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What Motivates Adults To Participate in the Federal Adult Basic Education Program? Research on Adult Basic Education. Number 1 in Series of 3.

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Valentine, Thomas – 1990

Learners' motivations for participating in adult basic education (ABE) are important; determining their needs is crucial to evaluating programs to see if their needs are being met and is also important in determining instructional content and methods. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 323 randomly selected ABE students in Iowa. During…

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students

Why Some Eligible Adults Choose Not To Participate in the Federal Adult Basic Education Program. Research on Adult Basic Education. Number 3 in Series of 3.

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Valentine, Thomas – 1990

A great discrepancy exists between the potential number of adult basic education (ABE) participants (all adults who have not graduated from high school) and those who actually choose to participate in ABE. To determine why high school dropouts choose not to participate in ABE, telephone interviews were conducted with a carefully constructed,…

Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students