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Boaria, Federico <1991>. "Progetto di un manuale di italiano per studenti adulti, immigrati, analfabeti." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/8255.
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Questa tesi è la ricerca di un progetto per un manuale di italiano L2 ideato per studenti adulti immigrati analfabeti. In questo periodo storico, l’urgenza di specifici materiali didattici che possano aiutare a gestire le difficoltà di una classe di adulti analfabeti è particolarmente significativa. Nella prima parte si discuterà della legislazione italiana sugli immigrati e i loro diritti doveri nel nostro paese. Questa prima parte è essenziale per capire quali sono i requisiti minimi per gli stranieri per ottenere il permesso di soggiorno in regola, incluso quello permanente. Tra gli obiettivi del manuale, ci sarà infatti l’acquisizione di quelle competenze che la legge richiede loro. Nella seconda parte verranno discussi gli approcci teorici. Si tratterà della didattica ad adulti, dell’alfabetizzazione in lingua seconda, e della Classe ad Abilità Differenziate, che è il tipo di classe con cui l’insegnante di italiano si trova quasi sempre ad avere a che fare nel caso di adulti analfabeti. Si parlerà poi del metodo di apprendimento utilizzato dal libro e del motivo per cui è stato scelto. Infine, le prime 5 unità del manuale verranno commentate e descritte, in particolare si spiegheranno gli esercizi, le indicazioni per l’insegnante e le metodologie didattiche da applicare.
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Troedsson, Mastroleo Sandra. "Apprendimento del PASSATO PROSSIMO e dell'IMPERFETTO nell'insegnamento dell'italiano como L2 a studenti svedesi adulti." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Italienska, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-2888.
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Pesce, Veronica <1992>. "I Metodi di lettoscrittura nell'insegnamento della lingua italiana a studenti stranieri adulti e analfabeti." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/10556.
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Il mio lavoro parte da un'analisi dei vari metodi di lettoscrittura presenti in letteratura. A seguire una descrizione della situazione dell'analfabetismo in Italia e infine un'osservazione sui metodi utilizzati durante il mio percorso di tirocinio nei confronti di alcuni ragazzi stranieri analfabeti, impegnati nell'apprendimento della lingua italiana in un contesto organizzato dallo SPRAR (Sistema di Protezione per Richiedenti Asilo e Profughi).
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ACUNA, COLLADO VIOLETA ROSA. "Gli studenti del sistema educazione degli adulti in Cile: uno studio nella regione di Valparaiso." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/1002.
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Il proposito di questa ricerca è di conoscere gli utenti dell’educazione degli adulti in Cile, il motivo per cui hanno abbandonato e poi ripreso gli studi, oltre alla loro attuale percezione del sistema scolastico. Per lo studio si è utilizzata la tecnica dei questionari, con un campione aleatorio di 597 giovani e 61 docenti in 24 scuole della regione di Valparaiso. Gli aspetti analizzati per gli studenti sono stati: abbandono della scuola, reinserimento nel sistema scolastico, didattica dell’insegnante; per gli insegnanti: soddisfazione per lavorare nei centri per adulti, opinioni rispetto agli studenti e percezione della propria didattica.
Tra i risultati risalta il fatto che gli studenti riconoscono di aver abbandonato la scuola per mancanza di motivazione e per motivi didattici e per contro la buona percezione che hanno delle peculiarità della modalità di Educazione degli Adulti e del modo di fare degli insegnanti.
Gli insegnanti si sentono soddisfatti del loro lavoro e considerano che la specializzazione nell’area l’hanno acquisita con l’esperienza. Riguardo agli studenti rilevano carenze nella motivazione, nella costanza allo studio e nella presenza alle lezioni; c’è una buona percezione dell’aiuto reciproco tra studenti anche se si registrano casi di auto-isolamento.The purpose of this research is to know users of adult education in Chile, because they left their studies and taken up today, as well as current perception of the school system. The survey technique was used in the study and a random sample of 597 youth and 61 teachers from 24 schools in the Region of Valparaíso. The studied topics of students were: return to the school system, teaching used by teachers and drop out of school. The teacher topics were: satisfaction of working in adult schools, students view and perception of their own teaching. Results indicated that students admit to having left the formal system mostly due to lack of motivation and educational reasons. In addition they have a good perception of the treatment of teachers and characteristics of the adult education system. On the other hand, teachers believe that specialization in this area have been acquired through experience and feel satisfied in their work. About their students, teachers emphasize their lack of motivation, failure to attend classes and persistence in their studies.
