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Newman, Anabel P.; And Others – 1991
The Indiana University Student Literacy Corps was developed through an existing reading practicum course offered by the school of education through the Reading Practicum center; (2) tutors met or exceeded the time requirements of performing voluntary, uncompensated service each week of the academic term; (3) the corps provided a tutoring service…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Higher Education
Lawson, V. K., Ed.; McKallip, Jonathan, Ed. – 1984
This handbook, which is designed to explain the steps entailed in organizing and administering a volunteer adult literacy program, is organized into three main sections. The following topics are discussed in the opening section on program organization: planning a program calendar; recruiting, training, and establishing the duties of the program…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Download full textDarkenwald, Gordon G.; Silvestri, Kenneth – 1992
An assessment of the Newark Literacy Campaign's (NLC's) Adult Tutorial Reading Program studied 20 long-term (in the program for at least 1 year) and 20 new adult learners; all but 2 were African-Americans. The following data sources were used: in-depth interviews with learners, logs completed by tutors, follow-up interviews 6-8 months later,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Blacks
Palmatier, Robert A.; And Others – 1976
The instructional concept guide is part of a system developed for tutor training and support. It is primarily designed for volunteers, but it can also be adapted to the training of paraprofessional tutors for any type of adult literacy program. A key component in the system is the Tutor Support Library, consisting of Instructional Concept Guides…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Radencich, Marguerite C., Ed. – 1994
The following articles are included: "Reconceptualizing the Language of Adult Literacy" (Ilsley, Stahl); "Expanding the Definition of Literacy for Adult Remedial Readers" (Heathington); "Adult Literacy Programs" (Davis); "Stages in the Reading Development of Adults" (Norman, Malicky); "Reading Concepts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The ten titles deal with the following topics: passage integrity and type of instruction in prose learning; college student self-concept and reading gain in two instructional methods; the consequences for adults of childhood…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, College Students
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 1992
This document, which was created by a work group of literacy program coordinators in the state of Washington, is designed for the following purposes: to provide a set of written standards for quality volunteer adult tutoring programs; to list criteria by which Washington's State Board for Community and Technical Colleges can award Volunteer Tutor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
