Browsing Publications by Subject "Cognitive ability"

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    • Improving adult literacy outcomes: lessons from cognitive research for developing countries 

      Abadzi, Helen (World Bank, 2003)
      Abstract Despite the existence of about one billion illiterates in the world, adult literacy programs make up 1-5 percent of government or donor budgets, and they remain severely underfunded in comparison to primary ...

    • What we know about acquisition of adult literacy: is there hope? 

      Abadzi, Helen (The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World BankDepartment of Education Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington, June 1994)
      Literacy acquired in childhood positively influences quality of life, but the effects of literacy acquired in adulthood are not well known. Experience shows that literacy is not easily disseminated to adults and that the ...