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Keller, Amanda Beth – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative, comparative study was to identify statistical differences that may have existed between adult basic education students in traditional and blended classrooms on the variables of perceptions of self-efficacy and academic performance. The seminal theories underpinning the research were andragogy, heutagogy, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Blended Learning
Edwards, Grey; Henschke, John A. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2022
This paper presents a summary of Dr. Clinton Lee (Andy) Anderson's 40+ years Military (US Army) Educator Service implementing Dr. Malcolm S. Knowles' perspective on andragogy. Some specifics of Anderson's implementation include five Adult Basic Education (ABE) characteristics of facilitating Knowles' andragogy, six differences between teaching and…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Armed Forces, Teaching Methods, Adult Basic Education
Irene Cennamo; Monika Kastner; Lyn Tett – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2024
This article presents the findings of a comparative study of values-based adult learning and education (ALE) fields; specifically, in Austria, critical-emancipatory adult basic education; Scotland, learner-centered, community-based adult learning; and South Tyrol, Italy, the "Winterschule," a radical-critical popular education format. We…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Values, Neoliberalism
Panitsides, Eugenia A.; Moussiou, Ekaterini – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
Why do inmates participate in educational activities? Is it for the main reasons that individuals belonging to general population do, or do the reasons differ significantly? The present study sought to determine the motives that drive adult prisoners to take part in educational programmes offered in prison. The study took part in Korydallos…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Males, Foreign Countries
Lindner, Charles L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The current economic crisis, a growing workforce, the increasing lifespan of workers, and demanding, complex jobs have made organizations highly selective in employee recruitment and retention. It is therefore important, to the adult educator, to develop models of learning that better prepare adult learners for the workplace. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Learning Theories, Informal Education, Marital Status
Kocanova, Daniela; Paolini, Giulia; Borodankova, Olga – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2011
This report has been prepared in direct response to the Action Plan on Adult Learning "It is always a good time to learn" (European Commission, 2007), and, more specifically, to its stated objective of increasing the opportunities for adults to achieve a qualification at least one level higher than they previously held. The document…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Adult Education
Guan, Connie Qun; Liu, Ying; Chan, Derek Ho Leung; Ye, Feifei; Perfetti, Charles A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Learning to write words may strengthen orthographic representations and thus support word-specific recognition processes. This hypothesis applies especially to Chinese because its writing system encourages character-specific recognition that depends on accurate representation of orthographic form. We report 2 studies that test this hypothesis in…
Descriptors: Phonology, Handwriting, Written Language, Adult Basic Education
Giguere, Louis – Journal of Distance Education, 2009
In 1997 the British Columbia Open University (BCOU) adopted a virtualization strategy based primarily on twinning off-line independent study distance education courses (textbook-based with study guide and telephone and e-mail tutor support) with alternate online versions (textbook-based with integrated conferencing and communications provided…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Open Universities, Adult Basic Education, Benchmarking
Burke, Victoria; Greenberg, Daphne – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2010
There are many readability tools that instructors can use to help adult learners select reading materials. We describe and compare different types of readability tools: formulas calculated by hand, tools found on the Web, tools embedded in a word processing program, and readability tools found in a commercial software program. Practitioners do not…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Readability, Reading Material Selection, Comparative Analysis
Austin, Alison C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
When linguistic input provides inconsistent evidence for grammatical structures, children tend to regularize. For example, children learning languages from parents who are imperfect users of the language regularize their parents' inconsistent usages (Singleton & Newport, 2004). Previous studies (Hudson Kam & Newport, 2005, 2009) have examined this…
Descriptors: Evidence, Sentences, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Kruidenier, John R.; MacArthur, Charles A.; Wrigley, Heide S. – National Institute for Literacy, 2010
The Adult Literacy Research Working Group (ALRWG), a panel of experts on adult reading research and practice, was established by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) in collaboration with the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). It was part of the Institute's efforts to provide educators, parents and others…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Basic Education
Winters, Clyde A. – 1996
A study compared the effectiveness of the multisensory and auditory teaching methods on the promotion of memory among adults with learning problems. Subjects were 10 adult learners with learning problems, aged 19-31, from an adult basic education program in a large urban area. Two lists of nouns were prepared, each containing 10 words. The lists…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Aural Learning
Frazier Varner, Debrah – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many adult basic education (ABE) programs do not achieve a high success rate in meeting student academic needs. Rooted in Knowles' theory of andragogy and Bandura's theory of modeling, this quantitative causal comparative study examined the effects of individualized instruction (IGI) and of facilitated, participatory group programs (SPOKES) on the…
Descriptors: Group Instruction, Andragogy, Instructional Design, Mathematics Achievement
McVey, Shawn D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Adults who are undereducated or who lack basic skills are at a disadvantage in American society. Family literacy programs are often one of the last opportunities for adults to raise their level of education or develop skills which enable them to participate in different aspects of American society. This study explored the outcomes of adults who…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Ethnicity, Urban Areas, Rural Areas
MacArthur, Charles A.; Konold, Timothy R.; Glutting, Joseph J.; Alamprese, Judith A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
The purposes of this study were to investigate the reliability and construct validity of measures of reading component skills with a sample of adult basic education (ABE) learners, including both native and nonnative English speakers, and to describe the performance of those learners on the measures. Investigation of measures of reading components…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Construct Validity, Validity, Adult Basic Education