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Mellard, Daryl F.; Fall, Emily – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2012
The following insights into the reading skills of 312 participants in adult basic and secondary education programs are based on a principal components analysis of reading components' contributions to variance in reading comprehension. Overall, 75% of variance was explained by four composite variables representing word skills, language…
Descriptors: Memory, Factor Analysis, Adult Education, Functional Reading
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Cook, Anne – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1977
Presented is a discussion--based upon a small-scale survey of the reading needs of adults--of the importance of teaching reading to the learning disabled and those with less severe learning and reading difficulties. (DLS)
Descriptors: Functional Reading, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems, Needs