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ACUNA, COLLADO VIOLETA ROSA. "Gli studenti del sistema educazione degli adulti in Cile: uno studio nella regione di Valparaiso." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/1002.
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Il proposito di questa ricerca è di conoscere gli utenti dell’educazione degli adulti in Cile, il motivo per cui hanno abbandonato e poi ripreso gli studi, oltre alla loro attuale percezione del sistema scolastico. Per lo studio si è utilizzata la tecnica dei questionari, con un campione aleatorio di 597 giovani e 61 docenti in 24 scuole della regione di Valparaiso. Gli aspetti analizzati per gli studenti sono stati: abbandono della scuola, reinserimento nel sistema scolastico, didattica dell’insegnante; per gli insegnanti: soddisfazione per lavorare nei centri per adulti, opinioni rispetto agli studenti e percezione della propria didattica.
Tra i risultati risalta il fatto che gli studenti riconoscono di aver abbandonato la scuola per mancanza di motivazione e per motivi didattici e per contro la buona percezione che hanno delle peculiarità della modalità di Educazione degli Adulti e del modo di fare degli insegnanti.
Gli insegnanti si sentono soddisfatti del loro lavoro e considerano che la specializzazione nell’area l’hanno acquisita con l’esperienza. Riguardo agli studenti rilevano carenze nella motivazione, nella costanza allo studio e nella presenza alle lezioni; c’è una buona percezione dell’aiuto reciproco tra studenti anche se si registrano casi di auto-isolamento.The purpose of this research is to know users of adult education in Chile, because they left their studies and taken up today, as well as current perception of the school system. The survey technique was used in the study and a random sample of 597 youth and 61 teachers from 24 schools in the Region of Valparaíso. The studied topics of students were: return to the school system, teaching used by teachers and drop out of school. The teacher topics were: satisfaction of working in adult schools, students view and perception of their own teaching. Results indicated that students admit to having left the formal system mostly due to lack of motivation and educational reasons. In addition they have a good perception of the treatment of teachers and characteristics of the adult education system. On the other hand, teachers believe that specialization in this area have been acquired through experience and feel satisfied in their work. About their students, teachers emphasize their lack of motivation, failure to attend classes and persistence in their studies.
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Zerbin, Nicole <1997>. "Il translanguaging: uno strumento per facilitare l’apprendimento dell’italiano in classi di studenti adulti analfabeti o bassamente scolarizzati." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/21778.
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Questa tesi vuole proporre l’utilizzo del translanguaging come pratica didattica per favorire l’apprendimento dell’italiano L2 indirizzandolo, nello specifico, ad apprendenti immigrati adulti, analfabeti o bassamente scolarizzati in L1. Si tratta di studenti con bisogni di apprendimento complessi, per i quali la lingua del paese di accoglienza rappresenta un elemento essenziale per l’integrazione. Il presente lavoro vuole mettere in evidenza una caratteristica di questi apprendenti che rappresenta una risorsa importante per l’insegnamento linguistico: il plurilinguismo.
Cominceremo con il definire i concetti di bilinguismo e plurilinguismo, evidenziando la loro tutela nelle normative europee. In seguito, presenteremo il concetto di translanguaging, mostrandone poi le applicazioni nella didattica. Nella terza sezione verrà presentata la situazione migratoria in Italia, il profilo dei migranti e la loro distribuzione nel territorio veneto. Successivamente analizzeremo le sfide legate all’apprendimento dell’italiano L2 per il nostro specifico target: studenti analfabeti o bassamente scolarizzati in L1. Nell’ultima parte, infine, forniremo delle possibili applicazioni del translanguaging in classe, sperimentate durante un corso di italiano L2 promosso dal progetto FAMI VOCI.
