Download or read book Understanding Adult Functional Literacy written by Sheida White and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on empirical research, this book presents the text–task–respondent (TTR) theory of functional literacy ─ a detailed and highly integrative new theory that offers an improved understanding of adults’ performance on everyday literacy tasks.