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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Functional literacy"”.
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Functional Literacy: Should it be Mandatory?
Millions of United States citizens are functionally illiterate. Included are persons who cannot read or write or perform simple arithmetic at all. The reasons for failure of voluntary literacy are reviewed, and consideration given to mandatory literacy as a solution to the problem. The effect of …
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Factors influencing functional literacy performance among adult basic education students
The functional literacy performance among a significant portion of American adults is considerably low. The purpose of this study was to educe a comprehensive profile of the adult learner and his or her literacy performance by examining factors which are a manifestation of both the formal school …
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Functional literacy from a cross-cultural perspective : a comparative study of Canada and Japan
… countries are now being affected by "functional illiteracy." Canada and Japan have almost opposite standpoints with regard to literacy issues. In Canada, on the one hand, the 1987 Southam Report warns that 24% of adults are functionally illiterate, and 100,000 illiterates are annually …
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Non-formal education and grassroots development : a case study from rural Bangladesh
… women, education for regenerative agriculture, functional literacy and women's health. The case study focuses mainly on two womens groups. During the field work part of the study, most men were away from the villages in pursuit of salaried jobs or carrying out their small trades. The study …
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Transfer of the knowledge of Chinese characters to Japanese
… more than ten years learning kanji to achieve functional literacy (Ishii, 1967). Since kanji are used for content words in Japanese, many researchers and educators believe that knowing more kanji entails better comprehension, and that the native speakers of Chinese should be able to read …
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The Comprehension of Some Aspects of Figurative Language by Deaf and Hearing Subjects
… an I.Q. of 80 points or more and had at least functional literacy skills, i.e., fourth grade reading level. Deaf subjects had sensorineural hearing losses of 90 dB (ANSI) or more in the better ear averaged over the speech range, i.e., 500 to 2000 Hz. Each deaf subject suffered a hearing loss …
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Mexican-American High School Students and the Role of Literacy Across Home-School-Community Settings
… indicated that students demonstrated different literacy practices in their homes and community than those acknowledged at school. In school, Mexican background students were viewed in terms of their limited English status and were mostly enrolled in low academic tracks. Mexican American students …
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Contributing Factors that Affect the Achievement of African-American Females Taught by Caucasian Teachers on the Arkansas Literacy Exam: A Case Study
… in a high school English classroom on the state literacy examination instructed by a Caucasian teacher. The research site was a low socioeconomic urban high school with a majority of minorities with several native based home languages. The study took an in-depth approach to find the contributing …
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Factors leading to low levels of participation in adult literacy programmes among men in Namwala district.
… leading to low levels of participation in Adult literacy programmes among men in Namwala District. The purpose of the study was to establish the factors leading to low levels of participation in Adult literacy programmes among men in Namwala District. The study had two main objectives with the …
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Exploring the pathways to poor health in the 'hidden population' with low literacy
Low literacy remains a problem across the developed world. Health literacy has emerged as a specialist literacy, although its conceptualisation and measurement overlap with those of functional literacy. The social practice view, which conceptualises literacy as an activity rather than a skill, is …
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A descriptive study of the Adult Basic Education Society, Gujranwala, Pakistan
… and analyzes ten years of experience in literacy of the Adult Basic Education Society in Gujranwala, Pakistan and compares the experience to three widely used alternative approaches to adult literacy programming. The three encompassing approaches, each of which is used internationally, …
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Testing Linguistic Capital: The Reproduction of Culture Through the Standardized Testing of Literacy
… (CASAS), a standardized assessment used to test functional literacy in federally funded adult education programs, it will be shown how such testing has aided in the limiting of access to cultural and linguistic capital. Using statistical analyses this thesis shows that non-minorities score higher …
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Challenges and their resolutions in the promotion and provision and adult literacy: A case of Lufwanyama District Copperbelt province,Zambia
… the challenges encountered by adult literacy programs in Lufwanyama District. The necessity to review the adult literacy programs stemmed from the fact that the Zambian Government had committed itself to providing continued and distance education to its adult citizens for personal and …
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The design, development, implementation and evaluation of Project FLAME: a multi-component, school-based, motor competence intervention for adolescent youth in Ireland
… levels of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and functional movement. Schools and the engagement of relevant stakeholders, particularly qualified Physical Education (PE) specialist teachers, are key vehicles for the provision of movement-based opportunities in youth. The purpose of the first phase …
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Read, write, develop: The social and economic impact of literacy in South Africa
The topic of literacy has received a decent amount of attention over the years both academically and from various institutions and forums across the globe. The increased focus on addressing illiteracy drove the global illiteracy rate down from 40% in 1970 to 25% in 1990. Initiatives to promote …
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Investigating the relationship between perceived motor competence and actual motor competence in adolescent youth
… in fundamental movement skills (FMS) and functional movement patterns, i.e. in their actual motor competence (AMC). Additionally, research in the domain of self-perceptions illustrates that adolescents possess inordinate levels of perceived motor competence (PMC) relative to their low …
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Administration and practice of adult education in the Lagos State of Nigeria
… for adult education with special reference to functional literacy, continuing and remedial education and vocational training.It was aimed at acquainting the planners and executors of adult education in the State with the magnitude of the assignment apportioned to them at State level in the …
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