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Peer reviewedShelton, Elaine – Journal of Correctional Education, 1980
Reviewing the development of the Adult Performance Level (APL) Project and its life coping skills curriculum, the author focuses on adoption of the APL Competency-Based High School Diploma Program in correctional institutions. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Correctional Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Thypin, Marilyn – 1982
The paper discusses the education of mildly handicapped students who will be able to live and work independently, but who will be unable to profit from a traditional high school program, postsecondary vocational training, or college. Three types of mildly handicapped adolescents are considered--students who lack adequate basic academic skills in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills, High Schools
Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville. – 1979
A project set out to develop and test adult performance level (APL) materials for pre-vocational programs to enable adults to develop those skills needed to seek and retain employment. Addressing the APL area of occupational knowledge only, methodology focused on (1) joint planning in material development and testing; (2) extensive training in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Harding, Mildred; Thomas, Claire – 1978
Beginning with a brief project report, this curriculum guide is intended to enable teachers to work effectively with Adult Performance Level (APL) programs. The manual (1) clarifies the concept of APL, (2) describes the APL-ABE (Adult Basic Education) curriculum at Florida Junior College (FJC), (3) provides examples of effective lesson plans for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Audiovisual Aids, Basic Skills
Stedman, Deborah S. – 1979
The Texas adult performance level (APL) project LINK-FOUR implemented a curriculum based on functional competencies at four sites (Austin, Texarkana, Texas City, and Abilene) and formed linkages with local organizations involved in adult vocational education. The concept on which the project was based was that a set of prevocational skills, plus a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Sherron, Ronald H. – 1978
A statwide evaluation study of Adult Basic Education (ABE) in Virginia was conducted during the 1977-78 school year and its findings compared to those of a 1970-71 study. The program factors addressed include the following: actions taken on the 1970-71 recommendations; student personnel services; instructional program; curriculum design; the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students
