Discusses some of the difficulties in vocabulary learning and gives suggestions for building vocabulary in meaningful contexts. (EKN)

Lists professional organizations; library and resource centers; journals and periodicals; government publications; and books and articles with interests in language, adults, ESL, or social and educational issues. Most are Canadian. (EKN)

A study of the relative effects of socioeconomic and psychological factors on adult learner dropouts revealed that dropout and persistence are apparently two distinct phenomena. The Social Readjustment Rating Scale was the best significant predictor of dropout. The Differential Aptitude Test was the only significant predictor of achievement. (SB)

Focuses on adult learners who are enrolling in universities in greater numbers each year. Discusses four components of media as an instructional tool: (1) learner analysis; (2) development of objectives; (3) media design; and (4) evaluation. (JN)

Examines changes in the capacity of older learners to receive and process information and to respond appropriately and efficiently. Considers noncognitive factors influencing classroom performance and suggests ways to improve efficiency of classroom materials for older learners. (JOW)

In the research study described, 80 subjects in one control and four treatment groups viewed sets of slides on types of sailboats. Results indicate that making apparent the hierarchical relationships among concepts of a conceptual hierarchy enhances learner performance in classifying unencountered instances of those concepts. Thirty-eight…

Describes a college business education program designed for adults already in the work force. (FL)

Three basic types of motivational theories present in the literature are reviewed and combined to form a conceptual scheme useful to the adult educator. This consolidated theory allows learning experiences to be based on a more consistent set of assumptions about the nature of nontraditional adult students. (MSE)

Defines and discusses recurrent education, which is interpreted as education for people who are in the world of work or in a period of unemployment, who have leisure time or are retired, and who return at intervals to organized learning. Topics discussed include motivation, tracks, principles, and objectives of recurrent education. (Author/DB)

Presents the author's observations on the growth of continuing education, problems of definition, the identification of its constituency, and the status of continuing education programs in the academic world. (SK)

Educational opportunities for the disabled adults are, in theory, little different from those available to other adults. There are, however, obvious and less obvious extra difficulties in their paths, and the author offers some suggestions on how counseling can help overcome these. (Author/CT)

Strict adherence to institutional missions and close and open communication with public sources of support are offered to the community college as a defense against retrenchment. It is suggested that the community college should serve the needs of all adults to offset the declining 18-year-old population. (Author/LC)

Gives advice for the correspondence course instructor on profiling students, structuring the course, preparing study guides, and encouraging adult learners. (SK)