TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abadzi,Helen
TI  - Improving adult literacy outcomes: lessons from cognitive research for developing countries 
T2  - Directions in development
SN  - 0821354930
AV  - LC149.7 .A23 2003
U1  - 302.2244091724 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank
KW  - Functional literacy
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Cognitive learning
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-108) and index; 1; Background: Adventures in Adult Literacy --; 2; Cognitive Science in the Service of Adult Literacy --; 3; Instructional and Social Issues of Literacy Acquisition --; 4; Policy Implications of Cognitive Literacy Methods --; Annex A; Improving Reading Performance in Adult Literacy Classes of Burkina Faso --; App; Literacy Tests and Questionnaire
N2  - "Teaching basic reading skills to one billion adult illiterates in the world is challenging. Adult literacy programs in developing countries often have low efficiency and may make relatively few participants literate. Efforts to improve outcomes have focused on institutional development, adult education philosophy, textbooks, motivation, and social issues. Little attention has been paid to the cognitive mechanisms that enable the learners' brains to perceive and interpret written patterns in a few milliseconds. Yet, considerable research has been conducted in this area since brain imaging became possible, partly to remedy dyslexia, that is frequent in industrialized countries. Improving Adult Literacy Outcomes summarizes pertinent research in layman terms and applies findings to the acquisition of literacy by unschooled adults in lower-income countries."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -