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Iowa's Adult Basic Education Students: Descriptive Profiles Based on Motivations, Cognitive Ability, and Sociodemographic Variables.
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Beder, Hal; Valentine, Thomas – 1987
Research provided a comprehensive descriptive analysis of the Iowa adult basic education (ABE) population. Data were collected through comprehensive interviews from a carefully drawn random sample (n=323) of those who completed less than 11 grades. A random subsample was followed up by telephone interview. The population was described on three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adults, Cognitive Ability
Iowa's ESL Students: A Descriptive Profile.
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Beder, Hal; Valentine, Thomas – 1987
The second phase of a three-phase study undertaken in Iowa provided a detailed analysis of the adult basic education/English-as-a-Second-Language (ABE/ESL) population. Objectives were to determine student motivation, segment the ESL population into groups based on group behavior, segment the population into groups based on ethnicity, and describe…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Cognitive Ability, Cultural Differences