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Texas Univ., Austin. Extension Teaching and Field Service Bureau. – 1969
This report interprets information from the first phase of a Federally funded adult basic educational guidance and counseling project in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Findings and conclusions are presented as to the cultural, psychological, and other characteristics of students; problems encountered in designing guidance…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Charts, Educational Resources
Kutner, Mark; And Others – 1996
Statewide learner competency and assessment systems in 11 states were examined. Information was gathered through telephone interviews and a review of materials on the learner competency and assessment systems being used/developed in each state. Special attention was paid to the states' activities regarding development of the following: systematic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
Cuellar, Sylvia – 1991
The Texas Agricultural Extension Service (TAEX) Literacy Initiative has three major components: literacy awareness, cooperation and coordination with other state agencies and organizations, and programmatic responses. During 1991, the TAEX Literacy Initiative addressed the literacy awareness component through these activities: writing a research…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Coordination
Porter, Deborah; Morris, Jamie, Ed. – 1987
This workbook focuses on two primary needs of adult basic education (ABE) students--child care and transportation--and provides ideas to assist program administrators (especially in Texas) to develop appropriate, workable, community-based strategies to meet these needs. The book contains five chapters. Each chapter addresses a particular aspect of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Check Lists
Fellenz, Robert A.; Conti, Gary J. – 1984
Data are presented from an evaluation of state and federal adult basic education (ABE) programs in Texas. An introduction describes the methodology by which data were collected. The next three sections contain survey data from and about students, teachers, and administrators. Other sections examine the program planning process, management and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Dropouts, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1968
Provisions of Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Act entitled "Adult Education Act of 1966" charge the Texas Education Agency with responsibility for state administration of adult basic education programs in accordance with a plan approved by the State Board of Education and the United States Commissioner of Education. As one…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Basic Education, Federal Legislation, Guidelines
Cuellar, Sylvia; Owens, Peggy – 1991
This document chronicles the events that took place and materials that were developed to assist the Texas Agricultural Extension Service faculty in its literacy program. Section I on program development includes minutes of the literacy task force and the literacy initiative team that describe how the literacy program was conceived and evolved; a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Church Programs
Brockett, E. Anne; Gibbons, Virginia M. – 1993
Applying the philosophy that strategic partnerships are the most effective way to share knowledge, skills, and resources, emerging community corrections adult education programs and existing community adult education service providers have begun to forge critical linkages. In Texas, the law now requires assessment of the educational level of all…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1969
Public agencies conducting adult basic education in Texas are given guidelines in program planning, administration, supervision, funding, and evaluation. Such aspects as student eligibility, inservice teacher education, student recruitment and placement, organization of classes, selection of teachers and aides, use of counselors, reporting and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Counselors, Evaluation Methods
Kasworm, Carol; Courtenay, Bradley C. – 1982
Two separate research projects were undertaken in Georgia and Texas to examine the current and future needs of older adults for functional literacy and to analyze the involvement of adult basic education (ABE) programs to better serve those needs. The projects involved literature reviews; mail-out surveys; and one-on-one interviews with senior…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Green, Anson M. – 1998
Students in the Culebra Road GED/JOBS (General Educational Development/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) class, an adult education class for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) students, created their own website. First, students completed a computer literacy survey to gauge their computer skills. Next, students were encouraged to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Computer Uses in Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Green, Anson M. – 1998
The Culebra Road GED/JOBS (General Educational Development/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) class provides recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) with remedial academic instruction, job preparedness training, and training in parenting skills. At the suggestion of one of its students, the class undertook a project that…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Class Activities, Dropout Prevention
Odessa Coll., TX. – 1991
Many adults in basic literacy programs tend to drop out if they cannot see the program's relevance to the real world. In response to this problem, Odessa College (Odessa, Texas) developed, implemented, and evaluated an innovative program for adult education through technology designed to provide high quality, multimedia literacy education directly…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, At Risk Persons, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Quintero, Elizabeth, Comp.; Velarde, Maria Cristina – 1988
A project was conducted in Texas using an intergenerational approach to literacy instruction. Parents received individualized literacy instruction using the Language Experience Approach, as well as instruction designed to help them encourage literacy skill development in their children. Children and parents also worked together on literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citations (References), Curriculum
Conti, Gary J. – 1982
A 3-day conference was held to generate the goals for Adult Basic Education (ABE) in Texas for the remainder of the decade, to examine barriers to and bridges for accomplishing these goals, and to propose strategies for implementing these goals. During the conference, 19 participants (including directors, supervisors, teachers, university faculty…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Change Strategies, Educational Finance
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