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De, Poli Arianna <1998>. "Il ruolo e la promozione della motivazione nell’apprendimento dell’italiano come lingua straniera a studenti adulti e giovani adulti. Lo studio di caso di lezioni online a studenti messicani di livello A1, A2 e B1 presso le università Tecnológico de Monterrey, La Salle Noroeste e la Società Dante Alighieri di Monterrey." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/21408.
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In dieser Magisterarbeit geht es um die Rolle und die Förderung der Motivation im italienischen Fremdsprachenunterricht in Mexiko. Meine Studie konzentriert sich auf drei Klassen von zwei Universitäten und einem Sprachinstitut bzw. von dem Tecnológico de Monterry, La Salle Noroeste in Ciudad Obregon und der Dante-Alighieri-Gesellschaft in Monterrey. Zunächst erzähle ich von der europäischen und italienischen Auswanderung nach Südamerika und Mexiko. Im zweiten Kapitel stelle ich die Eigenschaften der erwachsenen Lernenden dar und erläutere die didaktischen Methoden und Techniken, online in solchen Klassen benutzt werden können. Außerdem vertiefe ich das Thema der Motivation und beschreibe verschiedene Modelle, die die Motivation fördern. Letztendlich präsentiere ich meine Untersuchung, die in den Klassen der obenerwähnten Universitäten und des genannten Sprachinstituts durchgeführt wurde. Die Motivation der Lernenden und ihre Neigungen beim Lernen sind der Kernpunkt der Studie.
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Codato, Marta. "Giovani adulti italiani: "lunghezza" della famiglia e del processo di autonomizzazione. Un'indagine svolta con gli studenti dell'Università di Padova rispetto a stili d'attaccamento, convinzioni personali,impegno civico-morale, felicità, terrore della morte." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3421557.
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Why do a disproportionate number of young Italian adults stay in the family home indefinitely?
We assume such behavior becomes as an unintentional barrier to their achievement and their social commitment.
We hypothesized an association between this phenomenon and the prevailing anxious attachment among young people, their tendency to associate the separation from attachment figures to death, a low-grade of spiritual religious and personal beliefs, and a low level of happiness.
Data was collected from 1570 students attending the University of Padua, aged between 18 and 38 years, with an average of 22.11 (std 2.508).
Regarding methodology, we employed the Relationship Scales Questionnaire as a measure for the students' attachment style (Griffin, Bartholomew, 1994), the scale of moral disengagement as a measure for civil moral disengagement (Caprara, Fida, Vecchione, 2009), and the Subjective Happiness Scale as a measure for subjective happiness (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999).
We investigated with two questions the representation of death as annihilation or passage and their psychological experience regarding their own death.
Additionally, the participants were asked if they lived on their own, in the parental home or in another residential situation.
We used some questions extracted from the WHO QOL srpb to investigate the strength of their spiritual, religious and personal beliefs.
The data supports the hypothesis. Thus we propose a pedagogical device, "Death Education,” which manages the horror vacui and separation from external security. It should induce young adults: (1) to build an indestructible inner strength with both strong and flexible beliefs, (2) to be aware and accept death as inevitable, and (3) to engage in society.La presente ricerca sorge dalla volontà di comprendere le cause del fenomeno tutto italiano chiamato ‘famiglia lunga’ (Scabini & Donati, 1988) caratterizzato dalla prolungata permanenza dei giovani adulti presso la famiglia d’origine. L’ipotesi di partenza implica un’associazione tra tale fenomeno e la prevalenza di un attaccamento ansioso nei giovani; la loro tendenza a connettere alla morte la separazione dalle figure d’attaccamento; una forte ansia nei confronti della morte, percepita come la fine di tutto; deboli convinzioni personali, spirituali e religiose; un basso livello di felicità . Nella ricerca quali-quantitativa sono stati coinvolti 1570 studenti dell’Università di Padova di età compresa tra i 18 e i 38 anni, con una media di 22,11 (std. 2,508). Lo stile d’attaccamento è stato misurato con il Relationship Scales Questionnaire (Griffin, Bartholomew, 1994). Il disimpegno civile morale è stato indagato tramite la scala del disimpegno morale (Caprara, Fida, Vecchione, 2009). Due domande hanno consentito di investigare, da un lato, la rappresentazione della morte come annientamento o passaggio, dall’altro il vissuto psicologico relativo alla stessa. È stato chiesto ai partecipanti se abitassero per conto proprio, presso la casa dei genitori o in un’altra situazione residenziale. È stato somministrato il WHO QOL srpb per indagare la forza delle loro convinzioni spirituali, religiose e personali. La felicità soggettiva è stata misurata attraverso il Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999). Alla generale conferma dell’ipotesi di partenza da parte dei risultati è seguita una proposta pedagogica, che si rifà all’ampio concetto di Death Education e ad altri affini dispositivi educativi (quali educazione alla creatività e psicodramma) e implica l’educazione alla gestione del vuoto e alla separazione dalle sicurezze esterne, con il fine ultimo di indurre i soggetti a costruire una forza interiore indistruttibile, declinantesi in solide e al tempo stesso flessibili convinzioni personali; nella consapevolezza e accettazione della ineludibile realtà della morte; in un considerevole impegno nelle dimensioni della civitas/communitas e dei rapporti umani.
