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Peer reviewedMeyer, Valerie; Keefe, Donald – Reading Horizons, 1985
The DeFord Theoretical Orientation to the Reading Process was administered to 148 ABE and GED instructors to determine how they viewed the reading process. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, High School Equivalency Programs
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1970
The first of two volumes of proceedings for the 19th annual National Reading Conference contains 41 addresses generally concerned with the reading process. In most cases these are descriptions of research studies examining facets of the reading process. A few others are position papers describing models of reading. Among the topics considered are…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading, College Programs, College Students
Download full textGersten, Karen – 1996
A research-based model of adult literacy categorizes adult reading habits into four categories: (1) illiteracy, the inability to read; (2) aliteracy, the absence of reading by those who are able to read; (3) selective literacy, reading only one type of material for a single purpose; and (4) active literacy, fully embracing literacy in all aspects…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
PDF pending restorationSticht, Thomas G. – 1995
The most extensive research and development (R&D) into the adult cognitive skills essential for workplace literacy has been conducted by the U.S. military. Military R&D related to workplace literacy has been concentrated in the following areas: formulation of developmental model for literacy in four stages (basic adaptive processes, conscious…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cognitive Development
