Adult education's mission is a critical one. It seeks to provide the large and diverse population of adults who lack basic skills, a high school credential, or English language skills with the competencies they need to be productive workers, family members, and citizens. Federally funded adult education serves learners in three types of programs:…

Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 directs the federal government to conduct a national assessment of adult education, including activities to understand the extent to which adult education strategies positively affect learners. A systematic review of the research on the effectiveness of particular strategies in adult…

Assessing individuals' social and emotional (SE) knowledge, attitudes, and skills is a complex task. It requires careful consideration of the assessment purpose, rigor, practicality, burden, and ethics. Once you have considered these factors and have determined that you are, in fact, "Ready to Assess," you are ready to act and choose an…

Discusses keys to success that secondary teachers should keep in mind when trying to teach world history to urban students deficient in basic skills. First, the objective of the lesson must be relevant to the student. Second, skill deficiencies must be provided for when planning the lesson. (RM)

Includes suggestions for how to read manuscripts correctly (what parts should be checked) and ways in which teachers can use visual aids to help students learn proofreading marks. (SH)

Presents student exercises designed to demonstrate the importance of speaking and listening carefully; a self-test for the teacher to evaluate his/her communication skills; and examples of ways to teach communication in a variety of topics related to home economics (family relationships, child care, foods and nutrition, personal care, home…

Three types of diction drills are described which are designed to build shorthand skills: (1) The stair-step plan which builds higher speed and increased endurance in graduated steps, (2) the 1-minute speed builder and variations, and (3) spurt diction and progressive diction. (TA)

Proposes a new emphasis on teaching how to think. (FL)

Focusing on secondary shorthand instruction, this article presents strategies for (1) teaching typewritten transcription, (2) introducing transcription elements, (3) introducing mailable letters, and (4) refining mailable-letter production. (LRA)

The article discusses the National Consumer Information Center as a resource in planning a special education consumer education and information skills curriculum at the secondary school level. (PHR)

The FORCE strategy was designed as a simple, step-by-step procedure to assist learning-disabled adolescents in preparing for tests. The steps are find out, organize, review, concentrate, and examine early (pretest). The article discusses application of the strategy and issues relating to generalization of the strategy to other subject areas. (JDD)

An approach to developing leadership potential involves having gifted students write and implement leadership plans which focus on an important area of needed change in the student's school, community, or religious affiliation. Presented are the purposes and benefits of the plans, processes involved in designing plans, and sample topics.…

Described is a curriculum program in U.S. history, entitled the Project on History and Logic, specifically designed to improve critical thinking skills. (RM)

Offers a procedure for use in teaching students how to outline. (FL)

Some basic areas of law that the author feels should be included in a unit of work for secretarial students are outlined. (HD)