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Direct linkScott, Ian – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2010
Within the context of work-based learning, this article reviews the available evidence that supports the assumptions behind, and the claims made for the practice of accrediting prior experiential learning. Many of the claims made for accreditation of prior experiential learning (APEL) were found not to have been substantiated and some of the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Work Experience, Prior Learning, Higher Education
Wellings, David; Spours, Ken; Ireson, Judith – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2010
This paper reviews recent research that has questioned the efficacy of using what has been defined as "policy with regards to student motivation" to enhance retention and achievement among vocational students. This research examined the contradictions between GNVQ and AVCE policy and the student perceptions of these courses at two…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy
Johnson, Martin – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2007
This study explores whether the anticipation of a graded (merit, pass, fail) test outcome rather than a binary (pass, fail) form of feedback influenced the motivation of learners taking a vocationally related test. Ninety-four students currently taking a vocationally related qualification were divided into control and experimental groups. Each…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Occupational Tests, Student Motivation
