedRigg, Pat; Kazemek, Francis E. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Describes a program designed to build a literate environment to meet the strengths and needs of Job Corps trainees. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Literacy Education, Nontraditional Students
Peer reviewedPadak, Gary M.; Padak, Nancy D. – Journal of Reading, 1987
Emphasizes that since adults seek basic reading instruction for a variety of reasons (e.g., to further job status, to improve skills for their children's sake), planning programs should provide theory-based instruction that focuses on learner needs. (NKA)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Download full textBrown, Don A., Ed. – 1979
This guide is a resource both for organizing and for managing adult literacy programs. Based on the collective input and refinement of national leaders in adult basic education, the handbook provides coverage of program planning, staff development, student recruitment and retention, instructional approaches and techniques, instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Royce and Royce, Lancaster, PA. – 1990
This guide contains an annotated bibliography of 107 resources for: (1) Basic 0-4; (2) Adult Basic Education; (3) English as a Second Language; (4) pre-General Educational Development Test; (5) General Educational Development Test; and (6) workplace programs published since 1986. It also contains a listing of job-specific workplace curriculum and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Citations (References)
