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Woodrow, John – Adult Training, 1976
Discusses nine problem areas that emerged at a community college when they introduced a continuous intake/exit individualized learning system in their basic skill development program. Also, presents the strengths and weaknesses of the system. (EM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Problems, Individualized Instruction
Creative Research Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1978
A third-party evaluation of the District of Columbia Experience Based Career Education Program (D.C. EBCE) was conducted in 1978. The program involved tenth- and eleventh-grade students in an individualized program of study that included academic instruction and career development opportunities. Using the Context, Input, Process, and Product…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education
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This investigation analyzed goals from the Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) of 54 high school students with diagnosed reading disabilities in basic skills (decoding and/or word identification). Results showed that for 73% of the students, the IEPs written when they were in high school failed to specify any objectives regarding their acute…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Reading Difficulties, Basic Skills
Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc., Glasgow AFB, MT. – 1976
This first document in a three-volume summative evaluation report presents a portion of the internal evaluation conducted by the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state region. (The three-volume report presents both…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research
Download full textOwens, Thomas R.; Haenn, Joseph F. – 1976
Evaluation conducted during the 1975-76 school year of the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is reported, focusing on the evaluation findings of the EBCE demonstration project in Tigard, Oregon called Community Experiences for Career Education, (CE)2, and the five NWREL EBCE pilot…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Educational Objectives
Owens, Thomas; And Others – 1975
Evaluation conducted during the 1974-75 school year of the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is reported, focusing on the evaluation findings of the EBCE demonstration project in Tigard, Oregon called Community Experiences for Career Education (CE)2, and various EBCE…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Case Studies, Daily Living Skills
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Little Hoop Community Coll., Fort Totten, ND. – 1995
With funding from a National Workplace Literacy grant, Little Hoop Community College in Fort Totten, North Dakota, conducted a combined literacy and career counseling program for members of the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe. During the project period, 86 participants completed individual education plans appropriate to their personal work objectives and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, American Indian Education, Basic Skills, Career Counseling
Indiana Vocational Technical Coll., Indianapolis. – 1992
A workplace literacy partnership program model was demonstrated at four Chrysler plants in Indiana. Objectives were to improve workers' individual skills, enhance personal productivity, and increase work force job security and plant competitiveness. During the 3-month start-up phase, project staff worked with management and labor representatives…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Counseling Services
Jones, Kenneth M. – 1994
In 1989, Valmont Industries, a global manufacturer of steel lighting poles, center pivot irrigation systems, and other technologies and Metropolitan Community College began to work closely to address the basic skills training needs of Valmont workers. This partnership provided a unique educational opportunity for both Valmont employees and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Community Action Southwest, Waynesburg, PA. – 1994
A special demonstration project was conducted to provide individualized basic/workplace skills instruction to 36 high school dropouts with special needs or learning problems and thereby enable them to earn a high school diploma. Because of time constraints, services were provided to only eight students. Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) were…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Lane Community Coll., Eugene, OR. – 1998
The Workplace Training Project began as a partnership between Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, and four area businesses. Their primary objective was to develop worksite-specific, learner-centered, competency-based workplace curricula in topics such as the following: basic math, fractions and measurement in the workplace, survival math for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
