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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
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
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
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
