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Direct linkAbbie-Rose Imlach; David D. Ward; Kimberley E. Stuart; Mathew J. Summers; Michael J. Valenzuela; Anna E. King; Nichole L. Saunders; Jeffrey Summers; Velandai K. Srikanth; Andrew Robinson; James C. Vickers – npj Science of Learning, 2017
Although predictors of academic success have been identified in young adults, such predictors are unlikely to translate directly to an older student population, where such information is scarce. The current study aimed to examine cognitive, psychosocial, lifetime, and genetic predictors of university-level academic performance in older adults…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, College Students, Predictor Variables
Truluck, Janet; Kim, Young Sek; Valentine, Thomas – Adult Learning, 2010
Developing educational programs for older adults who are highly educated and healthy is necessary in order to meet the learning needs for this specific group. One response to this demand for educational programs is the Learning in Retirement Organization (LIR). LIR began in New York City in 1962 as an educational program for retired professionals.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Older Adults, Retirement
Download full textBoucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Undergraduate Students
WOLFE, LLOYD M. – 1963
AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF A POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOOD ADJUSTMENT IN LATER YEARS AND LEARNING DURING ADULTHOOD. AN ATTITUDE SCALE WAS ADMINISTERED TO 251 MEN AND WOMEN OVER 65, FROM WHICH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST 50 SCORES WERE SELECTED. THE 100 PARTICIPANTS WERE INTERVIEWED AS TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES--READING, ADULT EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education
Arizona State Univ., Tempe. – 1985
These proceedings contain the texts of the following 44 papers: "Adult Development in Midlife, Childless Women" (Rita Keneipp); "Analysis of the Relationship between Cognitive Style (Field Dependence-Field Independence) and Level of Learning" (Eugene Tootle); "Reconceptualizing Adult Education Participation" (Peter Cookson); "Adulthood:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
National Inst. of Adult Continuing Education, Leicester (England). – 2002
This briefing sheet provides a summary of statistics (primarily from United Kingdom and Dutch surveys) that relate to the participation of older people in learning. It provides evidence of current participation, recent trends, types of learning in which older people are involved, future intentions, and correlation between learning in later life…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Kirk, Gordon; Kirk, Jenny; Fletcher, Mick; Vorhaus, John – 2001
As a result of new adult education funding arrangements announced by the Further Education Funding Council for England in Spring 2000, short courses of 3 or 6 hours duration were developed that concentrated on basic skills, information and communications technology (ICT), and general lifelong learning subjects. Courses were designed as minicourses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students