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TREVISANELLO, FEDERICA. "Una seconda "chance" in età adulta. Prospettive formative ed esistenziali tra lifelong learning e cura di sé." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/14339.
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This study concerns the strategy of lifelong and life wide learning as a form of "taking care of oneself". I assume, as Beck and Bauman say, that nowadays we live in a "risk society" and in a "liquid" society. In this context, the world has become more complex and the future more unpredictable in comparison with only few decades ago. The former collective agents (workers, women, social movements in general) seem to have vanished and the prospect of a public solution to the problems posed by the new/post modernity is very slim. It is the individual who has to undertake responsibility for his/her own future. There are at least two ways of considering lifelong learning: the first focuses on personal ability to purchase the skills, the competences, the capabilities required by the market, and become a "lifelong learner" in order to continuously respond to market-place challenges and remain employable. Somehow the person has always got to learn and can never consider himself/herself a complete professional, citizen, individual but is obliged to follow adaptive strategies just to stay afloat. The second way tries to see the "positive" side of an epoch of uncertainty: if social roles and status have become less solid, it should be possible, in adult life, to have the opportunity to seek for an autonomous form of satisfactory life, where lifelong learning links with experience and original, personal ways of elaborating experience. In this perspective, lifelong learning is a construct that has to give account of the situated, historical, economical, political role that education experiences play at the individual level but also in the individual's social context. I investigate the link between "necessity and possibility" in the process of "Bildung" of subjectivities. There are social, structural and cultural bonds that strongly condition access to education and to the opportunity to find one's place into society and there must be some possibility to overcome those bonds. What are the resources that individuals can count on to express their aptitudes and yearnings? What is the role of gender differences in such a need? I can say that lifelong learning may be only one of many different strategies to respond to deep and latent needs concerning identity, membership, self-planning, gender. As no dominion disposals are given without some resistance disposals, I look at experiences of existential re-definition that take place through a fracture, a crisis, a withdrawal, and lead to a new equilibrium, where the people experiencing them look for a "second chance" in their lives. I de-construct the idea of "second chance" pointing up notions of falling, risk, gain and loss, crisis and opportunity, freedom of choice. Also, the courage to look for something considered "second best" - or the courage to quit aiming for a first place in a competitive and individualistic society is to be valued. In the concept of "second chance" there is a redeeming dimension: the idea that learning throughout one's life does not mean to accumulate knowledge, skills, competencies in a linear and adaptive process, but - on the contrary - can be an evolutionary process similar to that found in nature, expressed by the concept of "exaptation". By the term "exaptation" I refer to the ability of individuals to learn, develop and self construct using in a creative form what they already possess. Maybe this is a particular kind of wisdom. It is also necessary to re-think the role of education in individual life stories, the different weight and the different meaning that people give to it depending on the moments in which they come into contact with educational systems. The role of those responsible for educational processes must also change: there is a need for a more circular way of defining educational requirements and knowledge. And so, the research, moving from a critical theory of society and from a Foucoultian perspective (with regards to the categories of power, resistance and freedom), makes use of the method devised in Italy by Riccardo Massa and by the Clinic of Education, because it allows investigation of the latent and hidden dimensions of everyday actions and beliefs while simultaneously constructing new forms of knowledge and self-knowledge. The research participants are individuals who have decided to give themselves a "second chance": they are adult students in Bicocca and many of them have abandoned previous studies, some have changed their lifestyles and have experienced a personal crisis. In this research, narrative and auto/biographical pedagogy play a substantial role: this approach, as a matter of fact, in the last fifteen years has gained full recognition in many context (Denzin & Lincoln; West; Josso; Ferrarotti; Pineau; Demetrio; Formenti; Gonzàlez Monteagudo, etc) and has proved to be a powerful research