Loading ...Fund Programs of Sufficient Intensity and Duration for Participants to Achieve Substantial Learning Gains
Date: August 3, 2010
. . . recognizing that programs providing individual instruction may provide fewer hours than programs employing group instruction.
—An NCL WIA Reauthorization Priority
Article by Jeff Carter, Director of Policy and Government Affairs, ProLiteracy
Everyone wants adult learners to move as quickly as possible to achieve their educational and career goals. The problem is that many adult learners have multiple demands on their time due to work and family circumstances—making highly intensive, uninterrupted participation in instruction unrealistic. This is why the potential benefits of higher intensity and duration of instruction should be balanced with the recognition that adult learners face
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