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Raloff, Janet – Science News, 1978
A description is given of a computer assisted instruction program used to teach basic mathematics skills to students in a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act program. (MP)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Comprehensive Programs
Computer-Based Basic Skills Instruction in a CETA Funded Project: A Case Study.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Caldwell, Robert M.; Hedl, John J., Jr. – Urban Review, 1984
Reports on a study that (1) examined the effectiveness of computer-based education in developing literacy and mathematics skills in young adults to enable them to secure unsubsidized employment and (2) compared motivation of CETA-funded students with those who sought training voluntarily. Discusses failures of CETA training projects and makes…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth
A Comparison of Using Computer-Based Education to Teach Literacy and Numeracy Skills to CETA and Non-CETA Participants Enrolled in Programs of Adult Basic Education.
Caldwell, Robert M. – 1980
A Dallas County consortium study investigated use of the Control Data Basic Skills Learning System (computer-based education) as a means for providing a comprehensive, high quality program of individualized instruction in reading, mathematics, and language arts. It also examined issues related to the motivation of students whose training was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
Not Working: Unskilled Youth and Displaced Adults. A Look at the Demographic, Technological, and Educational Causes of Youth and Adult Unemployment and at Some Program Responses of the Ford Foundation. A Working Paper.
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1983
While minority youth and adults have traditionally experienced high rates of unemployment, recent demographic, educational, and technological changes have all combined to cause a sharp increase in the numbers of unemployed and displaced minority group workers. A review of past employment and training programs such as the Comprehensive Employment…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Literacy, Adults, Articulation (Education)