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Research on Adult Learning Theory are listed in Reports and Articles under More Resources.

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Focus on Basics: The GED
National Center for the Study of Adult Literacy and Learning (NCSALL), Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998
This edition of NCSALL's newsletter focuses on the GED. Articles address whom the GED helps, the relationship between project-based learning and the GED, student retention, the Spanish GED, and new approaches to math.
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=158

The Potential of "Virtual High Schools" for Adult Secondary Education Students
D. Levine, Research Triangle Institute, 2000
Explores potential of distance education to deliver Adult Secondary Education services to adults who have not completed a high school education. Profiles 17 "virtual high schools" across the country and their target populations, curriculum and instruction practices, intake and orientation, assessment, staffing and staff development, resources, hardware/software requirements, outcomes and keys to student success.
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