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Download full textLehigh County Community Coll., Schnecksville, PA. – 1993
An experimental study compared the effectiveness of a traditional General Educational Development (GED) curriculum with a literacy curriculum based on applied literacy skills. An experimental group of 34 adult students received GED instruction emphasizing functional and workplace contexts and supplemental instruction, whereas the 35 students in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Comparative Analysis, Course Descriptions, Followup Studies
Nagel, Elaine – 1999
For seven years, the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) was the primary standardized assessment instrument used by the adult education program of the Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV (MIUIV) of the Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education. While reviewing its current assessment procedures, the MIUIV's…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
