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A Reading Profile of Functionally Illiterate Adults.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Roberts, Bette H. Russell, Sheldon Noel |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Abstract | DOCUMENT RESUME CS 003 140 Roberts, Bette H.; Russell, Sheldon N. A Reading Profile of Functionally Illiterate Adults. Central State Univ., Edmond, Okla. Coll. of Education.; Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Sep 76 75p.; An Adult Basic Educaticn Special Project MF-$0.83 HC-$3.50 Plus Postage. *Adult Basic Education; *Functional Illiteracy; *Illiterate Adults; Intelligence; Reading Ability; *Reading Diagnosis; *Reading Research; Reading Skills; Study Habits; Teaching Methods In order to identify the reading behavior and instructional needs of functionally illiterate adults reiding below fourth grade level, 50 adults were identified and diagnosed on the Durrell Analysis of Reading Difficulty test and the Slosson Intelligence Test for Children and Adults, In addition, a questionnaire was administered to Oklahoma City adult basic education teachers to establish areas of concern to the teachers. A tutorial instruction component was conducted with four adults, for the duration of the study, to implement a variety of teaching techniques and to gather data on the stUdy habits of functionally illiterate adults. This document discusses the problem, the treatment of data, analysis of results, conclusions and implications of test results, recommendations for testing, the instructional component, and the classroom and instructional recommendations. Tables of findings, a selected bibliography, and three appendixes (teacher survey, sample lesson plan, and list of materials) are included. (JM) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effcirt * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EARS are the best that can be made from the original. *********************************************************************** |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED133699.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
