THE INFLUENCE OF SPEED AND PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE ON ADULT LEARNING.

Autor/inn/en	KNOX, ALAN B.; SJOGREN, DOUGLAS D.
Institution	Nebraska Univ., Lincoln.
Titel	THE INFLUENCE OF SPEED AND PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE ON ADULT LEARNING.
Quelle	(1965), (179 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Adult Education; Adult Programs; Adult Students; Age Differences; Learning Processes; Linear Programing; Performance; Programed Instruction; Programed Instructional Materials; Socioeconomic Status; Tests; Nebraska; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Learning process; Lernprozess; Achievement; Leistung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Examination; Prüfung; Examen
Abstract	SOME EFFECTS OF AGE ON ADULT LEARNING WERE STUDIED IN A SERIES OF FOUR EXPERIMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES--(1) SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SET-INDUCING CONDITIONS, (2) ATTITUDES ABOUT A TOPIC, (3) PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, AND (4) LEARNING SPEED OR EFFECTS OF VARIED PRESENTATION RATES. A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF 211 SUBJECTS WAS SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF SEX, AGE, PARTICIPATION IN ADULT EDUCATION, AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. IN MOST CASES, EACH SUBJECT TOOK THE STRONG VOCATIONAL INTEREST BLANK, THE POE INVENTORY OF VALUES, THE 48 ITEM COUNSELOR EVALUATION TEST, AND THE WESCHLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE. TEN DIFFERENT SETS OF STUDY MATERIAL, RELATIVELY UNFAMILIAR AND INTERESTING, WERE SELECTED. LINEAR PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION MATERIAL WAS OBTAINED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AND, AFTER REVISION, WAS ADMINISTERED TO THE SUBJECTS. RESULTS, WHICH SEEMED TO SHOW A CONSISTENCY ACROSS EXPERIMENTS, ARE DISCUSSED AND RELATED TO ADULT EDUCATION. THE MOST CONSISTENT RESULT WAS THE LACK OF APPARENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE OF THE SUBJECT AND PERFORMANCE ON ANY OF THE CRITERION MEASURES. THIS PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT THE OLDER ADULT IS NOT NECESSARILY HANDICAPPED WHEN COMPETING WITH A YOUNG ADULT IN A LEARNING SITUATION. (JC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC