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Improving adult literacy outcomes lessons from cognitive research for developing countries

Helen Abadzi 1951- World Bank

Washington, DC World Bank 2003

Localização: ICMC - Inst. Ciên. Mat. Computação    (68U35.25 A116ia e.1 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Improving adult literacy outcomes lessons from cognitive research for developing countries
  • Autor: Helen Abadzi 1951-
  • World Bank
  • Assuntos: Functional literacy -- Developing countries; Cognitive learning; HIPERTEXTO; HIPERMÍDIA
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references
  • Descrição: 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.
    "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
  • Títulos relacionados: Série:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
  • Editor: Washington, DC World Bank
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2003
  • Formato: ix, 111 p ill 23 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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