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Angrist, Noam; Meager, Rachael – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Targeted instruction is one of the most effective educational interventions in low- and middle-income countries, yet reported impacts vary by an order of magnitude. We study this variation by aggregating evidence from prior randomized trials across five contexts, and use the results to inform a new randomized trial. We find two factors explain…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Low Income, Program Implementation, Intervention
Anderson, Theresa; Eyster, Lauren; Lerman, Robert I.; O'Brien, Carolyn; Conway, Maureen; Jain, Ranita; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2015
The second annual implementation report for the Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative in four states finds that: (1) colleges aligned pathways and supports with local needs; (2) students were satisfied with AO; (3) AO instructors grew more adept at team teaching; (4) colleges struggled to recruit adult education students; (5) states and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Vocational Education, Community Colleges
Graeber, Anna O. – 1980
This paper describes an instructional improvement approach which aims to assist educational systems to enhance their capabilities to plan and implement effective improvements in their basic skills programs, and illustrates how research on implementation and dissemination is used in the design and development of the approach. Four elements of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Developmental Programs, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Uppal, Charu – 1996
The Each One Teach One (EOTO) literacy project undertaken by universities and colleges is one of five methods of conducting adult education programs in India. A basis for an understanding of EOTO is a definition of literacy--a person is considered literate if he or she has mastered accuracy and fluency in word recognition, comprehension of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Garner, Barbara – 1994
This manual describes an effective, cost- and time-efficient approach to basic education and vocational training for adults. The approach was developed during a pilot project in Massachusetts that featured the following: capitalizing on students' interests, hands-on vocational training, the expectation that students' motivation to learn a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Guidelines, Job Development
Guglielmino, Lucy Madsen; Byran, Valerie C. – 1990
This resource book provides information on developing a workplace literacy program, descriptions of Florida Workplace Literacy Programs, and an annotated bibliography of resources. An introduction discusses the problem of basic skills deficiencies, projections that indicate the problem will increase, the Florida context, and benefits realized when…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Pritz, Sandra G.; Crowe, Michael R. – 1987
This guide focuses on the application of peer tutoring as a strategy for remediation of basic skills in secondary vocational settings. Additional benefits of using a joint vocational-academic approach are highlighted. The guide is part of BASICS, a package of integrated materials developed to assist teachers, administrators, and counselors in…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum
Biestman, Margot; And Others – 1980
This document describes the planning and implementation of the 1979 Basic Educational Skills (BES) Project in the Palmdale and King schools of South Phoenix, Arizona. The program description includes some background information on the community, the school and the staff. This is followed by detailed analyses of the four program components: parent…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Crowe, Michael R.; And Others – 1987
This implementation guide describes the philosophy of BASICS, a set of integrated materials developed to assist teachers, administrators, and counselors in bridging vocational and academic skills. It provides guidelines and strategies in workshop format for implementing the program in a school. The guide is organized around three topics. The…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Guidelines, Inservice Teacher Education
McGinnis, Ellen; Goldstein, Arnold P. – 1997
This set of materials for training elementary school children in social skills includes a book which explains the Skillstreaming program, a student manual, a collection of program forms, and a box of skill cards for use with students. After an introductory chapter, chapter 2 examines Skillstreaming's history and development. chapter 3 presents…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Education
Lord, Jerome E. – 1994
This report is a summary of information from both research and experience about the assumptions and practices that guide successful basic skills programs. The 31 guidelines are basic to building a solid foundation on which effective instructional programs for adults can be developed. The first six guidelines address some important characteristics…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
White River Vocational Technical School, Newport, AR. – 1990
The Basic/Technical Literacy project at White River Vocational Technical School in Arkansas implemented a comprehensive curriculum to raise students' basic reading and technical literacy levels in their chosen skill area. During the project, master vocabulary lists for each skill area were developed, and self-test worksheets and study guides were…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Literacy Education, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Arkansas Commission on Microcomputer Instruction. – 1984
This document provides guidelines for the preparation of school district plans for implementation of the microcomputer instructional programs recommended for Arkansas schools. Introductory materials include suggestions for school administration leadership activities in a microcomputer utilization plan, a message to the superintendent, and six…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Education
Letourneau-Fallon, Pamela; And Others – 1996
This document is designed to engage workplace educators in thinking about the ideas and issues that the BEST [Better Education Skills Training] team have found to be important in shaping how they conduct their workplace education program. Its format is that of answers to questions that shape program planning and implementation. Students'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Beliefs
Madawaska School District, ME. – 1981
Project CAPABLE (Classroom Action Program: Aim: Basic Learning Effectiveness) is a classroom approach which integrates the basic learning skills with content. The goal of the project is to use basic learning skills to enhance the learning of content and at the same time use the content to teach basic learning skills. This manual presents program…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
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