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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1972
The progress of adult literacy in United Nations member states from 1969 to 1971 is the subject of this report. Based largely upon replies to a questionnaire sent to governmental and nongovernmental groups, the report describes trends in literacy development using selected programs as examples. Problems to be overcome if reduction of illiteracy is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Literacy, Questionnaires
Knox, Alan B.; And Others – 1972
An outcome of a study of adult basic education programs initiated three years ago by the Columbia University Center of Adult Education, the evaluation guide with its step-by-step instructions can be used for both formative and summative evaluations of adult basic education programs. Background research involved in this publication included direct…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1971
A survey of the Adult Basic Education program in the State of Nebraska, as at the end of the calendar year 1970 is presented. The major data sources included six questionnaires--State director, local administrator, counselor, teacher and teacher aide, student, and citizen of ABE communities. The report presents, in tabulations and figures as well…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Study, Curriculum Development, Data Collection
Pontius, John; Yakub, Yahya – 1981
Described in this technical note is a 2-week workshop designed to train Indonesian community education workers (peniliks) to develop and use case studies in their work with village learning groups. The peniliks are described as mostly male, from a variety of backgrounds, but with backgrounds similar to that of their clients. Learning groups are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Community Education, Data Analysis
Scheier, Elaine – 1969
The purpose of this manual is to aid an educator in evaluating the Learning 100 (L100) system within his instructional setting. It includes information on the procedures necessary for evaluation, including planning for evaluation, stating objectives in operational terms, preparing a research design, administering the study, analyzing and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis
Griffith, William S.; And Others – 1974
Volume three presents community case studies of cities selected for the study. Cities chosen were those in which: a public school district or community college was doing an outstanding job in adult education; and the sponsorship of all or a part of the adult education program had been transferred from one district to another; and any district…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bibliographies, Case Studies, Community Colleges
Davis, Samuel, Jr. – 1972
The Urban Adult Education Institute (UAEI) directed activities in five major areas: professional and continuing education, adult basic education, systems analysis, employment, and community involvement. Because of a time lapse between activities and evaluation, professional and continuing education objectives and systems analysis objectives could…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Involvement
Pepperdine Univ., Los Angeles, CA. Center for Urban Affairs. – 1972
The report covers the activities, data, and data analysis of the institute. The institute was directed to 100 teachers and supervisors of Adult Basic Education (ABE) in Regions 8, 9, and 10 to acquaint them with the needs and problems of black urban adults. The two-week program was composed of two parts: (1) field trips, short lectures, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students, Attitude Change
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1973
The teaching of reading is an important aspect of the total Adult Basic Education (ABE) program. The basic problem was: How is the teaching of reading in Nebraska being carried out? In trying to answer this question the document lays the groundwork by opening with a review of related literature and then discusses in detail the type of data…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Holt, Daniel D., Ed. – 1992
This document is a guide to the use of alternative assessments (surveys, interviews, observation measures, and performance samples) in a family literacy project. This resource guide focuses on using alternative approaches to identify learners' needs, determine learners' ongoing progress in meeting project objectives, ascertain overall success of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Alternative Assessment, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Smith, M. Cecil; Sheehan-Holt, Janet K. – 2000
A study focused on researchers' use of the English-Language Background Questionnaire (EBQ) portion of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), the results of which were released in 1993. Data were gathered by surveying NALS data users about how they have used the EBQ data, their perspectives on the strengths and weaknesses of the EBQ, and their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation, Content Analysis
Skage, Sharon; Schaetti, Marnie – 1999
This guide, which is intended for volunteer literacy programs in Alberta, Canada, details a four-step process for evaluating volunteer literacy programs and using evaluation results for program development. The guide begins with an introduction, underlying principles and assumptions, and a glossary. Sections 1-4 detail the steps of the process,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies
Texas Univ., Austin. Extension Teaching and Field Service Bureau. – 1969
The Office of Education Guidance and Counseling Project for Adult Basic Education in Region VII includes five state programs, each run somewhat autonomously, in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, for which joint training preparations were made. In Phase I of the Project the central staff gathered statistical data on students,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Guidance, Guidance Personnel
Dutton, Donnie; And Others – 1972
The overall effectiveness of the educational experiences provided at three Middle Tennessee ABE workshops was determined. Two instruments were used to collect data from approximately 300 adult basic education personnel from all counties in Middle Tennessee; these instruments were a questionnaire and an evaluation scale. The participants' responses…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Participant Satisfaction
Jordan, Jimmie L. – 1973
This report of an exploratory study of Adult Basic Education (ABE) gives a brief summary of background and methodology and represents findings about students and teachers in Shelby County, Tennessee. For the students 41 findings are reported relating to age, sex, race, marital status, years of schooling completed, employment, income, life style,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Collection, Educational Attitudes, Educational Research