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Download full textLytle, Susan L. – Focus on Basics, 1988
Dependence on standardized tests in adult literacy programs derives partly from their relative ease of adminstration and their appearance of providing valid and reliable quantitative data for program evaluation. Few adult educators are satisfied with the quality of the information, and most are extremely dissatisfied with the effects of such…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1997
This information sheet describes Numeracy and Mathematics, one of four streams or subject areas offered in the Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) in Australia. The learning outcomes are organized into four different categories or domains according to different purposes and functions of using mathematics: numeracy for practical…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Certificates, Evaluation Criteria
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1997
This information sheet describes Reading and Writing, one of four streams or subject areas offered in the Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) in Australia. The stream is organized around the four main social contexts in which individuals function within society: family and social life, workplace and institutional settings,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Certificates, Evaluation Criteria
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1997
This information sheet describes Oral Communication, one of four streams or subject areas offered in the Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) in Australia. The stream is organized around some purposes for which oral language is used in social life: active listening, practical purposes, and problem solving and exploring issues. Each…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Certificates, Evaluation Criteria
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1997
This information sheet describes General Curriculum Options, one of four streams or subject areas offered in the Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) in Australia. The first seven learning outcomes are based on seven key competencies: collecting, analyzing, and organizing information; planning and organizing activities;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cultural Education, Data Analysis
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, Lancaster, PA. – 1983
This teacher's guide is designed for use in helping adult basic education (ABE) students to develop beginning language skills. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: occupational knowledge, consumer economics, health and safety, government and law, and community resources. Each unit contains some or all of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives
