THIS IS AN EVALUATION REPORT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE NEW HOPE SCHOOL INITIATED BY MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT. EVALUATION MEASURES WERE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (TESTED ACADEMIC PROGRESS THROUGH VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL TESTS), ATTITUDE MODIFICATION…

AS A FIRST STEP IN A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF ATTITUDE AND ATTITUDE CHANGE AS A VARIABLE IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN BASIC LITERACY TEACHERS AND THEIR ADULT STUDENTS, A GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF ATTITUDES BY DETECTING "ATTITUDE CLUSTERS" WAS DEVELOPED. THIS REPORT DISCUSSES HOW THE MEMBER COMPONENTS OF CLUSTERS MAY BE REPRESENTED AS A…

One of a series of instructional materials produced by the Literacy Council of Alaska, this booklet provides information about the control of rabies. Using both simplified sentence structure and vocabulary, it describes how rabies may be spread, its symptoms, its treatment, and ways it can be prevented. (FL)

One of a series of instructional materials produced by the Literacy Council of Alaska, this booklet provides information about motorcycle safety. Using a simplified vocabulary and shorter sentences, it offers statistics concerning motorcycle accidents; information on how to choose the proper machine; basic information about the operation of the…

As part of the United States Navy's efforts to enlarge its pool of personnel who are qualified for service and who will seek long-term careers in the Navy, the research branch of the Chief of Naval Education and Training contracted Research for Better Schools (RBS), Inc., to examine two areas related to personnel development: basic skills…

A study was conducted to compare the Rhode Island Adult Basic Education (ABE) program with the ABE programs of other states and U.S. possessions. (The purpose of this study was to collect data on specific program variables which were not addressed by the National Advisory Council on Adult Education's 1978 Summary Report.) The data, pertaining only…

THE EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATION (EDP), DEFINED AS THOSE PERSONS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED EIGHT YEARS OF FORMAL SCHOOLING, CONTAINED AT LEAST 24 MILLION PEOPLE IN 1960. ALTERNATE PLANS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR A VOLUNTARY ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE EDP, USING A TIME SPAN OF 20 YEARS AND A METHOD FOR…

Instruction at three levels is outlined in this public school adult basic education curriculum guide. Development of reading, writing, oral communication, and arithmetic is stressed at Level I (grades 1-3). Mathematics, reading (with attention to phonics and word structure), and English are enlarged upon in Level II (grades 4-6). Level III (grades…

This manual has been designed by the Bureau of Continuing Education Curriculum Development of the New York State Department of Education to provide teachers with suggested lesson plans in practical government. Each lesson contains background materials for the teacher, offering specific information on the subject of the lesson plans, aims of the…

The Gateway Technical Institute's followup study on former adult basic education (ABE) students is examined in this report, which focuses primarily on the process of the study. Since the Gateway study complemented objective measures of program effectiveness with a perspective that is often missing in program evaluations, namely, former…

A study was designed to examine the relationship between certain measures of cognitive development and reading scores, particularly reading comprehension scores. Forty-one adult basic education students, ranging from 16 to 62 years of age (mean age of 25) and predominantly from lower socioeconomic groups, were administered the following three…

As a contribution to research on the reading behavior of adult beginning readers, two experiments were performed with adults reading on the first, second, and third grade levels. The experiments sought to determine whether the pattern of developing strategies in these adults differed from evolving patterns in children learning to read; differences…

The project was an effort to investigate local leadership structures and issues related to government, and to develop out of this a curriculum for teaching English to Micronesian adults. The process involved (1) gathering data (recorded adult perceptions of government functioning) by a writer traveling throughout all of the local districts and (2)…

This booklet describes educational materials (developed by special projects funded under Section 309 of the Adult Education Act) which may be especially useful to adult education programs that are being developed around Adult Performance Level objectives. The products listed may be utilized or adapted by teachers without requiring special training…

In this study, a test of syntactic complexity was developed to be administered to adult beginning readers. The purpose of the test was to determine syntactic competence in the reading of these adults as compared with literate adults. The test was developed on the basis of a review of the literature related to acquisition of syntax, complexity of…