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Hannon, Rebekah – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
It is no secret that many adult learners who enter GED® preparatory programs across the country experienced hardship and difficulty in K-12 schools. Often, many of these same students had to battle with learning disabilities such as ADD/ADHD, making school and learning an even more challenging task. Learning and concentration difficulties are…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Test Preparation, Adult Students
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Martin, Larry G.; Martin, Fatima A.; Southworth, Erica – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2015
Concept maps (Cmaps) are still underutilized in adult literacy programs and classes. The teaching and learning approaches that have been used historically in adult literacy programs to address the learning needs of these students have not kept pace with the literacy skill demands that have sprung from the increased pace of technological…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Literature Reviews, Educational Research, Adult Literacy
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Kenner, Cari; Weinerman, Jason – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2011
Adult learners that enter today's higher education community bring learning styles and life experiences that may either be critical foundations for future success or deeply entrenched beliefs that hinder learning in the academic environment. As adult learners enroll in their entry level courses, college instructors will need to realize that these…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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Westberry, Susan J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This literature review considers instructional and testing strategies for General Education Development (GED) adult students with learning disabilities. The GED test is described, and specific instructional strategies from the literature are identified for the areas of writing skills, science, social studies, literature and art, and mathematics.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
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Mellard, Daryl; Scanlon, David – Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educational Planning, 2006
A strategic instruction model introduced into adult basic education classrooms yields insight into the feasibility of using direct and explicit instruction with adults with learning disabilities or other cognitive barriers to learning. Ecobehavioral assessment was used to describe and compare instructor-learner interaction patterns during learning…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Adult Basic Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Learning Disabilities
EFF HOT Topics, 2002
An instructor and her students used questions to plan, teach, and assess a lesson in a Family Literacy/General Educational Development (GED) program. The class identified that their families should lose weight and exercise more to have healthier hearts. They focused on the area of responsibility, called Promote Family Members' Growth and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Family Literacy, Health Promotion