ERIC Number: ED148848
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977
Pages: 113
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Assessing Prior Learning--A CAEL Student Guide.
Forrest, Aubrey
This student guide is directed at the adult student who petitions for college credits based on prior experiential learning. It will assist such adults in maximizing the value of their prior experiences in relation to educational goals and successfully obtaining appropriate credit. The reader is led step by step through the process of identifying learning outcomes, relating them to educational goals, documenting experience, measuring learning outcomes, and requesting credit or recognition. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, College Applicants, College Credits, College Students, Credentials, Educational Background, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Experiential Learning, Guides, Higher Education, Informal Assessment, Knowledge Level, Portfolios (Background Materials), Postsecondary Education, Prior Learning, Self Evaluation, Special Degree Programs, Student Evaluation, Work Experience
Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning, American City Building, Suite 403, Columbia, Maryland 21044 ($6.00)
Publication Type: Guides - General
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Sponsor: Lilly Endowment, Inc., Indianapolis, IN.; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.; Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
Authoring Institution: Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning, Columbia, MD.
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