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Peer reviewedReis, Ron – Journal of Reading, 1977
Students draw upon their experience and community resources in this program designed to prepare them for living on their own. (JM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Functional Reading, Reading Skills, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCassidy, Jack; Shanahan, Timothy – Journal of Reading, 1979
Describes how to select functional materials and techniques for teaching reading survival skills. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Reading Material Selection
Peer reviewedSingleton, Dana K.; Schuster, John W.; Morse, Timothy E.; Collins, Belva C. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
Both simultaneous prompting and antecedent prompt and test procedures were effective in teaching four adolescents with moderate mental retardation to read grocery sight words. However, the antecedent prompt and test procedure was more efficient on measures of acquisition and the simultaneous prompting procedure was more efficient on measures of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Efficiency
Welch, Jennifer S. – 1980
Designed to meet the needs of older nonreaders, this booklet provides teaching suggestions and classroom activities for functional or survival reading skills. The topics covered include using the telephone; figuring the cost of a purchase; following directions; survival vocabulary for public signs; vocabulary for the medicine chest; reading the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills
Farmer, Jacqueline A.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
A progressive time delay procedure used in a small group instructional arrangement was successful in teaching four high school students with severe handicaps to read community-referenced words. Two of the students learned additional words by observing their peers. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Functional Reading, High Schools, Observational Learning
Download full textWest, Lynda L., Ed. – 1989
This guide is designed to provide secondary teachers and administrators with the information necessary to adapt or develop a functional curriculum for children and youth who display academic difficulties. (A functional curriculum teaches functional skills in the most appropriate setting for specific skill acquisition.) It provides suggestions of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources
Muir, Buzz; Wischropp, Theodore – 1981
This training manual is intended for teachers new to adult basic education programs and attempts to cover certain aspects and knowledge areas relevant to the adult learner's situation. Chapter 1 outlines what teachers and students need to know. For teachers this includes content knowledge, learner characteristics, interpersonal skills, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Counseling
