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Direct linkAkers, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Correctional education's primary goal is to reduce recidivism and increase employment among ex-offenders. The Bureau of Prison's practical goal in its mandatory GED program is to maximize the number of inmates obtaining the GED in a given time period. The purpose of this research is to model the number of instructional hours an inmate requires to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, High School Equivalency Programs, Criminals
Peer reviewedMessemer, Jonathan E.; Valentine, Thomas – Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educational Planning, 2004
The purpose of this study was to measure the learning gains for a group of male inmates (n = 124) participating in an adult basic education program in a closed security prison within the southeastern region of the United States. Learning gains were measured for the basic skill areas of reading, math, and language. The number of hours of…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Males, Adult Education, Basic Skills
