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Direct linkGinsburg, Lynda – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2017
In this Forum article, the author addresses how to assist adults in improving mathematics and numeracy literacy. Ginsburg observes educators who strive to address their learners' educational gaps and needs are finding themselves in an environment of competing priorities and expectations that can be expressed as mathematics numeracy education. What…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Educators, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Guides
Peer reviewedLoughlin, Kathleen – Adult Learning, 1994
Offers practical approaches to creating a connected learning environment, integrating individual disciplines into holistic learning, and inspiring motivation to be lifelong learners for a general educational development (GED) program. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, High School Equivalency Programs, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedRachal, John R. – Reading Horizons, 1985
Offers suggestions for teachers of adult basic education and GED classes to help students feel comfortable in class. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, High School Equivalency Programs, School Holding Power, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedUlin, Richard O. – English Journal, 1982
Examines the inherent problems in evaluating writing skills, particularly as practiced by the General Education Development Testing Service. (RL)
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, High School Equivalency Programs
Download full textWhalen-Schmeller, Bev – 1996
Two interviews, one with an experienced instructor of General Education Development (GED) classes and another with a student working towards a GED, provided a neophyte instructor with insight into the similarities and the differences between the composition teaching techniques learned in college and those which seem to be effective in teaching GED…
Descriptors: Adult Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Secondary Education
Emmitt, Robert J.; Argento, Barry J. – County Manpower Report, 1980
Since its beginning in 1965, the Job Corps has enrolled more than a million impoverished and undereducated 16- to 21-year-olds in an intensive program of re-education and job skills training. The Job Corps' basic education program uses the systems approach to instruction in reading, mathematics, and high school equivalency subjects; and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Objectives, Federal Programs, High School Equivalency Programs
Connections: A Journal of Adult Literacy, 1991
This journal provides a forum for adult educators to express their ideas on adult literacy. The following articles are included: "Teaching Moments: Teaching People, Not Lessons" (Patricia Wild); "Whole Language: Implications for the Adult Learner" (Jeri Gillin); "Gatekeepers or Advocates?" (Rosie Wickert); "Writing with Teen Mothers: I Have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Advocacy
Joliet Junior Coll., IL. – 1981
Ten papers address areas of concern regarding improvement in serving the needs of limited English proficient (LEP) adults. The first paper (by D. Terdy) overviews the background and skills LEP adults bring to adult education programs as well as their language needs and educational goals. The second paper (by S. Smith) describes changes in adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
