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Download full textBureau of Occupational and Adult Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1976
This document contains abstracts describing competency-based programs related to the Adult Performance Level (APL) project and adult education. The catalog is divided into two sections: state program implementation and local program implementation. The first section describes programs and research projects currently active in Alabama, California,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Dauzat, Sam V. – 1978
Adults enrolled in local adult basic education programs at six sites in Louisiana were used to compare the credibility of Adult Performance Level (APL) competency-based instructional programs (experimental group) with traditional adult education instructional activities (control group). Focus was on determining the correlation between grade level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Bodman, Jean W.; Lanzano, Susan C. – 1978
Adult students of English as a second language (ESL) in northern New Jersey were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the relative importance of various aspects of English instruction. The questionnaire was based on a 1974 Adult Performance Level Study (APL). Results of the survey led to the following general conclusions: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development
Sticht, Thomas G.; Armstrong, William B. – 1994
This compendium of statistical data on adult literacy assessments spanning a 75-year period is designed to serve as a concise and comprehensive reference source for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers. The introduction provides a theoretical framework for interpreting the assessments described. Summarized in Part 1 are major military and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
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
1979
Papers from numerous research areas in the adult education field are presented. The proceedings contain thirty-five papers, five symposia, one alternate symposium, and eighteen alternate papers. Among the papers included are "A Comparison of Approaches to Measuring Outcomes in Adult Basic Education,""A Critical Analysis of Hill's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
James, Waynne B., Ed.; Offill, Phil, Ed. – 1979
Intended to help ABE (Adult Basic Education) teachers learn to design effective learning activities, this handbook provides activity suggestions, informative materials, and sample forms and materials. Section 1, Adults as Learners, discusses the adult learner's unique characteristics and includes an article on teaching strategies and learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Style
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
