Discusses a survey conducted by the National Youth Service in Kenya to determine the experiences, attitudes, and aspirations of 1,214 servicemen and women. Conclusions indicate a mismatch between expectations and the economic and social reality that they face. (JOW)

Seven experiments were conducted concerning decision making and information processing under conditions of uncertainty. Several different experimental tasks were used; all presented the subject with multiple independent sources of information regarding the likelihood that some event would occur. Study 1 subjects were Air Force pilots; all other…

This paper looks at efforts by the Armed Forces to identify where the need for literacy instruction exists and how to provide it when the need is identified. It begins by discussing the literacy context of a military career to provide a perspective on how literacy is or may be used in the services. The demands for literacy are shown to be much…

Due to increasingly sophisticated military equipment, the Reserve Components of the armed forces need to raise the educational standards for recruits. A number of U.S. educational institutions have responded to their needs for continuing higher education in the areas of job skill enhancement (such as computer operation), regular courses directly…

Academic Remedial Training (ART) is a program providing remedial instruction in reading and verbal and study skills to Naval recruits who have scored below the sixth grade reading level on a standardized reading test (Gates-MacGinitie, 1978) or who have encountered academic difficulty completing recruit training. To determine whether data…

A study was conducted to determine whether explicit instructions could be as effective as paraphrased adjunct questions in enhancing subjects' reading comprehension. Eighty-six United States Navy enlisted men were assigned to one of four groups and given a lengthy passage from the "Naval Orientation Manual" to read. Following the…

The Servicemen's Opportunity College is a network of educational institutions providing military personnel with adult continuing education. The catalog for the SOC begins with a description of student-servicemen and their educational needs, the service response, financial benefits, the development of SOC, the types of SOC schools, and related…

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a methodology which could be used to estimate the reading skills of Air Force personnel and the reading requirements of different career fields in an attempt to determine the extent of the difference between the reading skills of personnel and the reading requirements of the training materials in a…

There has been increased interest and activity in the field of adult education during the biennium 1926-1928. The term "adult education" is used in so many ways that the question is often asked, "What is adult education?" "Adult education" came into general use in the United States soon after the World War. The shock of the war so aroused men and…

This congressional hearing reviews the continuing implementation of sections 1142, 1143, and 1144 of Title 10, United States Code, and section 1418(a) of Title 38, the Transition Assistance Program to assist servicemembers separating from the Armed Forces as a result of downsizing. Testimony includes statements, prepared statements, and written…

This document provides an overview of U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) research, development, evaluation, and curriculum development activities in Army basic skills education from 1980 to 1988. It summarizes the results and products in educational program evaluation, curriculum development, incorporation of learning strategies in educational…

This report contains amendments to H.R. 4089, the "Veterans Educational and Vocational Counseling Amendments of 1990," which would amend Title 38, U.S. Code, with respect to educational and vocational counseling for veterans. The report describes major provisions, discusses the background of the bill, and provides a section-by-section…

Growth of the Army Pre-discharge Education Program (PREP) has been a slow and cumbersome process since Public Law 91-219 was passed in 1970. The Academy for Educational Development visited 12 major Army installations in the United States and made 22 recommendations for improving the PREP in six major areas: i.e., technology, evaluation and…

The author describes the Predischarge Education Program (PREP) developed by the Department of Defense as a competency-based high school completion program for military personnel. (DS)

The General Accounting Office reviewed the Department of Defense's distance education (DE) initiatives. Data were gathered through meetings of service officials responsible for the military services' training plans and strategies and a review of services' training plans and related documents. It was discovered that the services have begun…