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Download full textMatson, Susan – 1988
This paper suggests techniques that teachers who prepare adult students for the General Educational Development (GED) tests can use with students who have learning disabilities. The first part of the paper presents a brief overview of symptoms exhibited by students who are learning disabled. Symptoms are classified under general behaviors,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Educational Diagnosis
Cotsworth, Vickie; O'Hara, Katha – 1984
Project LIFTS (Learning Improvement through Teaching Strategies) was designed to serve adult basic education (ABE) students enrolled at Johnson County Community College (Kansas) who are diagnosed as having a specific learning disability. These students enrolled in Basic English, a pre-General Educational Development Test preparation class, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Grammar, High School Equivalency Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Koehler, Sandra L.; And Others – 1992
This handbook for Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) instruction synthesizes research and combines it with selected instructional strategies for instructors, tutors, and volunteers. This handbook is a reference tool that sets the scene for instruction in literacy and adult basic education. The handbook includes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Northwest ABLE Resource Center, Toledo, OH. – 2001
This publication provides photographs and the success stories of seven students in Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) in Northwest Ohio. The stories detail the sacrifices, dedication, and hard work that contributed to the students' success, as well as the work of the dedicated, hard-working instructors who facilitated their learning.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Biographical Inventories
Mellard, Daryl; Scanlon, David – 1998
Designed for new program directors, adult educators who are starting a new program, or those considering changes in existing adult education programs, this manual contains materials resulting from a four-year effort to improve adult education services, especially for persons with learning disabilities and serious emotional disturbances. The major…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
GED Items, 1988
The first of six issues of the GED Items Newsletter publishied in 1988 contains articles on General Educational Development (GED) mathematics instruction, suggestions for teaching writing, and public relations and marketing. Issue 2 has articles on GED science instruction, GED for Marines, holistic scoring, and a review of the new GED tests.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Disabilities
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1986
This booklet provides descriptions of 16 adult education programs that have been validated as successful by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), U.S. Department of Education and that are being promoted by the National Diffusion Network (NDN). Although the programs were developed by individual school districts in response to local needs,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1983
This catalog, the sixth in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, is designed to keep practitioners in the field of adult education informed about projects funded by states under section 310 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the catalog are descriptions of a total of 243 projects focusing on the following program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Correctional Education
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
