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Direct linkAkers, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Correctional education's primary goal is to reduce recidivism and increase employment among ex-offenders. The Bureau of Prison's practical goal in its mandatory GED program is to maximize the number of inmates obtaining the GED in a given time period. The purpose of this research is to model the number of instructional hours an inmate requires to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, High School Equivalency Programs, Criminals
Download full textBeder, Hal; Tomkins, Jessica; Medina, Patsy; Riccioni, Regina; Deng, Weiling – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2006
This study is about engagement in adult literacy education. Engagement is mental effort focused on learning. It is important to understand how and why adult learners engage in literacy instruction because engagement is a precondition to learning progress. Researchers who study engagement conceive of it in different ways. Some focus on engagement…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Adult Learning, Literacy Education, Adult Literacy
