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Peer reviewedConti, Gary J. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1985
A study of relationship between teaching style (measured by Principles of Adult Learning Scale) and student achievement based on teacher assessment involved teachers and students in an adult basic education (ABE) program. Though teaching style and achievement are linked, approach in ABE and English as a second language settings differs from more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Conti, Gary J. – 1983
In 1978 the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS) was developed to measure the degree of practitioner support of the principles of the collaborative teaching-learning mode for teaching adults. Although the original study with a field test group of 57 produced a valid and reliable 44-item summated rating scale, the stability of the normative…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Attitude Measures
Conti, Gary J. – 1983
A study assessed the degree to which teachers in the Hidalgo-Starr Adult Education Coop in Texas support and practice the principles in the literature on adult education. During the project, 94 part-time teachers from the Hidalgo-Starr Adult Education Coop completed the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS). (The PALS is a validated 44-item…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Classroom Techniques
