Evolving a Framework for the Study of Dropout.

Gooderham, Paul

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ERIC Number: EJ494270

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Publication Date: 1994

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Evolving a Framework for the Study of Dropout.

Gooderham, Paul

International Journal of Lifelong Education, v13 n6 p441-55 Nov-Dec 1994

A model of adult education dropout posits psychosocial, external, and institutional integration factors as causes. Testing with data from 443 Norwegian adult students (167 dropouts) demonstrated that factors related to interaction with the institution made a more substantial contribution to explaining attrition than did external systems theory. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Dropout Research, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Part Time Students, Student Adjustment, Student Attrition, Theories

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Norway

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