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Download full textTexas Univ., Austin. Div. of Extension. – 1975
The Adult Performance Level (APL) project summary specifies the competencies which are functional to economic and educational success in society and describes devices developed for assessing those competencies. The APL theory of functional competency identifies adult needs in general knowledge areas (consumer economics, occupational knowledge,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills
Whitson, Karin Stork – 1978
The functional competencies of 131 women offenders incarcerated in Texas were assessed and than compared to the functional competencies of 868 free-world women in Texas surveyed during the Adult Performance Level (APL) Project. The findings support the following conclusions: (1) women in the free-world are more functionally competent than women…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Age Differences, Basic Skills
