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Discipleship Outreach Ministries, Brooklyn, NY. – 1989
This collection of writings by students in literacy, General Educational Development (GED) and pre-GED programs includes over 30 poems, personal narratives, stories, and brief essays of self-expression on a variety of topics. Many are first attempts at communicating ideas through writing. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, English (Second Language), High School Equivalency Programs, Literacy Education
Branson, Robert K. – 1992
Technology transfer, for purposes of this paper, refers specifically to the importing of a methodology from one setting to another in order to meet previously unmet needs. The Job Skills Education Program (JSEP), a computer-based functional basic skills curriculum originally developed for the U.S. Army, has been "transferred" to the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Career Information Systems
Download full textColorado Community Coll. and Occupational Education System, Denver. – 1992
This volume, part of a series of eight curriculum guides compiled by the Colorado Workplace Learning Initiative: 1991-92, contains two courses: workplace literacy for limited English proficient (LEP) persons and a General Educational Development Programs (GED)/English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) tutorial with the Adult Literacy Network (ALN), a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language)
Allen, Colleen A., Ed.; Jones, Edward V., Ed. – 1992
This booklet commemorates the General Educational Development (GED) Testing program's first 50 years. Included are the following: (1) a description of a GED graduation; (2) reminiscences of three GED administrators; (3) success stories from five GED graduates; (4) descriptions of eight special GED programs; (5) an explanation of how the GED system…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Dropout Programs, Educational Attainment, Educational History
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Coll., Jackson. – 1992
This manual documents a family literacy program developed by Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and conducted at a local elementary school. It describes how the program combined General Educational Development (GED) courses for parents with a preschool program for their 3- to 4-year-old children. Based on the Kenan Family Literacy model…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Relations, Family Literacy, Family Role
Roeske, C. Edward – 1994
This paper describes the University of Tennessee's High School Equivalency Program (HEP), one of 21 programs throughout the United States aimed at assisting seasonal and migrant farm workers in improving their level of employment and education. For the first 4 years, the University of Tennessee's HEP was a campus-based residency program, but in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Daily Living Skills, Educational Attainment, Educational Opportunities
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1990
This report describes the educational and economic achievements and challenges of the Utah adult education program in a statistical outline and in a chart format. Section A outlines general achievement information: numbers of Utah adults without a high school diploma; total enrollees; educational achievements (attendance, diploma or passage of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness
Manzella, Louis A. – 1991
A practicum aimed to improve the basic literacy skills of juvenile delinquents in a county jail by using relevant experiences as the basis of learning. Two corollary aims were to increase the number of high school diplomas generated through the General Educational Development (GED) test, and prepare students to function in the outside world.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Correctional Education, High Risk Students, High School Equivalency Programs
Remizoff, Mary – 1990
The Calgary Program for Parenting Adolescents (PPA) was designed to provide an opportunity for parenting teenaged girls to complete their high school education. For the purposes of evaluation, surveys were developed for each of the respondent groups: students (n=58), teachers (n=26), PPA staff (n=10), PPA coordinating committee members (n=4), and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Health Services, Community Programs, Continuation Students
Meno, Marie A., Comp. – 1986
This narrative report provides descriptive information on the Louisiana adult education program. The report compares accomplishments to goals established for fiscal year 1986; defines reasons for slippage in areas in which goals have not been met; and determines on a statewide basis the average cost per student. Some of the highlights of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, High School Equivalency Programs
Ferencak-Elias, Elizabeth; And Others – 1990
Using 1989-90 Pennsylvania Department of Education Section 353 Special Demonstration Project funding, Fayette County Community Action Education Center students produced a booklet that includes biographies and photographs of successful program alumni. The booklet describes events in people's lives that contributed to their being undereducated and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educationally Disadvantaged, High School Equivalency Programs
Abisi, Frederick Assad; And Others – 1981
This manual describes a program that recognizes and assesses all prior learning in academics as well as in life skills and recommends a variety of educational opportunities so that adult learners can prepare themselves to meet requirements for high school certification. Four major areas of the Lowell Adult Diploma Program (LADP) are reviewed: time…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Credits, Educational Certificates
Pereira, Cecelia – 1986
Selected characteristics and conditions of MiraCosta Adult High School Diploma Program graduates were investigated. Data were gathered from 129 respondents by a 35-item mailed questionnaire. Questions pertained to graduates' current status, analysis of their high school experience, and recommendations for improving the adult high school diploma…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Certification, Educational Experience, Educational Research
Witt, Elaine B. – 1988
This course of study presents a competency-based approach to teaching effective writing. It is intended to give the adult educator a tool that can be used for any level of student at any point in writing instruction. The first section contains 48 competencies that address 5 domains of writing--planning, organizing, writing, evaluating, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Diagnostic Teaching
Baldwin, Janet – 1989
A study examined factor structure invariance among the writing skills of graduating High School Seniors and Adult High School Non-Completers. The study had three purposes: (1) to use LISREL confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) procedures to specify and test a series of factor models based on the test specifications content of the General Educational…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Dropouts, High School Equivalency Programs, High School Seniors
