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Coleman, James A.; Furnborough, Concha – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2010
Much Second Language Acquisition research focuses on young learners in the conventional classroom. Instructed adult learners, and in particular those who are learning at a distance, have attracted less attention. This group is substantial and growing: the Open University, the largest higher education language provider in the UK, alone recruits…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Academic Achievement, Adult Learning
Indiana Opportunities Industrialization Center of America State Council, Indianapolis. – 1990
A study measured the effectiveness of traditional classroom instruction versus computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in raising the competency levels of adults enrolled in adult basic education (ABE) classes one grade level for each 80 hours of instruction. Classes were conducted in Indianapolis and Richmond, Indiana, from November 1988 to April…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Rickards, Joseph M. – 1983
A program was developed to train community school administrators in the Garfield School District (Panguitch, Utah) in the skills, techniques, and understandings essential for implementing and evaluating a successful multiple-option instructional program for adult basic and adult high school students. The need for the program was determined because…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students