Illiteracy in the United States [microform] : What and Why? / John S. Helmick and Scarvia B. Anderson
- Bib ID:
- 5505525
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Helmick, John S
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988
- 9 p.
- Summary:
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Some of the many topics which challenge psychologists working in the literacy field are: (1) the priority that should be attached to illiteracy in relationship to other national and personal problems; (2) varying definitions of "literacy" and "illiteracy" that inhibit communication and generalization; (3) the lack of valid and reliable scales for assessing persons at lower literacy levels and diagnosing needs for remediation; (4) the need for interdisciplinary and multivariate research on illiteracy; (5) distinguishing between illiteracy as a cause and illiteracy as a correlate, and trying to determine the underlying factors that account for correlations; (6) the levels of literacy required for various roles in society; and (7) competition between external and internal demands for literacy. (SR)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Council of Psychologists (46th, Singapore, August 21-25, 1988). For a companion paper, see CS 009 722.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Anderson, Scarvia B, author
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- ERIC
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