BSEP [microform] : CSEP Reading Evaluation: A Study of the Effectiveness of the U.S. Army Europe's Basic Skills/Career Skills Job-Specific Reading Program / Jorie W. Philippi.
To measure the effectiveness of the Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP) reading curriculum--eight reading skill modules employing military job-specific reading materials and used by the U.S. Army in Europe (USAREUR)--and to provide information for improving it, a study examined 183 soldiers from 3...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Request ERIC Document |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Microfilm Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse,
1987.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | To measure the effectiveness of the Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP) reading curriculum--eight reading skill modules employing military job-specific reading materials and used by the U.S. Army in Europe (USAREUR)--and to provide information for improving it, a study examined 183 soldiers from 38 European posts who were enrolled in the BSEP reading program from September 1986 through March 1987. Pretest/posttest measurements were taken, using the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) and General Technical (GT) Predictor Test (a section of the Armed Forces Classification Test). Pre-class and post-class surveys gathered demographic data and other relevant information, including possible reading problems, course expectations, and program and instructor effectiveness. Results indicated that problems with soldiers' job-reading tasks were being addressed by the military job-reading program. Soldiers and teachers judged the curriculum to be both relevant and useful to soldiers' occupational needs, and improvement on reported individual pre/post module tests indicated the effectiveness of curriculum materials in addressing job-reading competencies. (Two figures and 12 tables of data are included, and a sample set of evaluation forms is appended.) (MM) |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | ERIC Note: In: "Self-Evaluation of the HSCP and BSEP/CSEP Contract, 22 September, 1986, through 31 March, 1987," a report to Army Continuing Education Services, U.S. Army Europe. For related document, see CS 009 189. ERIC Document Number: ED296285. |
| Physical Description: | 51 pages. |