Describes potential areas for service-learning research involving older adults. Provides methodological recommendations intended to address such issues as recruitment, retention, and randomization of participants; appropriateness of assessment tools; student training in research methods; and treatment of topics such as sexuality. (Contains 46…

The University of Louisville's School of Dentistry, through student research fellowships, seeks to promote interest in geriatric dentistry by sponsoring gerontological research. In addition to increasing student interest, it provides an opportunity to work in the field in the summer, and research findings enrich the curriculum. (SK)

In a master's-level gerontology course, students choose and develop a research statement in response to an actual request for proposals. They learn about what makes a good research question, develop a policy background, articulate a research plan, and perform group critiques of proposals. (SK)

Subjects (N=43) aged 50 and more were tested on a Sternberg recognition-memory task to explore the relative effects of depression and altered brain function on short-term memory in later life. Many performance differnces were best accounted for by the additive effects of depression and educational background, rather than by either variable…

The graduate departments of adult education at 88 universities in the United States were surveyed for information pertinent to their programs in and about aging. Results show that 55 percent of the departments offer no courses dealing exclusively with education and aging. (Author)

A total of 47 books, primer through grade six, published from 1953 to 1968 and in use in the public schools of Grand Rapids, Michigan, are analyzed in regard to text and illustrations and compared with a set of 33 readers all published in 1975 by the same publisher. (Author)

A mnemonic procedure, a method of loci, was used with men and women over 60 years old in two studies of free recall. The learners take a mental trip through their residences stopping in order at 16 places. Experimental subjects were able to master the mnemonic and apply it effectively. (Author)

Policies of higher education institutions and state governments were analyzed regarding adoption of free or reduced tuition for older learners. Information on support services and special programs was reviewed. Credit and audit policies were studied. The American Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired Teachers Association…

Age effects on increasing number of targets in a letter-canceling task were examined. Age differences increased with practice but reached significance only in Session 9. The oldest group made the most omission errors. All age groups improved with practice. (Author)

The study was designed to investigate marriage, work, and motherhood role perceptions of 93 adult women who were mostly graduate students at a large urban university. A secondary purpose was to examine the interaction of age-role status variables and role perceptions. (Author)

In this study, the results of a survey of educational training programs in Indiana are summarized and compared with the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education survey of programs throughout the United States. These surveys indicate considerable disparity in courses and programs among universities across the nation. (Author)

This paper examines the learning activity of older adults. Findings are presented and it is suggested that adult educators must reexamine their roles as supporters of formal institutional programs in light of the data on learning projects. (Author)

A semantic differential technique was used to compare the attitudes of 70 adolescents and 65 young adults toward the aged. The Instrumental-Ineffective dimension illustrated that the adolescent population demonstrated a more favorable attitude toward the aged than did the young adults. (Author)

This study determined what is available in the field of aging through correspondence instruction at accredited institutions in the United States and Canada. There were 85 institutions offering correspondence instruction surveyed; 51 of these institutions (60 percent) offer correspondence instruction courses that are related to the field of aging.…

To determine why they were not attending a free audit program at the university and to ascertain their attitudes toward education for the elderly, 99 subjects aged 62 and older were interviewed. Results indicated 68 percent of the subjects were not interested in attending university classes. (Author)