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Download full textWarren, Virginia B., Ed. – 1968
Public school adult educators, training directors in business and industry, and other group leaders in civic and professional organizations assembled this collection of techniques used by teachers and adults. Among topics discussed are planning an adult education course, grouping adult students, applying creativity to teaching, and preventing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Classroom Environment
Martin, Deanna C.; Arendale, David R. – 1990
The Supplemental Instruction (SI) program of the University of Missouri-Kansas City addresses attrition by providing academic support in courses that are high risk for students. The program contains a number of innovative features, for example: high risk courses are identified instead of high risk students, and everyone in those courses is offered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Programs, Dropout Prevention
O'Sullivan, Rita G. – 1990
This case study describes a 2-year (1988-90) demonstration dropout prevention program, a collaboration between a rural school and a university. The dropout prevention program attempts to identify effective teaching strategies that will increase the academic successes of at-risk sixth-grade students and expand the use of those strategies among the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Grade 6
Stevens-Jacobi, Freddi, Comp.; And Others – 1979
This report describes Learning Unlimited, an alternative education program at North Central High School in Washington Township, Indianapolis, Indiana, as a model upon which other alternative education programs might be based. The program was established to keep potential high school dropouts in school, and to provide a new kind of educational…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Competency Based Education, Dropout Prevention, Experiential Learning
Cage, Bob N.; Hardin, Dawn – 1991
The Northeast Louisiana University (NLU) Dropout Intervention Strategy Program (1990-1991) was designed to train administrators and teachers in junior high schools to recognize, treat, and relate to at-risk students who have been identified as potential school dropouts. The 13 participating schools were identified as having potentially high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, College School Cooperation, Counseling Techniques
Brown, Don A., Ed. – 1979
This guide is a resource both for organizing and for managing adult literacy programs. Based on the collective input and refinement of national leaders in adult basic education, the handbook provides coverage of program planning, staff development, student recruitment and retention, instructional approaches and techniques, instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
