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Adult Learning Center and traditional classroom: A comparative study of language arts achievement
| dc.contributor.advisor | Seaman, Don F. | |
| dc.creator | Roussos, Pavlos Xenophontos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-08T17:40:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-08T17:40:13Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1973 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-157751 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Adult Learning Center approach in teaching adults language-arts skills, as compared to the traditional classroom method. The investigator assessed the effect of each method on Level II (grade equivalents 4-6) student achievement in the areas of reading (reading comprehension, reading vocabulary, total reading) and language (mechanics of English, spelling, total language). Also, age, formal school grade-level completed, and grade-level placement were investigated. Two separate studies were conducted. One involved 14 Mexican-Americans in San Antonia, Texas. The other consisted of 62 male felons at the Huntsville prison unit of the Texas System of Corrections. The Tests of Adult Basic Education, Level M, Form 1, provided pretest scores. Form 2 was administered at the end of 60 hours of instruction and provided posttest scores. ... | en |
| dc.format.extent | 141 leaves | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | adult and extension education | en |
| dc.subject.classification | 1973 Dissertation R867 | |
| dc.title | Adult Learning Center and traditional classroom: A comparative study of language arts achievement | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Adult and Extension Education | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctorial | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Barker, Donald G. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hinojosa, Jesus | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Ilika, Joseph | |
| dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries |
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