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Download full textIllinois Eastern Community Colleges, Olney. – 1992
The Snap-On Tools Workplace Literacy Grant developed a curriculum for training adult workers in technical math and reading, English as a Second Language (ESL), and blueprint reading. Curriculum development was based on a workplace audit. Reading levels increased an average of 0.8 of a grade level. Flexibility and implementation of adult student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Asian Americans
Galvan, Jose; And Others – 1987
A group of three brief conference papers, all concerned with methods to help Limited English Proficient (LEP) students succeed, is presented in this document. The first paper, "Integrated Content Language Approach" (Jose Galvan), suggests that LEP students who are at the intermediate level or beyond will benefit from programs integrating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Students, Asian American Students, Bilingual Education
Bain, Josie G., Ed.; Herman, Joan L., Ed. – 1987
The conference reported in this document sought to do the following: (1) focus attention on the problem of underachieving minority students, and issue a call for action to improve their educational achievement; (2) promote dialogue on promising practices aimed at solving the problem; (3) foster collaboration on solutions among practitioners,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Students, Asian American Students, Black Students
