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Download full textGLATTHORN, ALLAN A.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE RESPONSES OF 741 NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS TO THE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM (ISP) WERE RECORDED FROM HOMEROOM DISCUSSIONS AND THE INDEPENDENT STUDY QUESTIONNAIRE (ISQ). THE ISP PROVIDED TIME BLOCKS, SPECIAL FACILITIES, AND MINIMAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT'S DAY. BASIC CONTENT COURSES (DEPARTMENTAL CENTERS) AND SKILL…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Flexible Scheduling, High School Students, High Schools
Pennsylvania State Univ., McKeesport. – 1998
The Pennsylvania Action Research Network project was initiated in 1995-1996 to provide Pennsylvania literacy educators with the following: a better method for taking published research findings and testing and adapting them in their own classrooms; a way to study their own research ideas on a daily-action basis; and a systematic way to share and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Ashcroft, Cheryl A. – 1993
This independent learning packet, which is intended for adult literacy tutors, reviews the literature regarding adults with learning disabilities. The packet begins with a learning disabilities pretest. Presented next is the literature review, which includes information on the following aspects of learning disabilities: definition and historical…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Adult Basic Education
Koefer, Ann M. – 1993
This independent learning packet, which is designed for administrators, teachers, counselors, and tutors in Pennsylvania's Region 7 Tri-Valley Literacy Staff Development area as well as for their adult students, examines the following seven problems encountered by students: the job market, child care, single parenting/parenting skills, divorce,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Role, Alcoholism
Tyson, Diane F. – 1998
This document contains materials about and from the School-to-Work for Lancaster County Adults program. This program was a special demonstration project designed to develop a school-to-work (STW) model for adult learners. In an alternative high school setting, the program combined academic instruction, career exploration and planning, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Career Exploration
