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The Learner Persistence Project at Quinsigamond Community College
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Kefallinou, Maria – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2009
Quinsigamond Community College's (QCC's) Adult Community Learning Center is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and offers ESOL and ABE/GED classes to students who reside in Worcester and the surrounding towns (urban area). Its ABE/GED program has historically had low retention and persistence. Students often left before the end of the year or…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Urban Areas, Lifelong Learning, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Putting Women at the Center: Sustaining a Woman-Centered Literacy Program
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Bowen, Betsy – Community Literacy Journal, 2006
For nineteen years, Mercy Learning Center, a community-based literacy organization, has provided basic literacy instruction to low-income women in Bridgeport, Connecticut. During that time it has grown from three students and two tutors to 450 students, 155 tutors, and five full-time teachers. This growth has been affected by changes in welfare…
Descriptors: Females, Holistic Approach, Learning Centers (Classroom), Tutors
A Test and Control Experiment That Will Assess the Effectiveness of Sensory-Bridging, Computer Hardware and Software, in Aiding Visually-Impaired, Deaf, and Dyslexic Students in Achieving Greater Academic Gains as Reflected by Attainment of Proportionately Higher Scores on Simulated Versions of the Standardized TABE Test and a Simulated GED Examination.
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Broughton, Georg – 1994
This practicum involved the design and implementation of a 4-station computer learning laboratory to enhance the academic learning gains of two visually impaired, two hearing impaired, and two dyslexic students at the Gainesville (Florida) Job Corps Center. The learning laboratory was equipped with computer hardware and software to perform the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities