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Sinnott, J. D. – Human Development, 1975
Formal and familiar materials were used to test Piagetian classification and formal operational abilities in two groups of educated adults: one group aged 30-38 and the other aged 57-82 years. Subjects did not show mastery of the tasks. Results suggest a new model of cognitive lifespan development. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Classification
Lunneborg, Patricia W.; Lunneborg, Clifford E. – 1972
Fifty women and 43 men who did little college study in the four years following high school graduation were retested with a multiaptitude precollege battery. Results show that, in the absence of continuing education, the 50 women declined in intellectual growth, while the men grew slightly. The women utilized in the study were employed, for the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Education, Females
Baskett, H. K., Ed. – 1991
Among 8 French and 36 English papers are the following: "Confronting the Self in Research" (Baskett); "Learning Processes as They Occur in Groups" (Becker, Hill); "La pensee critique a-t-elle un sexe?" (Bedard, Ouellette); "The Effect of Literacy on Income and Duration of Employment" (Blunt); "Graduate…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students