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Direct linkSuh, Emily; McGee, Barrie – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2021
Offering immediate subject expertise, personal narratives and sharing personal experiences are commonly encouraged in first-year college writing and adult ESL. However, quantitative research found a negative correlation between oversharing and student learning (Frisby & Sidelinger, 2013). Through investment theory (Norton, 2013), this paper…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Personal Narratives, Teacher Attitudes, Academic Persistence
Remedios, Richard; Richardson, John T. E. – Distance Education, 2013
Achievement goals predict learning in children and young adults, but it is unclear whether they apply to older adults and how they are related to approaches to studying. An online survey examined achievement goals, approaches to studying and academic attainment in distance learners. The Achievement Goals Questionnaire-Revised and the Approaches to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Adult Students, Online Surveys
Anderson, Ryan Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Community colleges serve as the postsecondary college of choice for many adult students. Community colleges are aware of their increased role in postsecondary education and understand that they must continue to analyze student populations and adapt to their needs as well as maintain their open access philosophy. This study was conducted at the 15…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learner Engagement, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Download full textReisenberger, Anna; Sanders, John – FE Matters, 1997
A study focused on facilitating progression for adults from nonvocational adult education to qualification-bearing courses in further education (FE) and studied their patterns of progression and which factors helped or hindered such progress. Information was collected from adult learners in 10 adult and FE organizations in Britain through a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Zehner, Wilhelm – 1981
The key element for survival in today's technological society is the family and the role it plays in the education of its members. Educational attainments are closely linked to family background; not only for children, but for adults as well. Children tend to gain levels of education similar to, if not higher than those of family heads, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adult Students, College Graduates
PDF pending restorationJohnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. – 1977
During the summer of 1976, all 1971-76 graduates (n=2,409) of Johnson County Community College (JCCC) were surveyed in order to determine trends among graduation classes with respect to demographic characteristics, opinions about JCCC, and activities since graduation. Of those surveyed, 34.7% responded. Results of the study indicated: (1) a steady…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adult Students, Age
