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Prosen, Sue – 1983
In the United States, illiterate adults account for 20 percent of citizens over age 16. Yearly, 5 percent of these adults without a high school diploma are enrolled in Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses, which offer few appropriate counseling services. In order to study the counseling services available to ABE students in Maryland, on-site visits…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Download full textFagan, William T. – 1991
The trait-state model, a framework for understanding adult literacy, draws heavily on the social psychological literature. Allport (1961) first proposed the notion of trait. The overriding characteristics of focus on trait is the individual's possession of language control. Cattell (1950, 1979) emphasized the notion of state in relation to trait…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Behaviorism
Kratz, Russel J. – 1980
Findings of an investigation of ten public school adult basic education (ABE) programs in New York State indicate important implications for ABE programs which foster self-directed learning. Because of the significant relationship between the fostering and student preference for self-directed learning, adult educators should plan ABE programs to…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Dropout Rate
