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Direct linkHughes, Bob; Arbogast, Janet; Kafer, Lindsey; Chen, Julianna – Adult Learning, 2014
Teaching graduate students to conduct evaluations is typically relegated to evaluation methods courses. This approach misses an opportunity for students to collaboratively use evaluation skills to explore content. This article examines a graduate course, Issues in Adult Basic Education, in which students learned evaluation methods concurrently…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Graduate Students, Evaluation Methods, Methods Courses
von Gnechten, Mitchell P. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Professional development is best when embedded in one's practice and linked directly to the classroom. Opportunities for teachers to identify specific areas of concern in their classroom and problem solve solutions via action research promotes a culture of inquiry. This culture of inquiry is enhanced when teams of teachers collaborate and share…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teacher Collaboration, Professional Development, Teacher Researchers
Grover, Sharon D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
According to the instructors and administrators at a local adult education (AE) program in Houston, Texas, retaining and graduating general education development (GED) students has been a constant challenge. Locating GED attendance barriers could enable AE programs to develop techniques that increase student retention and graduation rates. The…
Descriptors: General Education, High School Equivalency Programs, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence
Jacobson, Erik – E-Learning, 2008
This article presents the results of a mixed-methods study of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki. Two research questions framed the study: (1) What do participants report they have learned by contributing to the wiki? and (2) What is the nature of participation and collaboration in the wiki? A key finding of the study is that the wiki does not…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Adult Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Perin, Dolores; Greenberg, Daphne – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2007
There is a growing emphasis in adult basic education on research-based reading instruction. Using Kruidenier's (2002) framework of principles and trends, we describe research-based techniques found during a visit to an adult basic education program. We also describe how the program moved to research-based instruction, and the factors that seem…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Program Development, Reading Instruction, Professional Development
Download full textBelzer, Alisa – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2003
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act ("welfare reform") and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) have influenced greatly the provision of services in adult basic education (ABE). WIA and welfare reform provide two excellent cases for the study of questions related to how federal legislation affects ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Welfare Services, Public Policy, Federal Legislation
