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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Adult basic education"”.
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Examining adult basic education in Indiana
… information exists on Indiana students pursuing adult basic education along with implications for a state that has changed its adult basic education high stakes high school equivalency assessment. This study is the first to use the full adult basic education population of a single state to …
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A descriptive study of adult basic education in Kansas
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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A descriptive study of adult basic education in Kansas
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Factors influencing functional literacy performance among adult basic education students
… among a significant portion of American adults is considerably low. The purpose of this study was to educe a comprehensive profile of the adult learner and his or her literacy performance by examining factors which are a manifestation of both the formal school experience and the …
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A descriptive study of the Adult Basic Education Society, Gujranwala, Pakistan
… ten years of experience in literacy of the Adult Basic Education Society in Gujranwala, Pakistan and compares the experience to three widely used alternative approaches to adult literacy programming. The three encompassing approaches, each of which is used internationally, are: (a) those …
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An evaluation of a cooperative adult basic education program: a naturalistic approach
… entered into an agreement to provide an on-site basic skills instruction program for the Planters' employees called Planters Employee Training (PET). The purpose of this study was to evaluate PET in two areas: (1) worth; the value the employees, management, union, and school system, placed on the …
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Adult basic education student persistence: A case study approach in a Saskatchewan context
Understanding student persistence in Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs have been insufficiently researched. There has been quite a bit of research on challenges with which many ABE students struggle (i.e., financial, transportation, child-care, etc.), but there are minimal studies completed …
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The breakdown of the Will: motivation, self-regulation and Adult Basic Education and Training
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical refences.
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A case study of adult basic education programs in North Carolina and in Virginia
… been responsible for the delivery of Adult BaSic Education programs. However, recent amendments to the Adult Education Act have allowed for administration of Adult Basic Education programs to be expanded throughout the public and private sector. This expansion has created competition …
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Unheard Voices, Unlearned Lessons. Seeking to Belong in Adult Basic Education – a Grounded Theory Study
This study explores the experience of a number of adult literacy learners, in order to ascertain why they did not succeed in the learning system, although they had declared their intention to improve their literacy and made the very difficult first steps. Through listening to the stories of this, …
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The importance of perceived social support system characteristics in predicting persistence in adult basic education
… support system--in predicting persistence in Adult Basic Education. A particular emphasis was focused upon social support variables and the extent of their capacity to improve the level of prediction success which could be achieved by the other two categories of variables. This study was also …
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The impact of adult basic education and training (ABET) on the life of the adult learner
The right to education as entrenched in the Bill of Rights is a universally recognised human right and is similarly guaranteed and protected in section 29 of the Constitution. This has necessitated the need for government to enhance the educational capacity of adults through the adult basic and …
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An analysis of the funding patterns and sources of community based organizations who deliver adult basic education
… to explore the funding patterns and sources of adult basic education (ABE) provided by community based organizations (CBOs) and to determine their success in attracting funding from external sources such as corporations, foundations, charitable and philanthropic organizations. This study sought …
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Transition to Community College: The Journey of Adult Basic Education English Learners from Non-Credit to Credit Programs
… study examined the transition of a group of adult English language learners from an Adult Basic Education program to a community college. The purpose of the study was to gain a deeper understanding of the driving forces of Adult Basic Education English language learners who had successfully …
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Impact on student satisfaction of the varying degrees and types of technology in college -based adult basic education programs
… of technology by a group of 106 college-based adult basic education (ABE) students from different areas of the country. Statistical analyses of a Likert style questionnaire offered online investigates the impact of technology on student satisfaction with the ABE program The data presented …
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What Instructional Modification Implementations Bring Adult Education Learners To Success And Retention? Analysis Of An Online Adult Basic Education Program
… Instructional Modification Implementations Bring Adult Education Learners to Success and Retention? Analysis of an Online Adult Basic Education Program. Adult learners enrolled in my online Adult Basic Education program showed low completion rates for the course. This study's purpose was to …
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Computer competencies for adult basic education administrators : a national perspective based on the judgment of the state directors of adult education
… can be used by practitioners in the field of adult education to determine important computer competencies for individual development, training, and staff development programs for administrators of adult basic education programs. The final result of this study was a listing of computer …
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The relationship between an Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) literacy program and women's lives in Semi-urban context, in Cape Peninsula
… population was 85 women who participated in a Adult Basic Education and Training programme in Eersterivier in the Cape Peninsula area a questionnaire was used to collect demographic information of the participants Data was analysed by thematic analysis and coded, categorised and discussed …
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A Comparison of the Tests of Adult Basic Education and the Health Occupations Basic Entrance Test in Predicting Academic Success in Practical Nursing Programs
… interest in health care professions that has educational institutions overwhelmed by applicants seeking entrance to training programs. Many of these applicants have given little thought to what they must possess academically and attitudinally to successfully complete such training. Efforts to …
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