method in its own right for understanding subjectivity and making subjective experiences more visible and intelligible. Above all, this approach, with the aim of critiquing hierarchical models, has important implications for the change of roles. It is a way of acquiring knowledge and a social action, that promotes self-directed learning and the appropriation of one's own education. For these reasons I selected a small group of adults (aged 34 and up) who have decided to give themselves a "second chance", taking possession of their own lives, and by so doing taking care of themselves. I investigated together with these people their life history and the roots of the "turning point". To carry out this research I used face-to-face instruments, such as open and in-depth interviews, into a clinic perspective. The Clinic of Education as a method that brings to light the hidden dimensions of actions and decisions, in other words the symbolic, cognitive, emotional and procedural latencies related to education, is the theoretical frame in which the research is inscribed.
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Prendergast, Carrie Ann. "Nontraditional online students perceptions on student success conditions." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10599141.
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This dissertation examines nontraditional online students’ perceptions of Tinto’s four student success conditions: expectations, support, assessment, and engagement. Expectations include those of the student, the faculty and the institution. Support includes academic, social, and financial support. Providing early and meaningful assessment and feedback to students is crucial during their educational career. The fourth success condition in Tinto’s model includes the involvement or engagement of students with their peers (and faculty) in both an academic and social contexts. Nontraditional student perceptions of each of these institutional conditions of success was uncovered through demographic survey, interviews, syllabi and website artifacts.This qualitative study provided a rich, detailed description of the lived experience of the nontraditional online student to add to the paucity of research on this understudied population. The three main themes emerged from the data: (a) nontraditional students identified in an asynchronous environment did not find the success conditions to be consistently present and reported that they would have benefitted from them if they had existed both academically and socially; (b) nontraditional students identified key elements for success, which included flexibility in their schedule and the opportunity to receive a degree from a reputable institution that would lead to career enhancement; (c) students reported developing a strong, positive academic relationship with their advisor. The advisor served as a substitute for faculty-student relationships and was the primary role for providing academic, social and financial support.
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Gerhard, Gabrielle. ""It was like a first step" : student transitions from adult basic education participation to community college enrollment /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7702.
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Alton, Kristian Leigh. "Exploring the Guilt-Proneness of Non-Traditional Students." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/885.
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Current political forces see education as a potential solution to the economic slide the United States is experiencing. This push toward higher education and resulting employment creates a conflict for women expected by society to serve as primary caregivers of children. Research suggests that working mothers experience feelings of guilt related to the conflict between parenting and employment roles that may come from failure to personify the intensive mothering ideology. Student parents potentially share this guilt but few studies exist that investigate this. The results of this study suggest that student parents do experience guilt and identify relationships between guilt, gender, and relationship status. The nature of these relationships is unclear at this time, highlighting the need for further research
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Irvine, Catherine Helen. "Identity development and adult education : a theoretical and empirical investigation of identity development in adults returning to education." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240677.
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Soule, Kathryn Danielle. "Student services for adult undergraduate students at Virginia's four-year colleges." Full text, Acrobat Reader required, 1998. http://viva.lib.virginia.edu/etd/theses/soule98.pdf.
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Izzo, Nemec Therese A. "Servant Leadership and Student Success| Perspectives of Midwest Technical College Manufacturing Students." Thesis, Marian University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10689183.
