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| Adult Literacy and Basic… | 1 |
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| Bell, Bernadette S. | 1 |
| Glover-Smith, Alma J. | 1 |
| James, Waynne B. | 1 |
| Kasworm, Carol E., Ed. | 1 |
| Lyle, Buddy L., Ed. | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
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| Adult Education Act 1966 | 1 |
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| Adult Performance Level | 4 |
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James, Waynne B. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1977
Discusses successes and problems of the Adult Performance Level (APL) project funded by the U.S. Office of Education in 1971 to identify the skills necessary for an adult to function successfully in today's society. (TA)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Federal Programs
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1978
This plan seeks generally to improve literacy skills and specifically to aid adults in progressing through three adult performance levels to obtain the general educational development (GED) diploma. The introduction discusses the general growth of adult basic education; a chart depicts that growth in Kansas. The document is then divided into five…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Glover-Smith, Alma J.; Bell, Bernadette S. – 1981
Written for teachers, coordinators, and supervisors, this manual describes the structural content of Project SELEP (Survival Skills in English Learning Experience Program). It indicates areas of concern in planning, establishing, and evaluating classes emphasizing survival skills for daily living appropriate for the foreign born adult in an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development
Kasworm, Carol E., Ed.; Lyle, Buddy L., Ed. – 1978
Selected contributions from a workshop on competency-based adult education (CBAE) are presented in this monograph. The articles define the current trends in the theory and practice of CBAE. The monograph consists of five major sections. Section 1, the overview, offers a historical frame of reference, examination of terminology and definitions, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills
