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Download full textRandall, Ruth E.; And Others – 1993
A study examined the Adult Diploma Program (ADP), a project of the Minnesota High School Graduation Incentives Program, which gives 2 years of state aid to qualified learners to complete their requirements. Its purpose was to explore how persons enrolled in ADP find out about it, factors that led to making the decision to enroll in ADP, daily…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Enrollment Influences, High School Equivalency Programs
Malizio, Andrew G.; Whitney, Douglas R. – 1981
During April and May 1980, the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service conducted a survey involving a nationally representative sample of examinees to gather detailed information on the background and preparation of persons currently taking the tests. This report is based on the responses of about 13,000 GED candidates at nearly 250…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Educational Background, High School Equivalency Programs, Participant Characteristics
Abram, Marie J.; Cobb, Robert A. – 1979
The population of this study consisted of 18 students who withdrew from the Glasgow Independent School System (Kentucky) during the 1975-76, 1976-77, and 1977-78 school years. The questionnaires submitted to the former students and their parents sought to determine how they felt about school prior to leaving, reasons for leaving school, opinions…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Sexauer, Celeste Burns; Paul, Taunya – 1989
A project was conducted to identify effective instructional strategies for rural unemployed and employed adults needing adult basic education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) instruction. Instructional strategies examined included time of day classes were offered, location of class, instructional setting (classroom/individual), and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems
Marshall, Rick – 1992
The Student Participation And Retention Keys (SPARK) project at Blue Ridge Community College sought to determine why adult basic education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) students dropped out of the college's basic skills program and how student retention could be improved. With input from current and former students, a survey form…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Florida Community Coll., Jacksonville. – 1998
This workbook, one of six professional development manuals prepared by experienced Adult High School (AHS) instructors, is designed to assist the instructor setting up and operating a General Education Development (GED) classroom. A pretest and posttest appear first. Each of the seven units begins with a list of objectives and then provides…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. – 1990
The Arlington (Virginia) Better Beginnings Coalition hired one full-time and one part-time employee to provide outreach services to out-of-school pregnant teens and teenage mothers. A career development specialist worked with outreach personnel and coordinated structured weekly prevocational training. Cooperating agencies identified 55 young women…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Dropout Programs
