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Blake, Robert W. – 1981
A basic skills workshop in teaching writing for secondary school teachers held at the State University of New York at Brockport had a focus radically different from the self-defeating skills-drill remediation usually associated with instruction for "basic writing" students. Four assumptions underlay the workshop sessions: (1) all individuals, even…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Program Content, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes
Sloan, Gail M.; And Others – 1987
During the 1986-1987 school year, a study was undertaken to examine four issues that are critical to business and office occupations education (BOE) in Connecticut. These issues were whether (1) the primary purpose of secondary BOE should be to prepare students for specific occupations or to prepare students for other goals; (2) standard…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Download full textBerney, Tomi D.; Hriskos, Constantine – 1990
The report presents an evaluation of the New York City Harmony in Career Learning and Scholastic System (Project HI-CLASS) based on results from the 1988-89 school year. The project provided support services to 420 Spanish- and Chinese-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP). It also proposed to instill pride in and respect for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Chinese, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Enrichment
Peer reviewedRosch, Sue-Ann – English Journal, 1986
Describes a three-week unit with disadvantaged students in an alternative school called "Outsiders: Literature and Life," which focused on experiences of alienation, involved reading "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton, and culminated in the production of a magazine of student-written oral histories. (EL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Class Activities, Economically Disadvantaged, English Instruction
Wentling, Tim L.; Barnard, Wynette S. – 1985
A statewide survey determined perceptions of the state staff and vocational administrators and teachers regarding time given to categories of vocational education outcomes and the educational level at which outcomes are appropriate. Differences existed between the secondary and postsecondary level regarding classroom time spent on identified…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Entrepreneurship, Job Search Methods
Illinois State Univ., Normal. – 1984
This publication is a compilation of papers presented at the "Presidents' Conference on Excellence in Illinois Education." These conference proceedings outline the complex and difficult nature of the educational problems facing the state of Illinois and the nation as a whole. These papers, by presidents of universities in Illinois,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Basic Skills, College School Cooperation, Education Courses
Gerboc, Ronald E. – 1980
A report is presented on a two-year project developed by the Cleveland Public Schools to develop and pilot-test a "packaged" curriculum model designed to support both the basic and functional skill development of high school students in each of five major content areas--English, social studies, mathematics, science, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
Berney, Tomi D.; Plotkin, Donna – 1990
This report evaluates the implementation and outcome of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII program, Choosing Optional Infused Career Education (Project CHOICE) in Springfield Gardens High School in Queens (New York) and Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn (New York) for the 1988-89 school year. The project was created to combat…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
Campbell, Robert E.; Sechler, Judith A. – 1987
A study was conducted to improve the link between basic skill instruction and entry into various vocational training programs. Data were collected from the following sources: current professional literature; developers and publishers of adult basic education (ABE) instructional materials; consultations with experts in the fields of adult literacy,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Articulation (Education)
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1986
This guide provides information and guidelines intended to assist vocational administrators in developing and evaluating programs to improve the basic skills of vocational-technical students. Part one provides background information about basic skills and examines their role in vocational education. Discussed next are various program types,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Budgeting, Competency Based Education
Mangum, Garth L. – 1983
Despite the fact that, of all the 50 states, Utah has the highest percentage of state and local government expenditures for education and the highest proportion of adults who have graduated from high school, one out of every five adults in Utah lacks basic literacy skills. At present, the following adult literacy programs offer instruction in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
Wentling, Tim L.; Barnard, Wynette S. – 1984
A study examined the views of various members of the school and business communities toward what the focus of vocational education programs in Illinois actually is and what it should be. A questionnaire dealing with six factors currently stressed in vocational educational programs and five factors that should possibly be stressed was mailed to the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Content Analysis, Counselor Attitudes
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Div. of Vocational-Technical Schools. – 1982
This manual is designed to provide instructors with basic information concerning Connecticut's bilingual vocational training programs (BVTPs). Discussed in the first section are the goals of BVTPs, characteristics of typical BVTP participants, how and when two languages are used in the programs, and the four instructional areas of a BVTP (the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education
Adams, Susan B. – 1981
This manual is intended to guide Kentucky vocational educators in designing and implementing a program of occupational and English language instruction that will efficiently and sensitively meet the special needs of students with limited English proficiency (LEP). The step-by-step guide aims to identify teachers' existing capabilities that may be…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Career Guidance, Competence
