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Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. Office for Equity Education. – 1976
This manual offers a multicultural basic skills curriculum for Grades K-12 in Washington State schools, and provides student learning goals. A brief introduction describes the curriculum model and defines multicultural education as a perspective and process which can be integrated with any of the basic skill content areas. The remainder of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedCawelti, Gordon – Technology Teacher, 1993
Discusses the need to create a curriculum and learning experience that will prepare graduates to deal with the multiple roles that will be expected of them beyond the year 2000. (JOW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Download full textGermanna Community Coll., Locust Grove, VA. – 2001
This report details the activities, findings, and actions that have made up Germanna Community College's (Virginia) student outcomes assessment program in specific reporting areas for 2000-2001. The following sections comprise the report: (1) an executive summary; (2) a report on assessment activities in five general education areas, including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1997
In response to the increased need for remediation, the Illinois Community College Board conducted a study examining the scope, cost, structure, outcomes, and policies of the remedial/developmental education in the Illinois Community College System. Findings indicated an increase in enrollment in remedial/developmental coursework, with math…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Cuesta Coll., San Luis Obispo, CA. Matriculation and Research Services. – 2001
This document is an overview of the results of the statewide Partnership for Excellence (PFE) program at Cuesta College (California). The PFE program is designed to improve the performance and services of the 108 California community colleges. The PFE program emphasizes five main goals for Cuesta: (1) an increase from 55,149 in 1998-99 to 78,582…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Basic Skills, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Seppanen, Loretta; Yoshiwara, Jan – 1997
This is the 1997-99 performance funding report for the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC). The state legislature mandated that community and technical colleges must develop a biennial plan to achieve measurable and specific improvements in the following areas: (1) increasing the average earning wage of job-training…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Role, Community Colleges
Penn, Alexandra – 1991
The project described in this paper attempted to provide vocationally tracked high school students with the literacy skills needed to compete successfully in today's high-technology work force. This attempt was carried out by: (1) assisting students in establishing their vocational objectives in order to focus on specific literacy requirements;…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewedLeppard, Lynden – Social Education, 1993
Contends that the knowledge, skills, and attitudes advocated by social studies educators are recognized and supported now by business interests. Describes how cooperative learning techniques are adapted and used to restructure business. Concludes that business students prepared for lifelong learning, basic skill competence, communication, group…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Cooperative Learning, Creative Thinking
Hellman, Linda – 1995
The generic workplace curricula in this document were developed in a workplace education project conducted in Pima County, Arizona, which served 524 workers (58 percent from minority groups) at 14 worksites. Generic curriculum and competencies were developed for each subject area rather than each specific worksite. Of 374 workers who completed the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Competence
TIU Adult Education and Job Training Center, Lewistown, PA. – 1992
The ACCEPT (Adult Computer Competency Educational Program Training) computer literacy project at an adult education and job training center in Pennsylvania was adapted for use with adult basic education students with children to provide computer skills development, an understanding of how computers are used in their children's education, and an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 2001
This report provides 2000-2001 information on funding, staffing, facilities, and enrollment at all Washington State community and technical colleges. It also includes demographics on student characteristics, enrollment, graduation, and transfer rates. Highlights include: (1) the colleges enrolled the equivalent of 158,192 full-time students; (2) a…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Basic Skills, College Faculty, College Transfer Students
Erie City School District, PA. – 1987
A project was conducted at Crossroads Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center (Erie, Pennsylvania) to help residents build self-esteem and confidence through a course involving decision making, problem solving, and values clarification. Strategies, academic skills, reading, writing, and mathematics were introduced as part of the program. Over the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Drug Addiction
Ruscio, Thomas J. – 1997
For nearly 3 years, the Massachusetts Career Development Institute provided a workplace literacy program for 201 persons employed by the Geriatric Authority of Holyoke, Massachusetts, a major nonprofit nursing home and rehabilitation facility. The literacy program included adult basic education, English as a second language, and high school…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
Harding, Susan R.; And Others – 1981
The Navy is finding it increasingly difficult to attract personnel with aptitude scores high enough to make them eligible for entry into Class "A" technical schools. Training courses were developed for low aptitude students that would increase their mastery of the prerequisite skills and knowledge (S/Ks) they would need for success in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Willis, Jean H. – 1994
The Meridian Partnership is a cooperative program established in 1992 by Meridian Community College (MCC), in Mississippi, and Peavey Electronics Corporation to provide expanded workplace literacy instruction to Peavey employees and to perform job analyses to develop customized mathematics and reading courseware. Hardware, software, classroom…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
