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Download full textScheier, Elaine – 1969
A study compared the effectiveness of Learning 100 (L-100), a multimedia, multimodal, multilevel communication skills system, with that of a more conventional reading program with functional illiterates in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a ghetto area in Brooklyn, New York. In January, 1968, under the Title III Adult Education Act of 1966, Adult Basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Conventional Instruction, Disadvantaged
Taylor, Paul G. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1978
Defines competency-based adult education as activities providing coping and life skills, functional literacy, mastery learning, external or alternative high school diplomas, and educational credits for life experiences. Discusses activities in relation to federally authorized Adult Basic Education, minimal testing, Adult Performance Level…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills, Experiential Learning
Vines, Diane Welch – 1983
The National Adult Literacy Initiative calls for a collaborative effort among the public, private, voluntary, and military sectors to address more effectively illiteracy through adult education. One of the first points in the initiative calls for continued educational services funded by the federal government and administered by the states. Other…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
