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Kilty, Ted K. – 1977
This study investigated the characteristics of reading programs offered to inmates of federal, state, and city/county penal institutions. The total number of institutions that responded to a questionnaire sent by the investigator was: federal, 27 (100% response); state, 426 (68% response); and city/county, 675 (16% response). Findings are reported…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Download full textMaryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1975
The comprehensive plan presented in this document in sequential steps shows both the Maryland reading effort accomplishments (1971-74) and its present and future plans (1975-80) and demonstrates a set of ideas based on citizen concerns and needs assessments that are being translated into a reading program. Contents of this document include a…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Class Activities, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies
Pepper, Roger S. – 1969
The evolvement of the reading improvement program at Wayne State University is traced from its conception in 1941 to the present services being offered students and community residents. This description is divided into seven parts: development of the program, the current group program, the reading laboratory, evaluation of the student program,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs, College Language Programs
Raygor, Alton L., Ed. – 1962
This yearbook is a report of the papers presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the North Central Reading Association. The titles and authors of the papers included are: "Recent Research in College and Adult Reading" by Edward G. Summers; "The Definition of Reading" by Earl F. Rankin; "The Effect of Reading Training on College Achievement" by…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Educational Television
Swalm, James; Cox, Gordon – 1971
Reading programs for special admit college students were developed and included 13 skills: reading for main ideas and supporting details, noting sequence and development of main ideas and supporting details, developing flexibility in reading, underlining, summarizing, synthesis of several sources, critical reading, comparison and contrast of…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Content Area Reading, Reading Achievement
Christ, Frank L., Ed. – 1968
The report drawn from the first annual conference that was designed to provide professional dialogue for those interested in the improvement of college reading programs, this volume contains seven papers that deal with the following topics: the role of literary criticism and rhetoric in developing new models of reading comprehension, a pilot…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Developmental Reading, Higher Education, Phonics
Causey, Oscar S., Ed.; Eller, William, Ed. – 1959
This issue of the yearbook contains twenty papers that were presented and discussed at the eighth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference. Papers in part one relate to the various problems involved in starting college reading programs, including the administration of the program, selection and motivation of students, objectives,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1975
This catalog of reading programs is a result of an intensive search by the American Institutes for Research of reading programs in operation across the nation, followed by computer evaluation of the findings. Although the principal objective of the research was to produce multimedia inservice packages for reading teachers which demonstrate twelve…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Developmental Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Figurel, J. Allen, Ed. – 1970
The International Reading Association conference papers selected for this publication focus on the problems of teaching reading to the disadvantaged. The learner's background in language and experience, the teacher's goals and measures of potential and achievement, and the school's adjustment of program and instruction are all factors that affect…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Bilingual Students, Conference Reports
American Bar Association, Washington, DC. Clearinghouse for Offender Literacy Programs. – 1974
The resource manual provides information about more than 80 reading programs and systems issued by 40 publishers. Compiled expressly for adult basic education teachers and administrators involved in correctional institutions, it describes only those reading programs intended for adults. Information is offered about commercial programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Communication Skills, Correctional Rehabilitation
Cayton, Paul W.; Brewer, Norma B. – 1973
The guide to Individualized Reading Instructional System (IRIS) provides information helpful in establishing, operating, and maintaining a reading instructional program meeting adult basic education needs. IRIS systematizes the use of commercially published reading instructional materials for self-pacing, individualized, or independent learning.…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Autoinstructional Aids, Basic Reading, Individualized Programs
Figurel, J. Allen, Ed. – 1970
The International Reading Association conference papers selected for this publication focus on the problems of teaching reading to the disadvantaged. The learner's background in language and experience, the teacher's goals and measures of potential and achievement, and the school's adjustment of program and instruction are all factors that affect…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Bilingual Students, Conference Reports
MILLER, JUSTIN H. – 1966
TRENDS EVIDENT IN ADULT READING DURING THE 1960'S IN THE AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION, PROGRAMS, TEACHING, TECHNIQUES, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND METHODS OF PROMOTION OF READING PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED. TWO INSTANCES OF COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION BASED ON INTENSE AND OFTEN FALLACIOUS ADVERTISING AND ON PUBLIC IGNORANCE ARE CITED. A POSITIVE TREND IN THE AREA…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Trends, Inner Speech (Subvocal)
Bishop, 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
Wark, David M., Ed. – 1968
This volume contains the seventeen papers presented to the 1965, 1966, and 1967 annual meeting of the North Central Reading Association. The papers are grouped into four sections: Problems for the Reading Specialist, College Reading Programs and Instructional Techniques; Research on Reading; and the Emerging Junior College Program. Some of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, College Instruction, Conference Reports
