It has been the experience of most adult basic education teachers that their students are apprehensive about taking tests. The study evaluates the effects of training adult basic education teachers in behavioral attending skills. Two basic questions were investigated: (1) Would the training of instructors in the use of behavior attending skills…

Intending to explore the interaction effects of self-esteem level and perceived program utility on the retention and cognitive achievement of adult basic education students, a self-esteem instrument, to be administered verbally, was constructed with content relevant items developed from and tested on a working class, undereducated, black, adult…

The immediate purpose of the 1973 tri-state (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin) Adult Basic Education workshop, a Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages project, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (four and one-half days) was the training or retraining of teachers in English as a second dialect or English as a foreign language to…

Programs for migrant and seasonal farmworkers sponsored by the Illinois Migrant Council are described in this annual report. Accomplishments during the program year 1971-72 are described in the areas of decentralization of the Illinois Migrant Council; legislation concerning migrants and seasonal farmworkers; legal services; institutional change…

Two simultaneous conferences on Adult Education and Adult Basic Education were held because it was considered that interaction between the two conference groups would be mutually beneficial. The defined goal of this joint institute was: the identification of problems, strategies, and priorities as they relate to an on-going plan for staff…

This manual is designed to assess the background of the individual and to bring him to the stage of unlocking the symbolic codes called Reading and Mathematics. The manual begins with Introduction to a Symbolic Code (The Thinking Process and The Key to Learning Basis), and continues with Basic Reading Skills (Readiness, Visual Discrimination,…

The first year of RFD, a new mass media approach to reaching rural adults in their own home, was devoted to planning and preparation. The design, consisting of a unique new television series, specially prepared and selected home-study materials, and a home visit program by adult basic education para-professionals, is complete. During the project…

A handbook prepared for the volunteer reading aide who has been instructed in a 10-hour basic workshop on tutoring the adult non-reader is presented. Its purpose is to reinforce the knowledge the aide has gained and to suggest additional resources. It is divided into seven chapters: Learning to Know the Adult Non-Reader, Motivating the Adult…

A course designed to be relevant for the training of teachers for adult education courses is presented. The point is made that the status of adult as opposed to adolescent is achieved when the individual reaches full physical growth, has entered the job market full time, and is seriously in the process of establishing a family. It is also pointed…

A follow-up study of students who had been enrolled in the adult basic education (ABE) program sponsored by Gateway Technical Institute during 1973, 1974, and 1975 was conducted in order to ascertain the program's effectiveness in both the cognitive and affective areas of the students' lives. Data were collected from a random sample of former…

The objective of the second part of a larger research study (which was designed to study and assess the adult basic education (ABE) program in Nebraska at the local level from January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1974 and to assess the local community awareness of the ABE program) was to survey the present adult basic education teacher occupational…

Inexperienced writers, including both basic writers and learning disabled, commit errors that often follow a discernible pattern due to applying erroneous or incomplete rules. Techniques for teaching editing skills are described, including textual analyses of students' writing, interviews with students, structuring the editing task, and providing…

Acquired severe communication disorders may result from physical impairment, language impairment, cognitive impairment, or combination of impairments. This paper reviews the demographics and characteristics of communication-disordered adults based on etiology, introduces models of assessment and intervention, highlights intervention strategies and…

"Focus on Basics" is the quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. It presents best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy, and how research is used by adult basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and policymakers. "Focus on Basics" is dedicated to…

Wyoming's colleges offer much more than academic and occupational technical degrees and certificates. In 2000, 27,703 Wyoming citizens, age 25 years and older, did not have a high school diploma. For this 12.14% of Wyoming's population, the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program at each of the colleges is designed to equip these adults with the…