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In the United States, colleges and universities are under pressure from multiple sources to improve course completion and graduation rates and to reduce the cost of obtaining a degree. This qualitative phenomenological case study, underpinned by the social constructivist perspective, explored second-year manufacturing degree students’ perceptions of the impact of their teachers’ servant leadership behaviors on their successful course completions at a Midwest technical college. Servant leadership was the theoretical base for the study, which consisted of Q sorts by, and interviews with, students from two manufacturing degree programs. One program had higher course completion and graduation rates and the other had lower course completion and graduation rates. The responses were coded using data from an extensive literature review and were analyzed for themes according to the perspectives of the participants’ Q sorts and responses to interview questions. While the study did not reveal a simple, straightforward solution to the very complicated student success problem in technical college manufacturing programs, it did identify the elements of an emergent model recommended for manufacturing teachers: servant teaching.
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Horton, Dianne Wahl. "Comparisons of the Needs of Adult Learners by Faculty Student Services Staff and Adult Students at a Selected Community College." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331762/.
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The problem with which this study is concerned is assessing the relationship between the expressed needs of adult community college students and their needs as perceived by selected faculty members and student services staff members at a metropolitan community college. The population of the study was 201 adult students and 77 faculty and student services staff members who took the Adult Learner Needs Assessment Survey, a publication of the American College Testing Program. The data results were analyzed statistically using one-way analysis of variance and the Scheffé multiple comparison procedure. Data were considered statistically significant at the .01 level on all eight hypotheses. Based on the data findings, the following conclusions appear to be warranted. 1. The Adult Learner Needs Assessment Survey seems to provide useful needs assessment information in a convenient format for large scale research. 2. The instrument seems to provide a useful tool for gathering data on the perceptions of the needs of adult learners from community college employees. 3. Both faculty and student services staff groups seem to perceive adult students as needing more assistance with educational and personal needs than is reported by adult students. 4. Both faculty and student services staff groups perceptions of the needs of adult learners, when compared to the needs reported by adult students, appear to be less accurate for those needs for which a lesser degree of assistance is needed and more accurate for those needs for which a greater degree of assistance is needed. 5. The perceptions of the needs of adult learners by both faculty and student services staff groups appear notably similar. 6. This research, using a more rigorous level of significance, validates the general findings of similar research. 7. The research methodology and the use of analysis of variance and Scheffé test as statistical procedures proved to be useful in comparing perceptions of adult learner needs by faculty and student services staff groups to the stated needs of adult students.
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Wilson, Timothy L. "Religious faith development in white, Christian, undergraduate students involved in religious student organizations /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3136397.
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Spitzig, Janet. "The Relationship Between Student Engagement and Student Retention of Adult Learners at Community Colleges." Franklin University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1620213209704112.
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Moore, Lindsey Kathryn. "Family dynamics and students' characteristics as predictors of undergraduate college student adjustment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5258/.
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The problem addressed is to ascertain how selected factors impacted the adjustment of undergraduate university students. Undergraduate university students (n=382) from the University of North Texas completed measures of basic student information, perceived level of family support and level of parental attachment, and perceived level of college student adjustment. Parental Attachment and Family Support were found to positively correlate to the level of adjustment to college. Analyses of these data reveal a statistically significant difference in student adjustment to college when comparing the participants by age, university classification, and living arrangement. Further analysis reveals that there is a statistically significant difference between gender, race, students' marital status, and parents' marital status when measuring the outcome of perceived family support. Perceived level of parental attachment differs significantly when comparing students by their race, marital status, and their parents' marital status.
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Day, Chantelle. "The YACU Project: Exploring the Educational Experiences and Student Support Needs of Young Adult Carers in Australian Universities." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366970.
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The lived experiences of Australian Young Adult Carers (YACs) are underresearched, particularly in relation to the educational implications of caregiving on their university experiences. As a consequence of this gap, student-YACs remain largely unrecognised and unsupported in both carer recognition and student equity support policy and practice. In response to these problems—together with my own experiences as a YAC while attending university—the aim of this research was to explore the educational
experiences and support needs of university student-YACs, from their perspective as well as those of wider stakeholders, including carer associations and universities.
