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Crawford County Literacy Council, Meadville, PA. – 1995
A project augmented instruction in writing skills given to learners in the Crawford County (Pennsylvania) READ Program with staff development that involved tutors and learners in a paired workshop setting. Four staff development workshops were conducted for tutor-learner pairs on improving writing instruction and skills. Four follow-up workshops…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Staff Development
Royce and Royce, Lancaster, PA. – 1996
The primary objective of the Success Stories: From Learning to Leadership project, which was conducted by a private consulting firm, was to provide technical assistance to the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) in its efforts to select and recognize the achievements of 10 outstanding ABLE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Hopey, Christopher E.; And Others – NCAL Connections, 1994
Adult literacy (AL) programs in Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, North Carolina, Illinois, and California were surveyed in Spring 1994 to identify the extent and scope of computer technology use in AL programs. Of the 515 responding programs, 82% used computers for administrative activities, 66% for instructional activities, 31% for student…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Computer Uses in Education
Royce and Royce, Inc., Lancaster, PA. – 1993
This publication contains the success stories of 10 outstanding men and women who have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become contributing citizens of Pennsylvania. These stories describe how, through their participation in Pennsylvania's adult basic education and literacy programs, they were aided in their successful struggles to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Moore, Kimberly A.; Askov, Eunice N. – 1989
A 6-month study examined the attitudes of older, low-literate adults toward using computers to learn to read and tried to determine the effectiveness of Penn State Adult Literacy Courseware for beginning readers with older, low-literate adults at a community-based senior center. The students were 10 black adults, aged 66 to 86 and educated at the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attitude Change, Basic Skills
Catholic Social Services, Harrisburg, PA. – 1983
The primary goal of a multi-purpose project was to utilize both Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) and Laubach Literacy Action (LLA) in training volunteers to teach English to refugees. Catholic Social Services trained 163 volunteers who were placed in adult basic education (ABE) classes, small group instruction settings, and one-to-one tutoring…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, English (Second Language)
Royce, Sherry, Ed. – 2001
This publication is comprised of the biographies of eight individuals designated in the past and nine individuals currently designated as outstanding, successful students from Pennsylvania's adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) programs. Each biography is accompanied by a description of the sponsor program. The past outstanding students are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
TIU Adult Education and Job Training Center, Lewistown, PA. – 1999
This project continued a 2-year project that had focused on development and implementation of training in content areas needed by staff from ABLE (Adult Basic and Literacy Education)-funded agencies in Pennsylvania. The project continued to coordinate the review and selection of training materials for professional development in designated content…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Instructional Materials
Reiff, Tana – 1995
As part of a project to improve professional development for adult basic and literacy educators in Pennsylvania, a literature review was conducted of studies of professional competencies needed by adult educators. Extensive review of previous studies showed that hundreds of competencies had been identified. Some states also had generated their own…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Royce and Royce, Inc., Lancaster, PA. – 1994
This final report describes a staff development project designed to provide for the effective and statewide dissemination of significant current or previous Section 353 special demonstration projects in Pennsylvania. A panel of 8 literacy experts reviewed 65 special projects funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Counseling, Curriculum Development
Royce and Royce, Inc., Lancaster, PA. – 1998
Project APEX (Adult Practitioner Excellence) provided technical assistance to the Pennsylvania Department of Education in the development of a nominations form, procedures, and criteria for the new adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) practitioner excellence awards. It proposed a three-part nomination and selection system for determining…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Awards
Schuylkill Intermediate Unit #29, Mar Lin, PA. – 1993
A pilot adult basic education (ABE) language experience curriculum was designed and implemented with older adults in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The objectives were to improve writing skills, to increase self-esteem, and to create a historical record of the area as seen through the eyes of the average older citizen who had lived through many…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Literacy Education
Askov, Eunice N.; And Others – 1990
A descriptive study identified and assessed programmatic characteristics of rural literacy services in northern Pennsylvania and factors affecting participation of adult literacy students in those services. The study focused on service delivery aspects of programming and incentives/motivations as well as on barriers affecting participation.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Delivery Systems
Stoudt, Ashley – 1997
A project was conducted to establish criteria by which adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) student enrollment, completion, early separation, and educational level/category attainment are reported throughout Pennsylvania. First, staff at 10 Project Educational Quality for Adult Literacy (EQuAL) sites were interviewed to identify recurring…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis
Anthony, Robert A. – 1999
This study focused on the problem of deaf and hard of hearing learners who have very low English literacy levels compared to their ability levels. Participants in the study were deaf and hard of hearing adult learners in the Adult Basic Education Program of the Center on Deafness in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This mixed urban-rural population had…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
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