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McCuen, Pamela – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
This article aims to convey to the reader the experience of teaching in prison. Standard teaching methods within the correctional environment and methods of integrating support for executive function issues such as ADD/ADHD are examined.
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Executive Function
Hannon, Rebekah – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
It is no secret that many adult learners who enter GED® preparatory programs across the country experienced hardship and difficulty in K-12 schools. Often, many of these same students had to battle with learning disabilities such as ADD/ADHD, making school and learning an even more challenging task. Learning and concentration difficulties are…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Test Preparation, Adult Students
Smith, Regina O. – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2014
Research into the best practices for basic skills education, national bridge programs, the new GED® assessment, and accelerated developmental education indicated that contextualized instruction was most effective when preparing adult literacy students for college and work. Nevertheless, "remedial pedagogy" with a sole focus on the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Adult Literacy, Concept Mapping, Basic Skills
Martin, Larry G.; Martin, Fatima A.; Southworth, Erica – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2015
Concept maps (Cmaps) are still underutilized in adult literacy programs and classes. The teaching and learning approaches that have been used historically in adult literacy programs to address the learning needs of these students have not kept pace with the literacy skill demands that have sprung from the increased pace of technological…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Literature Reviews, Educational Research, Adult Literacy
Hock, Michael F. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Adults with learning disabilities (LD) attending adult basic education, GED programs, or community colleges are among the lowest performers on measures of literacy. For example, on multiple measures of reading comprehension, adults with LD had a mean reading score at the third grade level, whereas adults without LD read at the fifth grade level.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Adult Basic Education
Gardner, Hillary – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2011
In 2006, this author decided to make multiple intelligences (MI)-inspired "activity menus" a regular part of her ESOL/Civics classes. She first tried this technique in a single class session to review what students had learned about industrialization, and it was a huge success. Since 2006, the author has introduced MI-inspired activity…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Learner Engagement, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Thomas, Robert G. – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2012
In 1979, when the author began as an academic instructor at the Central Coast Adult School, located inside the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, California, he saw his teaching role in the traditional sense of imparting knowledge through the school's curriculum. Over time, however, his viewpoint changed as he came to recognize that the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education
Haley, Rebecca J. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
Have you ever wondered how Laura Ingalls Wilder taught all of her students in the little one-room school house in The Little House on the Prairie series? How did she teach students on so many different levels and all at the same time? Well, that is exactly what it is like in most adult education classrooms today. The purpose of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Enrollment, Multigraded Classes
Jacobi, Tobi – Journal of Correctional Education, 2008
Research on incarceration and educational access continues to reveal the stark reality for many adjudicated youth: without access to educational opportunities recidivism is probable. Yet conventional methods of teaching critical reading, writing, and thinking skills are not always successful for juveniles who have found little success (or hope) in…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Nontraditional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
Smith, M. Cecil; Smith, Thomas J. – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2008
This study investigated informal learning activities among low-education adults, using data from the 2005 National Household Education Survey. Survey respondents were asked about their participation in six types of informal learning activities, from reading books to using computers to attending conventions. Respondents with the lowest educational…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Informal Education, Learning Activities, Educational Attainment

Corley, Mary Ann – Adult Learning, 1992
Facilitation techniques to motivate students preparing for the General Educational Development Tests include (1) interviewing students before the first class; (2) identifying needs and problems; (3) mutually designing the learning plan; (4) selecting instructional methods; and (5) evaluating outcomes. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Teaching Methods, Test Coaching

Loughlin, Kathleen – Adult Learning, 1994
Offers practical approaches to creating a connected learning environment, integrating individual disciplines into holistic learning, and inspiring motivation to be lifelong learners for a general educational development (GED) program. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, High School Equivalency Programs, Learning Theories
Vanthournout, Steve – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1989
Significant changes in the General Educational Development Math Test require a change in teaching methods. A structured problem-solving approach focused on applying principles and interpreting abstract data will stress process as well as content as required by the test. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Tests
Padak, Nancy; Padak, Gary – Lifelong Learning, 1988
The authors review current practices in writing instruction in adult literacy classes. They observe that students spend little time writing. Innovative teaching activities are mentioned. They discuss goals of writing instruction and how to adapt present practices to meet the writing requirements of the General Educational Development Test. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives

Westberry, Susan J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This literature review considers instructional and testing strategies for General Education Development (GED) adult students with learning disabilities. The GED test is described, and specific instructional strategies from the literature are identified for the areas of writing skills, science, social studies, literature and art, and mathematics.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs