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Component 1: Getting Started
Review the Research, Find the Common Threads
| Think of your problems as potential teachers…
Richard Carlson, Ph.D. |
Do you have the best intentions, but somehow don’t manage to follow through on your plans? How many times have you thought about a computer course but never registered for it? If we as professional educators have difficulty, imagine the obstacles facing adults with limited:
- Literacy skills
- Coping skills
- English ability
- Personal and financial resources
Why some adult education students achieve their goals and others do not has plagued teachers for years. In fact, more students drop out than complete. Research has shown that 50-70% of adults entering literacy programs drop out before they reach their goals.
There are many common threads running through the research on adult retention. To review some of the latest information, links to web sites have been established.
The links selected will focus on:
Culture and its role in retaining
students
Learning styles and addressing
the needs of adults learners
Warning signs that identify
the Reluctant Learner
Methods for setting up an
effective learning environment
Before reviewing
the research,
please take a moment to complete this assignment
and read the following articles:
Hot tip!
Once you click on blue underlined text,
the color of the text changes (i.e., underlined
text) to remind you of all the places you have already been.
(The color of the text may vary depending on what preferences you have
set on your computer.)
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Increasing
Retention Through Student Success
http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/0200-11.htm |
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Improving
Retention in Adult Basic Education and Recommended Strategies for Effective
Instructional and Counseling Interventions
http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/0600-3.htm |
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Ohio
Department of Education, Adult Basic and Literacy Manual, Program Administrator’s
Manual Training Component #8 Retention
http://literacy.kent.edu/adminmanual/145-154.html |
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Power,
Literacy and Motivation - "Focus on Basics, National Center for the Study
of Adult Learning and Literacy"
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/fob/1998/hart.htm |
Before retention rates can be increased, your current retention rates must be known. helps us determine just that! You will need a copy of class attendance records.
FL DOE Region III
Homepage
| Component 1: Getting Started |
| Component 2: Determining Retention Rates
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| Component 3: The Reluctant Learner | Component 4: Strategies
for Success |
| Component 4A: In Their Own Words |
| Component 5: InterActive Time | Directory of
Related Links |
This program was developed for the Florida Department of Education, Division of Workforce Development by Brevard Public Schools, Department of Adult and Community Education through an Adult Education 322 Grant.