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Download full textDelta Opportunities Corp., Greenville, MS. – 1972
The Adult Education Component of the Delta Opportunities Corporation (DOC) operated learning centers in four Mississippi delta counties for educationally disadvantaged rural poor adults. The centers served an excess of 200 participants, preparing them for General Education Development Tests (GED) and providing prevocational and adult basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged
Ohliger, John, Ed.; Ohliger, Lori, Ed. – 1970
A workshop on adult basic education (ABE), held at Ohio State University, was organized around the team approach in developing a model learning center, field experiences in the Columbus area, and speeches by special consultants. This document presents these speeches -- on such topics as adult learning, psychological characteristics of ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Bibliographies, Blacks
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Basic Continuing Education. – 1968
The New York State adult basic education program (funded under Title III, P.L.89-750) was studied during 1965-67 to ascertain whether the target population was being reached, compare effectiveness of different programs; estimate time expectancies needed by individuals to attain functional literacy, learn if sociological and physical variables of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Age Differences, Attendance, Educational Background
Melom, Connie – 1979
The "library-college" philosophy conceives of a library as a total educational resource, that (1) fully uses media and instructional aids; (2) stresses independent study; (3) encourages teachers and librarians to share instructional and bibliographic duties; and (4) aids students in achieving competency in reading, speaking, and critical thinking.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Educational Media
Arter, Rhetta M. – 1972
The Parent Leadership Training Project (PLTP) through Adult Basic Education was established as a two-year demonstration project designed to increase the reading skills of adults (16 and over) through a language-experience approach, using topics selected by the participants. The independent project evaluation covers the entire operational period…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Objectives
Cincinnati Public Schools, OH. – 1970
Supported by a grant under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a field project was developed to compare achievement at three levels of instruction (grades 0-3, 4-6, 7-8) in an adult learning laboratory and a sample of traditional adult basic education (ABE) classes during 1968-69. Classes, stressing prevocational readiness and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Audiovisual Aids
