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Direct linkHutto, Debra Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Adult Basic Education (ABE) and the General Equivalency Diploma (GED) programs serve those students who, for whatever reason, have left the educational system without attaining a regular high school diploma. Because of the manner in which they may have left the school system, many have negative emotions and personal agency beliefs hindering their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Quasiexperimental Design, High School Equivalency Programs, Learning Strategies
Download full textCunningham, Phyllis M. – 1973
A study was conducted to explore the interaction effects of self-esteem level and perceived program utility on the retention and cognitive achievement of adult basic education (ABE) students. A total of 200 black adult students receiving public assistance and enrolling in an ABE program with a reading level below 8.0 comprised the sample. Two…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Black Students, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedMassoud, Samia L. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1991
Describes a study that used a computer survey to investigate the relationship between computer attitudes and the selected variables of age, gender, and computer knowledge among adult basic education students in Texas. Hypotheses tested are explained, comparisons are made with a national sample, and recommendations for further studies are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences, Attitudes
Rose, Harold; Hensley, James – 1971
The influence of participation in adult basic education on attitudinal changes among a selected group of adults from rural Appalachia was studied. Specific aims of the study were: (1) to determine the relationship between participation in ABE and change in anomia, (2) to determine the extent of anomia among rural Appalachian adults with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Age, Aphasia
Fausto, Vincent J. – 1978
An adult basic education (ABE) project was undertaken in 1977 in southern New Jersey to take instruction to students in rural areas. The region was one in which some 75% of the population had not completed high school. Centered in Millville with satellite centers in four rural townships whose secondary students are bussed to Millville, the project…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills
Blankenburg, Richard – 1972
A proposal for Project Step-Up, an endeavor to facilitate upward economic mobility, was submitted, based on the results of a feasibility study. These results indicated that 10 employers of the San Diego Area were prepared to participate in a program to provide adult basic education skills to educationally disadvantaged employees. Participating…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Economic Development, Educational Facilities, Educationally Disadvantaged
