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Download full textDaviau, Kathie; And Others – 1993
Based on research and teacher experience, this resource guide contains teaching methods and activities that teachers can use in teaching mathematics to adult basic education and General Educational Development students. The following eight sections are included: (1) an alternative method for teaching percents; (2) unit conversion or dimensional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Resources, High School Equivalency Programs
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 1992
This document is a 596-item list of books, papers, journal articles, dissertations, and other materials concerning the General Educational Development (GED) tests. Topics covered include postsecondary educational outcomes for GED completers, military aspects of the GED program, scoring GED tests, test norms, benefits of participation in the GED…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Educational Resources, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Special Continuing Education. – 1970
This English language curriculum resource handbook provides background information and techniques of instruction designed for instructors helping students to prepare themselves for the General Educational Development Tests in general language and literary abilities. It consists largely of fundamental concepts which high school graduates are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Concept Formation
Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. l2, New Oxford, PA. – 1987
An instructors' manual describing the "Write-Now" approach to teaching writing to adult students preparing for the General Educational Development (GED) test together with a final report describing the project that developed the manual is presented. Topics covered in the 16 chapters of the manual include the following: what we believe…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Educational Resources, High School Equivalency Programs
Coombs, Lucinda H. – 1987
This training manual contains background information about the 1988 General Educational Development (GED) test, ideas for teaching and assessing writing to prepare students for the test, and samples of classroom materials teachers can use. Sections include information on the following: the writing process; student writing; managing the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy
Greenwell, Lynette, Ed.; And Others – 1987
This packet, designed for teachers of Job Corps participants is intended to familiarize them with the contents and presentation methods of the competency program developed to help students prepare for the General Educational Development (GED) (high school equivalency) tests. The first part of the package contains a teacher's guide that presents an…
Descriptors: Competence, Course Content, Educational Resources, Fine Arts
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1977
Designed for adult basic education staff members, this book provides general information about adult basic education and about teaching in an adult basic education setting. The first section is introductory; in the second, material is provided dealing with the administrator's role. The third section offers suggestions to teachers regarding their…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Basic Education, Consumer Education, Educational Diagnosis
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1976
Each section written by a different person experienced in adult basic education (ABE) instruction, this handbook is designed for ABE staff members as a source of general information about ABE, about teaching in an ABE setting, and about alternative ways to go about presenting information in various subject areas. The first section contains…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
James, Waynne B., Ed.; Offill, Phil, Ed. – 1979
Intended to help ABE (Adult Basic Education) teachers learn to design effective learning activities, this handbook provides activity suggestions, informative materials, and sample forms and materials. Section 1, Adults as Learners, discusses the adult learner's unique characteristics and includes an article on teaching strategies and learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Style
