Provides an appraisal of the characteristics of adult basic education and continuing education programs relevant to the five dimensions of lifelong learning: (1) age-specific to age-inclusive; (2) formal to nonformal pedagogy; (3) individual to collective learning; (4) social maintenance to social change; and (5) intraorganizational to…

Effects of a simplified version of a driver's handbook on learning Florida driving laws was investigated. One group of students in basic education reading classes used the simplified version whereas a comparable group used the official manual. Students using the simplified version had greater achievement gains than the control group. (Author/CH)

Describes the work of William T. Richardson, a principal figure in the Port Royal Experiment. Richardson taught and supervised the teaching of several thousand newly freed Black adults in the Sea Islands during the Civil War. His work offers a look at an early chapter in adult basic education's history. (Author/CH)

Adult education instructors can help desensitize a student's fear of certain reading materials by constructing and using worksheets to make the material user friendly. Such user friendly worksheets can be constructed for any type of reading material. Guidelines for designing user friendly worksheets that contain location, organization, and process…

The London Procedure, a diagnostic/prescriptive instrument for adult basic education, is found to lack content validity, to make arbitrary interpretations of results, and not to reflect current research in literacy acquisition and learning disabilities. (SK)

Explores causes of adult illiteracy and examines the effectiveness of adult literacy programs. (MM)

Concludes that The London Procedure does not reflect contemporary research in the fields of literacy acquisition and learning disabilities. (AEA)

Offers a selected annotated bibliography of methods and materials for teachers working in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) setting; part two will deal with programs and approaches. (Author)

Provides a report of the obstacles faced by adult basic education students, and describes educators' lack of concrete knowledge about adult learning processes and appropriate instructional programs. (Author/KS)

The book "Make Lemonade," by Virginia Euwer Wolff, consists of 66 short chapters in which a stream of consciousness-like style is used to tell the story of a young unwed mother of two children and her 14-year-old babysitter who wants to earn money to attend college and improve her life. This 7-page guide contains teaching suggestions for…

This book is an anthology of 45 stories, poems, and essays written by adult education (adult basic education and high school equivalency program) students in Ohio. The authors and their teachers were honored at the 1999 Ohio Writers' Conference. The authors were selected from 242 entries by a committee of faculty, staff, and adult students. The…

The author suggests that this particular group of teachers take advantage of individualized learning methods already utilized by many professional groups. In studying the feasibility of this approach, the author concludes that it offers promise. Most of the article is devoted to discussion of his study design. (AG)

Article discusses the training and practices of counselors presently involved with adult basic education programs. Examples given convey the inadequate provisions for counseling adults that now exist within most of the agencies in this area. (Author/GB)

An adult education correspondence program involving programed and nonprogramed materials, including telephone and personal contacts between student and teacher. (SP)