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Jennifer Martinez; Daphne Greenberg; Cynthia Puranik; Jason Braasch; Charles MacArthur; Zoi Philippakos; Christine Miller – Grantee Submission, 2024
Motivational research identifies utility value, or the importance of a learning task to future goals, as central to motivation to learn. This study analyzed survey data (N=86) collected from adult literacy learners to examine their utility value of writing improvement in grammar and spelling skills, word processing skills, and planning, drafting,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Skill Development, Adult Basic Education
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Jennifer Martinez; Daphne Greenberg; Cynthia Puranik; Jason Lawrence Braasch; Zoi A. Traga Philippakos; Charles A. MacArthur; Christine Miller – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2024
Motivational research identifies utility value, or the importance of a learning task to future goals, as central to motivation to learn. This study analyzed survey data (N = 86) collected from adult literacy learners to examine their utility value of writing improvement in grammar and spelling skills, word processing skills, and planning,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Skill Development, Adult Basic Education
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Burke, Victoria; Greenberg, Daphne – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2010
There are many readability tools that instructors can use to help adult learners select reading materials. We describe and compare different types of readability tools: formulas calculated by hand, tools found on the Web, tools embedded in a word processing program, and readability tools found in a commercial software program. Practitioners do not…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Readability, Reading Material Selection, Comparative Analysis
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Young, Deborah; Irwin, Martha – Journal of Reading, 1988
Suggests effective means of integrating computers into adult literacy education using commercial word-processing and data base programs including teacher-student interaction. Points out that activities used in most "reading software" are not consistent with the cognitive view of comprehension. (Auth/ARH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Reading Writing Relationship, Teaching Methods
Melia, Josie – 1986
Writing groups can use word processors or microcomputers in many different types of writing activities. Four hour-long sessions at a word processor with the help of a skilled word processing tutor have been found to be sufficient to provide a working knowledge of word processing. When two or three students enrolled in a writing class are assigned…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Writing
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Finnegan, Roslyn; Sinatra, Richard – Journal of Reading, 1991
Advocates computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for developing emergent literacy skills of adult students. Discusses types of CAI formats that engage adults in holistic, concept-driven instruction. Describes specific software programs useful for adults functioning at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of reading proficiency. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Lehigh Carbon Community Coll., Allentown, PA. – 1996
This curriculum and instructor's guide were developed for adult literacy students to advance their literacy skills and prepare for the General Education Diploma exam using the information on the Internet via an online service. The report of the project that developed the curriculum describes the following project activities: computer technology…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Internet
Manini, Catalina M.; Cervantes, Juan – 1998
This handbook, in both English and Spanish versions, is intended for use with adult basic education (ABE) students. It contains five sections of basic computer literacy activities and information about the ABE computer literacy course offered at Dona Ana Community College (DACC) in New Mexico. The handbook begins with forewords by the handbook's…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1993
This training package, which is designed for use by tutors teaching basic skills in a variety of adult education settings throughout the United Kingdom, consists of four booklets. The first two booklets explain how to use Microsoft Works word processing and spreadsheet software. Each contains instructions for using the Microsoft products in MS DOS…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Pastori, Sharon; And Others – 1986
This review of the activities of LEAP (Literacy for Every Adult Project), a free, basic skills tutorial program for adults, is divided into two parts. Part 1 provides the most recent assessment of the LEAP microcomputer learning center, which was funded in 1985 through a Library Services and Construction Act grant, and Part 2 details the early…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Marrapodi, Maryann – 1984
This guide is a selected list of 25 software packages and 15 books about educational computing. It is the first step in guiding librarians, teachers, tutors, and other literacy providers to choose the best and most appropriate software for use by their students and staff. Software is divided by these topics: problem-solving software, tool programs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Books, Computer Literacy
Leonard, Janet – 1987
This practical manual is designed for teachers involved in adult basic education (in particular, teachers of bilingual and adult literacy students) who would like to introduce their students to word processing through the language curriculum. A range of activities linking language and word processing skills is suggested. The tasks can be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education, Computer Uses in Education
Greater Erie Community Action Committee, PA. – 1993
A program of basic language/writing skills was designed to enhance the literacy levels of 24 multicultural seniors, aged 65 or older, who were recruited from senior centers throughout Erie County, Pennsylvania. Computer literacy and basic word processing skills were taught along with basic language/writing skills in a nonthreatening learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Literacy
Strunk, Sandra J. – 1991
This handbook, developed for an adult learning center in Pennsylvania, uses word processing instruction on Apple IIe computers to promote student writing. The handbook was designed for use by adult basic education, General Educational Development, and English-as-a-Second-Language students who read at a fourth-grade level or higher. In the 15…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Askov, Eunice N.; Brown, Emory J. – 1989
A study evaluated the effectiveness of the Templates for Literacy manual, which is designed to help the adult beginning reader integrate computer and literacy learning. The manual contains guidelines and strategies for incorporating word processing, spreadsheet, database, and graphics software into literacy curricula. The draft manual was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
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