This manual is written to provide an overview of the Federal programs which are available at the local level and to aid school administrators in locating particular Federal programs that will fulfill specific educational needs. The guide is designed for use as a tool in planning and programing a comprehensive educational program, rather than as a…

The monograph reports the problem, design, and findings of graduate student research directly related to adult basic education teacher training. The objectives of this experiment were to assess: (1) the degree of relationship among reinforcement, learning, and self-concept for adults using computer assisted instruction (CAI); (2) changes in…

This study aims to help teachers work effectively with low-income families by: (1) developing an understanding of the circumstances and life styles of Negroes, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and other minority groups, and (2) utilizing reality-oriented resource units in family health and safety, homemaking skills, consumer education, and money…

The regional seminars of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) are designed to provide inservice training and planning experiences to foster the professional growth of state department of education, university, and local AE/ABE staff members. The third regional seminar was aimed at developing ongoing, self-supporting training programs…

Adult basic education programs must teach the "social living skills" disadvantaged adults need, as well as basic literacy skills. In creating an ABE program, one must first assess the needs of the target population--through surveys, group meetings, an advisory council of members of the target population, demographic studies, and consideration of…

Three 2-week Adult Basic Education (ABE) Institutes were conducted in Tennessee during the summer of 1972. The three were an ABE Guidance and Counseling Institute, an ABE Materials and Teaching Institute, and an ABE Reading Institute. Each institute consisted of approximately 30 participants from the various regions of the state, and graduate…

Student Taught Adult Basic Literacy Efforts (STABLE) is a program which uses college students to teach adults in rural Appalachia who have little or no educational skills. Thirty Berea College Students who were given initial and inservice training in community relations and in methods and materials for teaching adults worked in 21 community…

New educational products, broadly defined as validated output from education R&D programs designed for practical application, are listed. Some of the products are directed toward educational problems of critical importance; others address themselves to instructional or administrative topics of lower current priority. The products, nominated by…

The conduct of a workshop in Adult Basic Education Curriculum Development is discussed. The major objectives of the workshop were: (1) To develop an understanding of what a curriculum is and the processes of curriculum development; (2) To assist persons to develop skills in preparation of curricula in adult basic education; and (3) To develop…

The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS) was the first large-scale attempt to describe the reading of students enrolled in adult basic education (ABE) and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) using a battery of individually administered reading and language tests.…

This guide addresses issues around organizing learning services for students in ways that make sense for them, and what the research says about it. The focus is on the structure and organization of instruction and how practitioners can broaden the range of options that students have so that classes aren't the only option. This guide provides all…

In this chapter, the author explores the overlap between adult literacy programs and community colleges by examining the literacy skills of postsecondary education students, the remedial/developmental programs that serve them, and the effectiveness of these programs and adult basic education in helping students succeed. As he notes, to obtain…

A study investigated linkages between adult community education (ACE) and mainstream vocational education and training (VET) in Australia, which enable people to move between the two sectors in their pursuit of vocational learning, and the ways in which linkages might be improved or new ones developed. The data from the study were derived from 69…

The Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network (PDRN), a multi-year research and development effort, tested an innovative method of connecting research and practice. Included in the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy 1995 proposal, it began with an advisory group meeting in 1996. In 1997, South- and Northeast regions…

The Adult Multiple Intelligences (AMI) Study investigated how multiple intelligences (MI) theory can support instruction and assessment in adult literacy education across different adult learning contexts. Two interwoven qualitative research projects focused on applying MI theory in practice. One involved 10 teacher-conducted and AMI…