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Direct linkBurnette, Diane M. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2016
Although competency-based education (CBE) has existed since the early 1970s adult-focused degree programs, interest in CBE has spiked in recent years due to the increased attention on higher education affordability and accountability. This article reviews the extant literature on CBE to address the following questions: (a) What are the definitions…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Literature Reviews, Definitions, Program Descriptions
Download full textCASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2012
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) provides funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcome Measures, Program Effectiveness, Adult Basic Education
Hayball, Keith W. – 1981
This paper focuses on planning, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of a competency-based curriculum that could be a model or guide for state correctional systems. Chapter 1 addresses the need for strong educational leadership to effect change in the curriculum of a prison system. Chapter 2 contains background and problem…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development
Mirkin, Barry – 1983
The Wisconsin Foundation for Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education is currently involved in the development, implementation, and distribution of a sophisticated interactive computer and video learning system. Designed to offer trainees an open entry and open exit opportunity to pace themselves through a comprehensive competency-based,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electric Circuits, Electronic Equipment
PDF pending restorationCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Business Education. – 1978
This summary contains excerpts from the California Business Education Program Guide for Office and Distributive Occupations (published in 1973 and supplemented with an accounting clerk program in 1975). It begins by outlining the purpose, rationale, and model of this program to provide students with (1) competencies common to both distributive and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Education, Clerical Occupations
