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Download full textBCEL Brief, 1993
The experience of a number of specific local workplace programs indicates a definite connection between the provision of employee basic skills programs and increased worker productivity. One Tennessee company, for example, reports a 95 percent drop in costs resulting from worker mistakes and a doubling of worker productivity since the company…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Bhaerman, Robert D. – 1977
A descriptive analysis of 38 studies from the early to mid-1970's evaluating the effectiveness of career education (CE) programs focused on student (K-12 grade levels) achievement of competence in the basic academic skills (primarily mathematics, reading, and language arts). The studies reviewed were conducted nationwide using a variety of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Career Education, Educational Assessment
Grant, Mary Kathryn; Hoeber, Daniel R. – 1978
Basic skills programs are now almost a given in the curricula of postsecondary institutions; however, the key area of concern of basic skills researchers is, Are they working? The answer is two fold: yes, those involved in and committed to the programs are working very hard, and no, the programs themselves are not working very well. There is a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Compensatory Education, Educational Opportunities
Payne, John – 2002
This report analyzes recent English-language research on basic skills in the workplace. Part A, a thematic guide to the field, includes detailed references to publications listed in Part B. Section A1 indicates the scope. It defines basic skills and underlines the importance of other terms, especially key skills, information and communications…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Imel, Susan – 1998
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 emphasizes the placement of people in jobs as the first step in the welfare reform process rather than the development of basic and job skills. This has forced adult and vocational educators to rethink the role their programs can play in welfare reform. The move to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1979
This bibliography of education from a distance (by correspondence or telecommunication) covers materials produced in the late 60s and in the 70s. All facets of education and a variety of instructional subjects are covered. The 1,866 entries are not annotated. Both published and unpublished materials (many of the latter available from ERIC) are…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Audiovisual Communications, Basic Skills, Bibliographies
