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Direct linkLee, Amanda N.; Muller, Stephanie; McDermott, Kelly – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
This study aimed to increase rates of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and bystander response to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by critically exploring and putting into practice different learning methods for formerly incarcerated adult learners at the Delancey Street Foundation. Four classes with n = 31 multi-ethnic male students were…
Descriptors: Adults, Adult Learning, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Download full textMurphy, Colleen; Figueroa, Maria; Martin, Garry L.; Yu, C. T.; Figueroa, Josue – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2008
Many everyday matching tasks taught to persons with developmental disabilities are visual-visual non-identity matching (VVNM) tasks, such as matching the printed word DOG to a picture of a dog, or matching a sock to a shoe. Research has shown that, for participants who have failed a VVNM prototype task, it is very difficult to teach them various…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Visual Stimuli, Teaching Methods, Computer Uses in Education
Mattucci, Robert – Journal of Correctional Education, 2006
The purpose of this article is to connect theories Austin MacCormick discussed in his 1931 book "The Education of Adult Prisoners" with examples from modern correctional education practice. The author began teaching an institutional plumbing class in 2000, equipped with an undergraduate degree in elementary education and a master's…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Vocational Education, Adults, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedMansdorf, Irwin J. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
Descriptors: Adults, Concept Teaching, Exceptional Child Research, Generalization
Peer reviewedSmith, Michael; Meyers, Andrew – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
It was found that Ss in all conditions showed significant pretest to post-test performance increases on the telephone skills tasks--suggesting that, for skill development tasks with retarded adults, demonstration and verbal summaries may add little to the practice experience and that group delivery of training procedures is cost-effective.…
Descriptors: Adults, Demonstrations (Educational), Group Instruction, Institutionalized Persons
LEPORE, ALBERT R.; WILSON, JACK D. – 1958
THE RESULTS OF THE SECOND YEAR (1957-58) OF AN EXPERIMENT IN OPEN CIRCUIT INSTRUCTIONAL TV ARE REPORTED. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO COMPARE PERFORMANCES AND ATTITUDES OF 3 GROUPS OF STUDENTS--(1) TV INSTRUCTION AT HOME, (2) TV INSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS, (3) CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER TEACHING METHODS, DISCUSSION,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, College Curriculum, College Students
Pinton, Giorgio A. – 1978
The bilingual education of adults in correctional institutions is discussed. The program specifically described is a bilingual/ESL (English as a second language) program for Puerto Rican adults in a Connecticut correctional center. The study has two sections: (1) the Puerto Rican adult in a penal institution; an explanation of his needs and an…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
