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Gitit Kavé – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Vocabulary scores increase until approximately age 65 years and then remain stable or decrease slightly, unlike scores on tests of other cognitive abilities that decline significantly with age. Aims: To review the findings on ageing-related changes in vocabulary, and to discuss four methodological issues: research design; test type;…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Language Processing
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Alexandru Cernat; Vera Toepoel – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
Most of the social science research is based on the implied assumption that measurement error is the same across key socio-demographic groups and all differences in key statistics of interest are real. Nevertheless, there is evidence that this is not the case. In this paper, the authors tackle this important topic by investigating if data quality…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Low Income Groups, Probability, Foreign Countries
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Kamile Kirca; Elif Sözeri Öztürk; Burcu Bayrak Kahraman – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Metaphors are part of everyday language as they help us to communicate effectively and allow us to reveal meaning to concepts. Older adults have been described using metaphors like 'Tsunami' in western countries. However, it is unknow which metaphors are used to describe older adults in Turkey. The aim of this study was to reveal the perceptions…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, College Seniors, Student Attitudes, Figurative Language
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Georges Chedid; Michele Stephan – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
The Boston Naming Test is a well-known neuropsychological test widely used to evaluate linguistic abilities, encompassing object naming and word retrieval in subjects representing various clinical pathologies. Our study has two main stages: (1) a pilot study aimed at adapting the BNT to the linguistic and cultural particularities of Lebanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Language Skills, Naming
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Sophie Garnier; Sandra Joffroy; Bernard Thon; Gérard Auneau; Pascale Mauriège – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: Brisk walking helps postmenopausal women to maintain body weight and fat mass losses as well cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and to feel better. However, these long-term benefits have not been fully examined. The aims of this study were to compare the effects of a 2-year follow-up with those of a 4-month walking programme on body…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, Females
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Oskar Hagvall Svensson; Anders Johansson; Tom Adawi – Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
Background: Group norms in engineering education groupwork are usually negotiated in an implicit and often unequal manner. Although it is regularly suggested that student groups can function better if norm negotiations are, instead, made explicit, the social dynamics of group norm exercises have remained underexplored. Purpose: We investigate how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Nursing Homes, Allied Health Personnel
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Erik Marsja; Emil Holmer; Victoria Stenbäck; Andreea Micula; Carlos Tirado; Henrik Danielsson; Jerker Rönnberg – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Although the existing literature has explored the link between cognitive functioning and speech recognition in noise, the specific role of fluid intelligence still needs to be studied. Given the established association between working memory capacity (WMC) and fluid intelligence and the predictive power of WMC for speech recognition in…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Word Recognition, Speech Communication, Auditory Perception
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Feng, Yan; Peng, Gang; Wang, William Shi-Yuan – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the different degeneration processes of categorical perception (CP) of Mandarin lexical tones in the normal aging population and the pathological aging population with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Method: In Experiment I, we compared the identification and discrimination of Tone 1 and Tone 2 across young…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Mandarin Chinese, Intonation, Dementia
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Wastesson, Karin; Fogelberg Eriksson, Anna; Nilsson, Peter; Gustavsson, Maria – Studies in Continuing Education, 2022
Despite the number of studies confirming a high degree of unpredictability in managerial work, little is still known about how managers' workplace learning happens within organisations in such circumstances. This paper therefore aims to contribute knowledge about managers' learning in managerial practice when work is unpredictable, by…
Descriptors: Administrators, Management Development, Administrator Education, Workplace Learning
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Zwanziger Elsinger, Summer; Heinz, Melinda – Marketing Education Review, 2022
For the second year in a row, students enrolled in Psychology of Aging and Consumer Behavior worked in cross-disciplinary teams during an eight-week session, with their efforts concluding in a team project. Student teams created a marketing plan of a product or service specifically targeting older consumers. Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning…
Descriptors: Students, Marketing, Older Adults, Aging (Individuals)
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Egan, Caroline; Mulcahy, Helen; Naughton, Corina – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Aim: To undertake a concept analysis of transitioning to long-term care for older adults with intellectual disabilities. Background: Individuals with an intellectual disability are experiencing increased longevity which is associated with an increase in transitions in later life to long-term care. Their experience of later life transitions is…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Intellectual Disability, Health Services, Decision Making
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Teixeira do Amaral, Vanessa; Roque Marçal, Isabela; da Cruz Silva, Thiago; Bianchi Souza, Fernanda; Volpato Munhoz, Yacco; Witzler, Pedro Henrique Camprigher; Monge Soares Correa, Matheus; Fernandes, Bianca; Gomes Ciolac, Emmanuel – Educational Gerontology, 2022
We investigate the effect of COVID-19 home confinement on levels of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in older women previously participating in exercise and educational programs. Our hypothesis was that home confinement would result in a reduction in levels of physical activity, an increase in…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Activity Level, Quality of Life
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Smaoui, Sana; Peladeau-Pigeon, Melanie; Mancopes, Renata; Sutton, Danielle; Richardson, Denyse; Steele, Catriona M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Patients with poststroke dysphagia may experience inefficient bolus clearance or inadequate airway protection. Following a stroke, impairments in lingual pressure generation capacity are thought to contribute to oropharyngeal dysphagia. The goal of our study was to determine whether similar profiles of swallowing impairment would be seen…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Speech Language Pathology, Patients, Human Body
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Ching, Larry K. W.; Lee, Carol Y. K.; Wong, Chris K. P.; Lai, Michael T. H.; Lip, Amy – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the perceptions of elderly learners in experiencing Zoom learning under the effects of COVID in the case of Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach: An online survey and focus group interviews have been conducted with quantitative and qualitative approaches, respectively. The survey design was based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Videoconferencing, Educational Technology
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Rosenberg, Dennis – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: To examine the association between older adults' trust in cancer information and their preference for sources of this type of information. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: The USA. Method: The data were obtained from Health Information National Trends Survey 5 Cycle 4 (2020). The sample included older Internet users (N = 1,223).…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Trust (Psychology), Cancer, Information Sources
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