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Sitzmann, Traci; Ely, Katherine; Bell, Bradford S.; Bauer, Kristina N. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2010
Although online instruction has many potential benefits, technical difficulties are one drawback to the increased use of this medium. A repeated measures design was used to examine the effect that technical difficulties have on learning and attrition from voluntary online training. Adult learners (N = 530) were recruited online and volunteered to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Technical Support, Distance Education, Adult Basic Education
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1987
A study examined the availability, cost, and usefulness of numeracy packages suitable for use in further education. Sixty-one of 590 further education (including tertiary) colleges in England, Wales, and Scotland (a 10.3 percent response rate) completed survey instruments. Relatively few books and packages were found to be widely used. Many staff…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules
Boraks, Nancy; And Others – 1982
A project was undertaken to develop, field test, and revise strategies for adult beginning readers (ABRs). During the first phase of the study, the researchers identified roadblocks to use of word recognition clues by ABRs. Based on data and feedback from local and state piloting and general principles of learning, the project staff developed the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students