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White, David G.; Levin, James A. – Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, 2016
The goal of this research study has been to develop, implement, and evaluate a school reform design experiment at a continuation high school with low-income, low-performing underrepresented minority students. The complexity sciences served as a theoretical framework for this design experiment. Treating an innovative college preparatory program as…
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, Low Income, Low Achievement
Darkenwald, Gordon G.; Valentine, Thomas – 1984
A study was conducted to analyze the impact of adult basic education (ABE) in New Jersey. Following an extensive review of previous ABE impact studies, data were gathered from a specially selected sample of adult ABE students through an open-ended questionnaire administered by telephone interviews. Students were questioned about their reasons for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Forlizzi, Lori A.; Askov, Eunice N. – 1993
A visually oriented educational model that was originally developed for use with children was adapted for use with adults in an adult basic and literacy education class. The four-step visual literacy model required students to perform the following actions while reading an entire novel: visualize, inquire, read, and apply. A General Educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Attitude Change, Curriculum Development
Holmesglen Coll. of TAFE, Victoria (Australia). – 1997
The questions of whether and how to make vocational education and training (VET) available to Australian adults studying for the Victoria Certificate of Education (VCE) were examined through a review of 14 pertinent documents and questionnaires sent to the following groups: adult VCE teachers, coordinators, and administrators; current adult VCE…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies