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Groppel, Carol – 1988
The Pennyrile Education Services Model Plan was developed to meet the literacy and basic skills needs of undereducated adults living in a predominantly rural, 10-county region of Kentucky known as Pennyrile. The model plan includes the establishment of eight education services centers, beginning with a center in Madisonville that serves…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Counseling Services, Day Care
Download full textReiff, Tana, Ed. – 1996
This guide, which is intended for administrators of programs providing adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) services in Pennsylvania, contains 59 individually authored papers devoted to planning, managing, and improving ABLE programs. The following are among the topics discussed in the guide's five sections: understanding the role of the ABLE…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Coordination
Garner, Barbara, Ed. – Focus on Basics, 2001
This set of four newsletters contains articles to help adult basic education and literacy teachers connect research and practice. The following are among the articles included: "The Effects of Continuing Goal-Setting on Persistence in a Math Classroom" (Pamela Meader); "Do the Cognitive Skills of Dropouts Matter in the Labor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Moran, Joseph J. – 2001
This book, which is intended for adult educators and human resource developers, presents guidelines for assessing adult learning. The following are among the topics covered in the book's eight chapters: (1) basic principles of informal assessment (relationship between learning and assessment activities; sequencing learning and assessment…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Vaughn, Carol – 2000
This document is intended as a template for individuals initiating and developing adult education distance learning programs. The introduction discusses the following issues: benefits of distance learning; flexibility; confidentiality; retention; and the best students to target. The template and supplementary materials are organized in five…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