To achieve this research aim, I designed the YACU-Student Experience Framework (YACU-SEF). The YACU-SEF, informed by my analysis and subsequent synthesis of pertinent theoretical notions and structures, provides a holistic conceptualisation of YACs’ university student experiences. Comprising two parts, a base model and an outer structure, the YACU-SEF draws upon three individual student
development frameworks and two social theories to provide a conceptual, operational and analytical framework that can be used to investigate student-young adult caregiving.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Education and Professional Studies
Arts, Education and Law
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Watson, Wendy Elizabeth. "Relationship Between Student Characteristics and Attrition Among Associate Degree Nursing Students." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3847.
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High nursing student attrition has been a pervasive problem in the nursing program at the research site of this study. The purpose of this project study was to investigate the relationship between attrition and nursing student characteristics, including age, gender, ethnicity, English as Second Language (ESL) background, licensed practical nurse (LPN) licensure, grade point average (GPA), the number of preadmission college credits, and the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) scores. This correlational study of archival data was guided by Jeffreys's nursing undergraduate retention and success model and included a convenience sample of 240 students admitted to the program between the Spring 2011 and Fall 2013 semesters. Point biserial and phi coefficient statistical analyses indicated that significant relationships existed between attrition and ethnicity, GPA, TEAS scores, college credits, and LPN status. There were no significant relationships between attrition and age, gender, and ESL background. Student characteristics correlated with higher attrition included ethnic minority background, more college credits, lower TEAS composite and math scores, lower GPA scores, and not having LPN licensure. These research results were the basis for policy recommendations for changes to the admission process within the nursing program and for early identification of students at risk for attrition, with the goal of providing early supportive measures. The overall goal of the policy recommendations was to decrease attrition at the local research site, which may help foster positive social change by promoting the educational and professional progress of nursing students. Nursing student attrition can negatively affect a nursing program's finances and reputation. For students, attrition represents lost time, lost finances, and a limited possibility for achieving socioeconomic progress.
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Tarazona, Vargas Enver, Bazán Jorge Luis, and Ana Sofia Aparicio. "Actitudes hacia la estadística en universitarios peruano de mediana edad." Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/325076.
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This paper studies the attitudes of college students concerning statistics; students who are
taking the basic course in Statistics under an Adult Worker Student program at a private university in Lima, Peru. Two scales have been considered: Attitudes Toward Statistics (ATSE) proposed by
Estrada (2002) and Attitudes Toward Statistics (ATSC) proposed by Cazorla et al (1999).
The sample corresponds to 137 students with ages ranging from 32 to 42 years old, from
four engineering majors, , 84% male and 52% who had taken a previous course in statistics.
The item analysis was performed considering the Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item
Response Theory (IRT) under the Bayesian inference of the Samejima’s graded response model
(Tarazona, 2013).
The results reveal that AEC has a reliability of 0.93, and by comparison a shortened version
of AEE after eliminating two items has a reliability of 0.88. Both scales are closely correlated are
therefore are interchangeable. However AEE is the only one that reveals differences by specialty,
especially among students of the School of Industrial Engineering (positive attitudes), and of
Telecommunications and Network Engineering (less positive attitudes). Finally, other factors such
as gender, different age groups and experience in a previous course of Statistics were insignificant
in explaining attitudes toward statistics at any scale.Se analiza las Actitudes hacia la Estadística en estudiantes universitarios que llevan un primer curso de Estadística en el marco del programa Estudiante Adulto, Trabajador de una universidad privada de Lima en Perú. Son consideradas dos escalas: Actitudes hacia la Estadística de Estrada (2002) (AEE) y Actitudes hacia la Estadística de Cazorla; Silva; Vendramini & Brito (1999) (AEC). La muestra corresponde a 137 estudiantes de cuatro especialidades de Ingeniería, con edades entre 32 y 42 años, siendo un 84 % del sexo masculino y un 52 % que ya habían llevado antes un curso de Estadística. El análisis de ítems fue realizado considerando la Teoría Clásica de los Test (TCT) y la Teoría de Respuesta al Ítem (TRI), bajo inferencia bayesiana del Modelo de Respuesta Graduada de Samejima (Tarazona, 2013). Los resultados muestran que AEC tiene una confiabilidad de 0,93; en contraste, AEE tiene 0,88 para una versión recortada eliminando dos ítems. Ambas presentan una fuerte correlación, siendo por tanto intercambiables. No obstante, AEE es la única que muestra diferencias por especialidad, sobre todo entre los estudiantes de Ingeniería Industrial (actitudes más positivas) y los estudiantes de Ingeniería de Telecomunicaciones y Redes (actitudes menos positivas). Finalmente, otros factores como sexo del estudiante, permanencia a diferentes grupos etarios y experiencia en un curso previo de Estadística no resultaron significativos para explicar las Actitudes hacia la Estadística en ninguna escala.
