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Ruddock, Ralph – Adult Education (London), 1972
A routine for teachers of adult students to follow at the first class meeting. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Student Teacher Relationship
Waters, Elinor – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1971
The survey has found that admissions procedures for adults are generally not handled in any special way. The author believes that as long as adult students constitute a growing minority group on campuses, they need special visibility and concern. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Adult Students
Fleece, Jeffrey – NUEA Spectator, 1972
Author offers home truths about adult education'' and the characteristics of adult students. (Author/SP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Adults, Individual Characteristics
Turrall, Graham – Canadian Counsellor, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Students, Adults
Peer reviewedCrowley, D. W. – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1971
An address given before the Australian Universities Conference in May 1971, in which the director of the Department of Adult Education, University of Sidney, urged that there is an important role for universities to play in the provision of facilities for continuing education, and that their present provisions in this field ought to be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
McLoughlin, David – Adult Education, 1971
This study investigated the influence of participation in program planning on achievement and attitude. Results: adults participating in program planning seem to have more positive attitudes about their educational experiences; no evidence found that participation in program planning affects achievement. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, Participation
Manzo, A. V. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Students, Difficulty Level, Disadvantaged
Osborn, Ruth Helm – Adult Leadership, 1971
Since 1964, The George Washington University, in Washington, D. C., has conducted a program of Continuing Education for Women. More than 1,500 women completed a 15-week group guidance and counseling course in the first six years; and 300 are currently enrolled. Credit courses are provided at times and places convenient for them. (EB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Females, Group Counseling, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBurnham, Lynn B. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1982
Examines the growing number of adults pursuing lifelong learning within and outside of educational settings. Looks at the reasons adults are returning to postsecondary education, adults' learning traits, and the skills teachers should cultivate to deal effectively with adults in a learning situation. (DMM)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Lifelong Learning, Postsecondary Education
Rickwood, Pat – Adult Education (London), 1981
Discusses some of the theoretical points involved in teaching study skills to mature students. Describes one approach used with mixed ability part-time students. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Continuing Education, Part Time Students
Peer reviewedSimpson, Michele L. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Provides a model for diagnosing and helping adult students who are having trouble reading in college. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics, Models
Coles, Gerald S. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1980
The validity and usefulness of learning disabilities diagnoses have not been demonstrated. Identifying adult basic education students as learning disabled is not only unjustified but serves to confound understanding and remediation of their problems. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Diagnostic Tests
Peer reviewedWolfgang, Mary E.; Dowling, William D. – Journal of Higher Education, 1981
A study into the differences in enrollment motivation of undergraduates is presented. Traditional age students are seen as more responsive to external demands and establishing social relationships. Adult students are more interested in learning for its own sake. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Individual Differences
Goldberg, Joan C. – Adult Education, 1980
Examining selected literature on counseling the adult learner, this article discusses the need for counseling adult learners, meeting the adult learner's needs, the life span developmental perspective, new forms of counseling services, and new approaches and techniques for counseling adults. (Author/LRA)
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Students, Counseling
Davies, Leland J. – Adult Education, 1981
Discusses an alternative adult learning theory--the "lived experience." This theory states that learning needs to develop out of the current experience of the learner and builds from it. The learner brings into learning the totality of his being. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Discovery Processes


