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An Analysis of Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Adults Taking, Completing and Passing the GED
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Van Horn, Barbara L.; Kassab, Cathy – Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 2011
Dropping out of high school seriously impacts an individual's job opportunities, income potential and employment stability. To minimize those risks, individuals can earn a General Educational Development (GED) credential. Researchers have studied the impact of obtaining a GED on candidates' lives and found that the credential affects their…
Descriptors: Credentials, Educational Needs, Home Study, Public School Adult Education
A Portrait of an Effective GED Teacher: A Qualitative Study
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Wade, Joyce Dee Gibbons – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative study embraces the pedagogy that effective General Education Development (GED) teachers can enhance students' academic learning. The study explores what makes an effective GED teacher, such as attributes and instructional strategies. Three methodologies are used: 1) two ninety minute interviews with GED teacher using Seidman's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Qualitative Research, High School Equivalency Programs
Predicting GED Scores on the Bases of Expectancy, Valence, Intelligence, and Pretest Skill Levels with the Disadvantaged.
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Moore, Ray T.; Davies, Jon A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
Prediction of General Educational Development (GED) scores from motivational variables derived from Vroom's expectancy-valence theorem was hypothesized. The Tests of Adult Basic Education score, General Aptitude Test Battery score, MD1 expectancy subscale score, and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory defensiveness score accounted for…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, High School Equivalency Programs, Motivation, Multiple Regression Analysis
GED Candidates: A Decade of Change. GED Profiles: Adults in Transition, No. 1.
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Baldwin, Janet – GED Profiles: Adults in Transition, 1990
Key characteristics of adults who took the General Educational Development (GED) Tests in 1989 were compared with those of their 1980 counterparts. Findings indicated that the percentage taking the tests primarily to fulfill postsecondary educational admissions requirements increased from 29.1 to 32.8 percent. The percentage who took the tests for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Teachers, Tools & Techniques. A Handbook for Adult Basic Education and GED Instruction.
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Koehler, Sandra L.; And Others – 1992
This handbook for Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) instruction synthesizes research and combines it with selected instructional strategies for instructors, tutors, and volunteers. This handbook is a reference tool that sets the scene for instruction in literacy and adult basic education. The handbook includes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Schooling, Study, and Academic Goals: The Education of GED Candidates. GED Profiles: Adults in Transition, No. 2.
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Baldwin, Janet – GED Profiles: Adults in Transition, 1991
A fall 1989 nationwide survey of General Educational Development (GED) Tests candidates examined schooling experiences, study patterns, and educational plans. Findings indicated the GED Tests attracted more young adults than older adults, more older women than older men, and equal numbers of young adult men and women. Seven percent of candidates,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Blacks, Comparative Analysis