An evaluation of the nonresident Master of Arts program in Elementary Education offered by the University of Northern Colorado supports the thesis that quality programs can be offered in a nontraditional setting and without significantly affecting on-campus enrollments. (Author/MLW)

The growing number of adult learners in college classrooms makes an evaluation of instructional strategies important. Teaching strategies and student perceptions towards faculty and the institution are relevant considerations for the educator of adult students. Recommendations for improving university instruction are given. (DF)

Teaching techniques which would assist adult education teachers in developing skills in interpersonal relationships among adult students are presented. These techniques focus on the improvement of judgment in the use of defense mechanisms, improvement in the use of personal control systems, and achievement of more effective levels of interpersonal…

By means of a questionnaire and discussions among groups of British women aged 25-40 in general education courses, the author investigated three topics: (1) students' perceived and endorsed reasons for attending the course, (2) the problems which they met, and (3) their preferred format and regulations for such a course. (AJ)

Considers the nature and motivational drives of the adult learner and some of the reasons he begins and continues in a renewed educational adventure. (HD)

Recent trends in the adult education movement are reviewed and some suggestions of research reports for further reading are offered. Statistics are included regarding age, race, socioeconomic status, educational level, sex, and rural/urban areas. (LBH)

Offers suggestions for sketches and role-playing in English for adults: a sketch about doctor and patient, a 3-hour study project to provide experience in understanding in visual context, in proper voice register, in writing a related story, etc. (IFS/WGA)

This book is a resource for adult education teachers who want to build and strengthen adults' reading skills. It aims first to build background knowledge about reading and scientifically based reading instruction, but the focus is in applying the research on modeling thinking, planning, and problem solving in the context of fictional adult…

Why do some of adult learners successfully accomplish their learning while the others drop out? This has been an important question in the field of adult learning. For a long time researchers have been exploring this subject around learning barriers as well as motivations. Not until lately did some of the adult and distance scholars start to pay…

The case of Lucina must be placed at a level of a partial advance achieved in the development of an exhaustive qualitative research recently conclude in a night elementary school of Mexico City, an institution that provides young people and adults with academic formation. The research problem herein discussed is the enrichment of semantic and…

The 2005 National Adult Learners Satisfaction-Priorities Report presents the responses to the Adult Learner Inventory (ALI) of 20,466 students from 45 institutions, including four-year private and public, and two-year community colleges. The results include adult learner responses over a three-year time period, from 2002 through 2005. Highlights…

The purpose of this article is to present a program of learning for older adults in a national park. Because of the growing trend of tourism among retirees this learning during leisure is gaining prominence. The paper brings together the concepts of aging, self-directed learning, and tourism and leisure. In addition this paper presents a…

This handbook is designed to help part-time and adjunct faculty who need professional enhancement but do not have the time for formal coursework. The focus is on the modern student, who differs in many ways from the traditional college student. The book provides more advanced strategies that those presented in the earlier "Handbook for…

While the numbers of traditional age African American males enrolling in and graduating from higher education are declining, adult black males are increasingly returning to college. According to 2001 U.S. Census figures, the number of black males aged 25 years and over enrolled in college has increased from 143,000 in 1990 to 267,000 in 1995, to…

This study examined the possible relationship between scores on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (current forms G and H) and performance on the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) and the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 examination scores. Participants were 730 medical students at a mid-Atlantic university, and for 572…