Workshops in the Workplace. Final Report [electronic resource]

A workplace literacy demonstration project involving a hospital and a manufacturing company in New York City was conducted between May 1992 and June 1993. Two classes in the spring and fall were conducted. A total of 41 hospital personnel and 30 manufacturing company employees began the training, an...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Corporate Author: Bronx Community College
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1993.
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650 1 7 |a On the Job Training.  |2 ericd. 
650 0 7 |a Outcomes of Education.  |2 ericd. 
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650 1 7 |a Workplace Literacy.  |2 ericd. 
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