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Muckridge, Nicole A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine adult developmental mathematics (ADM) students' knowledge of fraction addition and subtraction as it relates to their demonstrated fraction schemes and ability to disembed in multiplicative contexts with whole numbers. The study was conducted using a mixed methods sequential explanatory design. In the first…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Education, Knowledge Level
Hayward, Milan S.; Williams, Mitchell R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The completion agenda demands higher community college graduation rates among adult learners, and prior learning assessment (PLA) is a promising solution. PLA permits students to earn credit for college-level learning acquired outside of higher education and is associated with improved student outcomes. However, little is known regarding community…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Community Colleges, Prior Learning, Adult Students
Gerke, Philip James – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The study adapted an existing instrument to examine perspective transformation and its associated factors in participants of evangelical faith-based adult nonformal education in the Midwestern United States. Stratified random one-stage cluster sampling of 11 churches produced a nonprobability sample ( N = 597) that was significantly (p < 0.05)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Religious Education, Christianity, Transformative Learning
Maliwesky, Martin J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study was undertaken to (a) expand scholarship on the impact of undergraduate student loan borrowing level on the timing of initial entry to master's degree or first professional degree programs, and (b) to assist higher education policy makers and practitioners in serving the needs of students as they progress through the various stages…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Enrollment, Masters Programs, Academic Degrees
Nilsson, Staffan; Rubenson, Kjell – Studies in Continuing Education, 2014
This paper analyses the distribution of employment-related organised education and informal learning in the Canadian workforce. The paper draws on a large-scale survey, the Changing Nature of Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL), which was based on structured and standardised telephone interviews with a representative sample of 5783 Canadian members…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Vocational Education, Adult Education
Tsamadias, Constantinos; Prontzas, Panagiotis – Education Economics, 2012
This paper examines the impact of education on economic growth in Greece over the period 1960-2000 by applying the model introduced by Mankiw, Romer, and Weil. The findings of the empirical analysis reveal that education had a positive and statistically significant effect on economic growth in Greece over the period 1960-2000. The econometric…
Descriptors: Job Training, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Economic Progress
Hawthorne, Lisa K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Nurse education programs are implementing standardized assessments without evaluating their effectiveness. Graduates of associate degree nursing programs continue to be unsuccessful with licensure examinations, despite standardized testing and stronger admission criteria. This problem is also prevalent for LPN-to-RN education programs due to a…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Nurses, Nursing Education, Nursing Students
An Examination of Leadership Readiness for Change Scores across the Variables of Church Size and Age
Skinkle, John Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Problem: The problem of this study was to determine the difference in leadership attitude toward change scores across two independent variables in selected Southern Baptist Churches. The two independent variables are church size (small 0-49, medium 50-149, large 150-349, and very large 350+) and church age (well established, intermediate, and new)…
Descriptors: Protestants, Leadership, Attitudes, Change
Flamer, Eric, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Establishing college-degree programs for prison inmates is an evidence-based effective instructional strategy in reducing recidivism. Evaluating academic arenas as a resource to improve behavior and levels of functioning within correctional facilities is a necessary component of inmate academic programs. The purpose of this quantitative,…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Higher Education, Recidivism
Heiser, David P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
United States workers are facing a workplace in which globalization, outsourcing, accelerating technology innovation, and changing demographics demands changes in the way they keep their job skills current. As a primary representative of workers' interests in the workplace, unions want their members to acquire and improve the skills, knowledge,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Strategies, Global Approach, Lifelong Learning
Al Zboon, Mohammad Saleem; Al Ahmad, Suliman Diab Ali; Al Zboon, Saleem Odeh – College Student Journal, 2009
The purpose of the present study was to identify rationales underlying a shift towards knowledge economy in education as perceived by the educational experts in Jordan and relationship with some variables. The random stratum sample (n = 90) consisted of educational experts representing faculty members in the Jordanian universities and top leaders…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Objectives, Educational Change, Organizational Change