The impact of literacy training on literacy in the workplace: a study of city of Atlanta employees
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SLAY, CHERYL LYNN B.A., University of Michigan, 1982 The Impact of Literacy Training on Literacy in the Workplace: A Study of City of Atlanta Employees Advisor: Dr. Alex Danso Degree Paper dated July 1987 The primary intent of this paper is to examine the impact of literacy training on workplace illiteracy. Specifically, the paper examines the effectiveness of a computer-based literacy training pro gram called the Principle of the Alphabet System (PALS) organized for an identified group of City of Atlanta illiterate employees. This paper focuses on five employees located in the Parks Maintenance Bureau of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. The issues addressed in this study focus on definitions of functional literacy and correlations between workplace literacy and job perform
Job Literacy and Job Performance Among Nurses At Varying Employment Levels
This study examines the job performance and job literacy strategies employed by 27 nurses during 8 hours of observed job performance for each nurse. Analysis revealed differences among nurses in training, experienced nurses, and supervisory nurses. Other significant differences were found in the job literacy strategies employed by superior as compared to adequately performing nurses. Major differences tended to reside in higher level critical applications of information rather than in reading test scores, amount of time reading on the job, or observed strategies employed by nurses.
HumRRO's Literacy Research for the U.S. Army: Developing Functional Literacy Training.
Abstract : The paper summarizes literacy research and development performed by HumRRO for the Army since 1968. Literacy needs for several basic Army Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) were identified and methodology was developed to evaluate reading requirements for Army jobs. Under the current effort, an experimental training program is being designed to produce a level of functional literacy appropriate to minimal MOS requirements. (Author)