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Direct linkTarlton, Edward Lamont – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the 4-H Life Skills program on participants' noncognitive college and career readiness levels, utilizing the ACT Engage 6-9 instrument (formerly known as the Student Readiness Inventory--Middle School) to evaluate quantitatively the noncognitive (psychosocial) college and career readiness…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Grade 8, Middle School Students
Peer reviewedShogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Rifenbark, Graham G.; Little, Todd D. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
This article reports the results of a follow-up analysis of 779 students with disabilities who participated in group-randomized, control group studies designed to examine the efficacy of self-determination interventions in secondary school to examine the relationship between self-determination status when exiting high school and adult outcomes 1…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Youth Opportunities, Disabilities, Followup Studies
Download full textSilander, Megan; Chavez-Reilly, Michael; Weinstein, Meryle – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2015
Teaching entrepreneurship--how to create, grow and run a business or organization--is one potential means to increase college and career readiness skills. Learning how to start a business can improve critical thinking, communication and collaboration (Gallagher, Stepien, & Rosenthal, 1992; Hmelo, 1998), which are key qualities for academic as…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Business Skills
Smith, Theresa Marie; Thomas, Kimberly; Dow, Katherine – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2009
Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in the United States for persons aged 60 and older. Compared to individuals without disabilities, individuals with low vision demonstrate a 15% to 30% higher dependence on others to perform activities of daily living. In addition, low vision can adversely affect a person's quality of life.…
Descriptors: Partial Vision, Quality of Life, Vision, Visual Impairments
Northeast Texas Community Coll., Mount Pleasant. – 1995
The Model Self-Improvement Program for Inmates (SIPI) was a joint effort of Northeast Texas Community College, the Lone Star Steel Company, and the sheriff's department of Morris County, Texas, to provide a model life skills program for incarcerated individuals. A curriculum that included life skills and vocational and academic training was…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Correctional Education, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs
Norris, Deborah; Schumacker, Randall E. – 2000
The Texas Effectiveness Study is an evaluation of the effectiveness of special education programs and services in developing life skills related to the transition planning process for Texas special education. One of the three components of the Texas Effectiveness Study is a study of adult outcomes. This component was implemented in the summer of…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Educational Planning, Followup Studies
Texas Education Service Center Region XI, Fort Worth. – 2000
This interim report summarizes the first-year findings and activities for the Adult Outcome Component of the Texas Effectiveness Study, implemented during the 1996-97 school year. The Adult Outcome component is one of three components of the Texas Effectiveness Study that will provide information about the outcomes of special education in Texas.…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Educational Planning, Followup Studies
Finn, Peter – 1998
Texas's Project RIO (Re-Integration of Offenders), which was developed in cooperation with the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, and U.S. Department of Education's Office of Correctional Education, began in 1985 as a two-city pilot program to place parolees in jobs. Project RIO has since expanded steadily and now…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Cooperation, Correctional Education
