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Direct linkHodkinson, Phil; Ford, Geoff; Hodkinson, Heather; Hawthorn, Ruth – Educational Gerontology, 2008
This article draws upon a major qualitative empirical research investigation in Great Britain to explore the relationships between retirement and learning. Though retirement is frequently viewed as an event leading to a life stage, our data show that it can perhaps be best understood as a lengthy process. This process begins well before actual…
Descriptors: Retirement, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, Correlation
Peer reviewedLong, Lisa Laumann; Shaw, Raymond J. – Educational Gerontology, 2000
Younger (n=41, ages 18-27) and older (n=39, ages 55-85) adults were given rare words to define. Older adults gave more complete definitions and had higher vocabulary test scores, but lower working memory scores. For older adults existing vocabulary knowledge contributed more than working memory to the ability to derive meaning from context. (SK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Definitions, Memory, Older Adults
