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Download full textTurner, Anita P. – 1990
A study was conducted to determine factors leading to the success of General Educational Development (GED) recipients at North Shore Community College (NSCC). The sample population consisted of 160 GED recipients who had attended more than one semester at NSCC, declared a major, and earned a grade point average (GPA) of at least 1.00. The survey…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Continuation Students, Continuing Education
Keeler, Sandy – 1986
This guide is intended for use in helping students master the language arts skills necessary to pass the writing skills portion of the General Educational Development examination. It could also be used in adult basic education classes. The following topics are covered in the individual units: capitalization, punctuation, verb tense, subject-verb…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adult Basic Education, Adverbs, Basic Skills
Beltzer, Stephen – 1985
A study tested a conceptual model of attrition, the Tinto (1975) model, on a group of General Educational Development (GED) examinees and on a comparison group of traditional high school graduates from a single public community college. The sample consisted of 198 GED students and 201 traditional high school graduates who entered Queensborough…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Lovett, Ollie M. – 1984
Developed for use with the PATHWAYS ABE (Adult Basic Education) and Pre-GED (General Educational Development) Curriculum, a scope and sequence of reading and writing skills, or continuum, was designed with tasks of both educator and Indian Adult learner in mind. The continuum introduces individual skills at students' entry proficiency levels and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, American Indian Education, Course Content, Course Objectives
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. – 1995
This guide is intended to increase access for individuals with disabilities to local, state (New York), and national testing programs, as well as facilitate the consistent provision of modifications necessary to allow these individuals to demonstrate their knowledge and abilities. Ten modules cover the following topics: (1) federal and state…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Disabilities
Greenleaf, Connie; Gee, Mary Kay – 1997
The guide is designed for teachers in adult basic education and General Educational Development classes, as an aid for identifying potential limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, assessing their English proficiency in all language skill areas, observing classroom behaviors that might impede comprehension, and planning appropriate instruction.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
Northwest ABLE Resource Center, Toledo, OH. – 2001
This publication provides photographs and the success stories of seven students in Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) in Northwest Ohio. The stories detail the sacrifices, dedication, and hard work that contributed to the students' success, as well as the work of the dedicated, hard-working instructors who facilitated their learning.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Biographical Inventories
Flowers, Susan – 2000
A project was conducted to determine the thoughts and feelings of probationers (mostly white males ranging in age from early 20s to early 50s) mandated by a judge to complete their GED (General Educational Development) diploma or their high school diploma at a local adult education program mostly attended by middle-aged white female displaced…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Correctional Education
Cromley, Jennifer – 2000
This book, developed for adult educators who teach or tutor reading in General Educational Development (GED) classrooms and for teacher trainers, contains 18 fact sheets on learning and thinking, each about 10 pages long. The following fact sheets are included: (1) Literature Is Not Science; (2) Making Connections; (3) Mental Models; (4) Thinking…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Cognitive Development
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1999
This document, which was developed as a resource kit for Australian teachers of adult learners working toward a Certificate of General Education for Adults (CGEA), contains checklists for use in assessing and recording students' progress in their courses. The kit includes three types of records: assessment records (intended for detailed individual…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Check Lists, Foreign Countries
Florida Community Coll., Jacksonville. – 1998
This workbook, one of six professional development manuals prepared by experienced General Educational Development (GED) instructors, is designed to assist the instructor setting up and operating a GED classroom. A pretest and posttest appear first. Each of the units begins with a list of objectives and then provides instructional material. Unit 1…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Workforce Development. – 1998
This resource guide is designed to be a companion to the Educational Quality Indicator Program (EQuIP) Manual, a compendium of state-adopted quality indicators of program quality in adult education for Florida. The resource guide contains information sheets, references, tips for program improvement, resource persons and suggestions for further…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Citations (References), Educational Quality
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1997
This information sheet describes Reading and Writing, one of four streams or subject areas offered in the Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) in Australia. The stream is organized around the four main social contexts in which individuals function within society: family and social life, workplace and institutional settings,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Certificates, Evaluation Criteria
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1997
This information sheet describes Oral Communication, one of four streams or subject areas offered in the Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) in Australia. The stream is organized around some purposes for which oral language is used in social life: active listening, practical purposes, and problem solving and exploring issues. Each…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Certificates, Evaluation Criteria
Gordon, Daryl – 1992
Designed to educate adult students about AIDS, this curriculum manual is intended for use by students reading at the sixth- through eighth-grade reading level. A section of teachers' notes explains what topics are covered in each chapter and how each lesson is designed. Creative suggestions for reading and acting out plays in the classroom are…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Basic Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Guides
