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Adult Student Success in the Community College as Measured by Cumulative GPA
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Aaron McClure – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Adult students constitute a large and increasing proportion of community college enrollment across the United States. For personal, economic, and sociological reasons, the success of these students is vital to the students themselves, the institutions they attend, and society as a whole. The purpose of this dissertation was to examine results from…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Success, Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average
Little Kids, Big Questions: Using Technology to Inform and Support Parents and Professionals
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Lerner, Claire; Ciervo, Lynette; Parlakian, Rebecca – Zero to Three (J), 2012
ZERO TO THREE's parenting survey, Parenting Infants and Toddlers Today (Hart Research Associates, 2010) revealed a number of interesting findings that provided useful insights into how professionals can better support parents and other caregivers. The insights from the survey provided an opportunity for ZERO TO THREE to develop new resources to…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Child Rearing, Infants, Toddlers
A Career and Learning Transitional Model for Those Experiencing Labour Market Disadvantage
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Cameron, Roslyn – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2009
Research investigating the learning and career transitions of those disadvantaged in the labour market has resulted in the development of a four-component model to enable disadvantaged groups to navigate learning and career transitions. The four components of the model include: the self-concept; learning and recognition; career and life planning;…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Labor Market, Education Work Relationship, Career Development
The Handbook of the Evolving Research of Transformative Learning: Based on the Learning Activities Survey (10th Anniversary Edition). Adult Education Special Topics--Theory, Research and Practice in LifeLong Learning
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King, Kathleen P., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
This handbook is a much expanded version of the original Learning Activities Survey published by Dr. Kathleen P. King of Fordham University in 1998. Based on her ground breaking research in this field where she used a mixed methodology research approach to study transformative learning, the book will provide a model of research, firsthand…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Educational Research
National Household Education Surveys Program of 2005: Adult Education Participation in 2004-05. E.D. TAB. NCES 2006-077
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O'Donnell, Kevin; Chapman, Chris – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report presents selected data on adults' participation in educational activities in the United States, excluding full-time only enrollments in college/university or vocational/technical credential programs, over a 12-month period from 2004-05. Historically, full-time only participation in postsecondary (college and vocational) programs has…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Participation, Adult Education, Individual Characteristics
How Do Instructional-Design Practitioners Make Instructional-Strategy Decisions?
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Christensen, Trudy K.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2004
Many theories have been proposed to help instructional designers make instructional-strategy decisions, yet it is not clear if these theories are actually used by ID practitioners. This study used a web-survey to examine the design strategies of 113 ID practitioners. The survey asked respondents to rate how frequently they used learning or ID…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Information Sources, Instructional Development, Educational Strategies