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Cronin, Mary E. – 1988
This paper discusses the instruction of adult performance outcomes and life skills in classes for students with mental disabilities. Basic considerations in teaching life skills include teaching for lifelong learning, teaching for relevancy, and teaching beyond textbooks and classrooms. Several strategies have contributed to the success of…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Retardation
James, Waynne B. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1977
Discusses successes and problems of the Adult Performance Level (APL) project funded by the U.S. Office of Education in 1971 to identify the skills necessary for an adult to function successfully in today's society. (TA)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Federal Programs
Taylor, Paul G. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1978
Defines competency-based adult education as activities providing coping and life skills, functional literacy, mastery learning, external or alternative high school diplomas, and educational credits for life experiences. Discusses activities in relation to federally authorized Adult Basic Education, minimal testing, Adult Performance Level…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills, Experiential Learning
Download full textFischer, Joan Keller; And Others – 1980
This report on the state level use and application of the 1971-1977 Adult Performance Level (APL) study contains two reports: "Competencies for Adult Basic Education and Diploma Programs: A Summary of Studies and Cross-Reference of Results." by Joan Keller Fischer and "The APL Study: Science, Dissemination, and the Nature of Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Competence, Competency Based Education
Bodman, Jean W.; Lanzano, Susan C. – 1978
Adult students of English as a second language (ESL) in northern New Jersey were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the relative importance of various aspects of English instruction. The questionnaire was based on a 1974 Adult Performance Level Study (APL). Results of the survey led to the following general conclusions: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1978
This plan seeks generally to improve literacy skills and specifically to aid adults in progressing through three adult performance levels to obtain the general educational development (GED) diploma. The introduction discusses the general growth of adult basic education; a chart depicts that growth in Kansas. The document is then divided into five…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Shelton, Elaine – 1983
Although competency-based adult education (CBAE) has been practiced by teachers for centuries, the term was defined more fully and formal programs were developed around 1971. One of the prime forces in the growth of CBAE was the Adult Performance Level (APL) project at the University of Texas, a project that defined CBAE and produced suggested…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education
Developing a Competency-Based Adult Education (CBAE) Program. A Handbook for Kansas Adult Educators.
Goodman, Deborah – 1977
This handbook for Kansas adult educators presents a process for providing competency-based adult education (CBAE) and supporting materials. The narrative describes and then charts these seven steps in development and implementation of a CBAE program: develop and adapt philosophy, evaluate current program, collect set of goals and objectives from…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Community Involvement
McBain, Susan L.; And Others – 1980
Project CLASS (Competency-Based Live-Ability Skills) uses a series of 60 modules to teach life survival skills to adults with low-level reading ability--especially Adult Basic Education/English as a Second Language students. Two versions of the modules have been developed: one for use with teacher-directed instruction and another for independent…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Community Resources, Competency Based Education
Williams, Miriam Q.; Labriola, Robert J. – 1977
Providing a data basis for the planning and implementation of educational programs for migrant adults, this guide is a product of a year-long research effort which focused on the adult migrants in Pennsylvania, their educational needs and interests, the unique factors which should be considered in designing and providing educational programs and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agricultural Laborers, Bibliographies, Educational Objectives
Heller, Barbara R.
This report discusses a nationwide study of Adult Performance Level (APL) which involved sixteen projects in seven states and was conducted to (1) examine the University of Texas at Austin's APL study and describe the results and recommendations in terms of the adult needs in New York State; (2) examine several New York State Adult Basic Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Board of Education Policy, Competency Based Education, Educational Certificates
Sebring, Penny A. – 1978
This handbook is offered as a guide and resource for Adult Basic Education (ABE) curriculum development in the area of adult competencies and coping skills. It addresses sixty-five Adult Performance Level (APL) objectives identified in a previous study. Following a brief introduction, steps for organizing the curriculum begin in section 2 with…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Glover-Smith, Alma J.; Bell, Bernadette S. – 1981
Written for teachers, coordinators, and supervisors, this manual describes the structural content of Project SELEP (Survival Skills in English Learning Experience Program). It indicates areas of concern in planning, establishing, and evaluating classes emphasizing survival skills for daily living appropriate for the foreign born adult in an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development
1979
Papers from numerous research areas in the adult education field are presented. The proceedings contain thirty-five papers, five symposia, one alternate symposium, and eighteen alternate papers. Among the papers included are "A Comparison of Approaches to Measuring Outcomes in Adult Basic Education,""A Critical Analysis of Hill's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Kasworm, Carol E., Ed.; Lyle, Buddy L., Ed. – 1978
Selected contributions from a workshop on competency-based adult education (CBAE) are presented in this monograph. The articles define the current trends in the theory and practice of CBAE. The monograph consists of five major sections. Section 1, the overview, offers a historical frame of reference, examination of terminology and definitions, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills
