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Download full textSticht, Thomas G., Ed. – 1975
This report describes the development of an experimental program of job reading training designed to provide a level of functional literacy appropriate to minimal job task reading requirements in six major career clusters. Program effectiveness for both general and job reading training is described in data based on the reading performance of some…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Functional Literacy, Job Training
Fingeret, Arlene – 1984
To clarify and examine conventional wisdom and stereotypes about adult literacy, this paper focuses on the approaches of individually oriented and community-oriented programs. An examination of the literature base (encompassing research reports, informal accounts, manuals and handbooks, and theoretical, philosophical, and policy articles) leads to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
