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Peer reviewedWithnall, Alexandra; Percy, Keith – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1990
Interviews with 13 female and 7 male retirees in the West Midlands, England, aged 60-70 plus, ascertained their self-perceived reading, writing, oral communication, and computation skills. It was concluded that basic skills cannot be defined as an identifiable set of coping skills, but must be based on self-perceived requirements within an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Gerontology, Foreign Countries
