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Martin, Larry G. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1984
This study challenged the assumption that all adults who did not complete high school are representative of the same low literate population. The 15-month qualitative study entailed conducting 79 in-depth biographical interviews with a diverse group of subjects. Several underlying concepts appeared to influence the adult development of the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Goal Orientation
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Zagar, Robert; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Examined which memory dimensions deteriorate with increasing age and examines the construct validity of the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) (N=1,264 males and 1,141 females at six age intervals). Visual-spatial memory tasks, remembering stories, and learning pairs of associated words proved more difficult with advanced age. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Geriatrics
Drysdale, Dennis H. – Adult Education, 1973
An experiment in home improvement shows important gains for socially deprived students. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged
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Bolton, Brian – Rehabilitation Research and Practice Review, 1972
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Deafness, Environmental Influences
Turrall, Graham – Canadian Counsellor, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Students, Adults
Gill, Stephen Joel; And Others – Aging and Work, 1983
Presents a critique of research on midlife adult career development, outlining a multidimensional theory based on the work of Levinson, Super, Erickson, Hall, and others. Elaborates some limitations of life stage research and discusses implications for education-work policy and practice. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Discrimination, Career Development, Developmental Stages
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Blackburn, Robert T.; Fox, Thomas G. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1983
Professional values of 241 physicians were determined from analyzing responses to 25 questionnaire items about an ideal medical school. Few differences were found for the seven factors (values), academic, professional, separatism, support, social welfare, research/specialization, status/prestige, and convenience. When values were analyzed by age…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Attitudes, Chronological Age, Developmental Stages
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Griffin, Robert S. – Clearing House, 1983
Explores several crucial factors that may be involved in the high level of teachers' disenchantment with their work. Cites several approaches that teacher educators can use to help teachers cope with the pressures of teaching. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Educators
Kummerow, Jean M.; Hummel, Thomas J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1980
Determined nonbiological characteristics that discriminated between age groups and hypothesized life stages for these groups (provisional adulthood, age 30 transition, and settling down). Life stages do not fit completely but were of some use in describing the age groups, particularly provisional adulthood and settling down. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Developmental Stages
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Medley, Morris L. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1980
For men life satisfaction was related to age stage in a monotonic increasing fashion. Life satisfaction scores remained relatively constant across the age stages for women. Family life and standard of living were found to be significant determinants of life satisfaction, for both sexes at each stage of adulthood. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Aging (Individuals), Developmental Stages
Allen, Robert A., Jr. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1979
Activities of the Adult Student Personnel Association emphasized life planning and counseling services for adult learners. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Students, Career Change, Educational Counseling
Raas, Rebecca – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1980
Explains how to use the techniques of interviewing to motivate older adults in a writing workshop. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Artists, Creativity, Educational Gerontology
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Reno, Rochelle – Journal of Gerontology, 1979
Based on an attributional model of achievement-related behavior, success of a young person and failure of an old person (expected outcomes) were predicted to be attributed to stable causes. Results are discussed in terms of conditions under which negative stereotypes concerning competency of the elderly exert influence. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement, Adult Development, Age Differences, Attribution Theory
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Ackerman, Phillip L. – Intelligence, 1996
A developmental theory of adult intelligence is proposed called PPIK. The PPIK theory integrates intelligence as process, personality, interests, and intelligence-as-knowledge. Data from the study of knowledge structures are examined in the context of the theory and in relation to measures of content abilities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence
West, Linden – Adults Learning (England), 1996
In opposition to the dominant economic agenda in adult education, a new cultural psychology of learning and development emphasizes learning as a social goal and fosters understanding of how people survive, rebuild, and learn through difficult times. Reflective conversations with an unemployed man illustrate the emotional and social processes of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Biographies, Change Strategies
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