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Peer reviewedSchneiderman, Paula – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1977
Describes the Active Reading Techniques System (ACTS), developed at Ohio State University as an instructional system for use by tutors of adult learners. ACTS consists of five techniques, each of which are described separately: Language Experience Technique, Information Reading Technique, Life-Skills Technique, Context Clues Technique, and Silent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Functional Literacy, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedKelly, Leonard P. – Journal of Reading, 1974
Describes a game used to teach adults to recognize and comprehend words and phrases basic to their lives. (TO)
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Functional Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Games
Download full textBishop, Arthur, Ed. – 1978
In view of the fact that 13% of the 9, 13, and 17-year-old students in the United States have been found to be functionally illiterate in a national study, this booklet was produced by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to review efforts that have been undertaken to strengthen students' command of reading skills. Among the topics discussed are…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment