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Adkins, Lisa Rene. "Impact of an Online Student Bridge Program for First-Year Nontraditional Students." ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/36.
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Low retention rates for first-year students plague many higher education institutions, and are even lower among online institutions of higher education. At Athena Colleges (a pseudonym), the attrition rate can be as high as 50% in students' first academic year. To address this concern, Athena Colleges has implemented an online bridge program that addresses students' academic needs and persistence. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the bridge program in reducing the first-time student attrition rate and academic performance in their first term. Most of Athena Colleges students are nontraditional students and due to this, the theoretical framework that guided this study was Malcolm Knowles's theory of andragogy. The design of the study was a formative program evaluation using a quasi-experimental design to analyze the data, which measured the primary goal of the bridge program, the reduction of attrition of first-time students. The data used for this study was archival data provided by the institution. The data provided included academic program start date, enrollment status, secondary education credential earned, secondary credential award date, first-term GPA, bridge program status, and date of termination (if applicable) and consisted of 4,916 total records. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and an ANOVA by comparing the academic performance of students who participated in the bridge program to those who did not, using a 300 student sample size for each group. The results showed there was no statistical difference between the two groups for retention, but there was a statistical difference on first term GPA. The social change implication of this study indicates that faculty and administrators must ensure that remedial academic services are in place for students who enter online programs with knowledge and skill deficits.
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Wood-Wyatt, Linda G. "A Study of Nontraditional Undergraduate Students at the University of Memphis." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2021.
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This study examined nontraditional student engagement into the collegiate environment on the University of Memphis (U of M) campus, specifically services and programs in the University College. The sample surveyed included 4 nontraditional undergraduate students, 1 from each grade level, aged 25 years or older. The 4 nontraditional undergraduate study participants were admitted and enrolled at the U of M. Additionally, there was 1 alumnae member included in the study.
The study employed the use of multiple forms of data collection including interviews, personal and focus group, journaling, life stories, and an online campus climate survey. In order to analyze the multiple forms of data received, data analyses were broken down into 3 chapters. Each chapter revealed findings that provided answers to the initial research question. Each chapter was then further divided into themes or categories that emerged from questions and interviews.
Results of the research revealed that nontraditional students did not feel active engagement with the collegiate environment was a major component contributing to the success of their academic career. Research data indicated that nontraditional students because of their maturity level are at times disappointed with their traditional counterparts and faculty in classroom activities. Further, data analyzed support nontraditional student need for more communication from campus staff as well as development of separate tutoring services and offices for nontraditional students. Additionally, findings indicated that the institution should hire faculty and staff who understand nontraditional students' learning styles and needs.
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Vassoler, Ana Maria Jesuina Barbieri 1968. "Estudantes adultos do ensino superior : interações estabelecidas com os pares." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/250835.
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Orientador: Elizabeth Nogueira Gomes da Silva MercuriDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação
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Resumo: Observa-se, no Brasil, nas últimas décadas, um aumento significante no número de estudantes ingressantes no ensino superior, resultado do aumento da população jovem adulta, das exigências do mercado de trabalho para responder ao desenvolvimento econômico e social do país, das políticas de acesso e de abertura à maior heterogeneidade de alunos neste nível educacional e, que tem, entre suas consequências, maior presença de estudantes adultos neste nível de ensino. Nota-se que os termos para a identificação do aluno adulto na graduação, bem como os atributos que o definem, variam consideravelmente nos estudos da área, contudo, o mais frequente atributo utilizado tem sido o ingresso no ensino superior com idade igual ou acima de 25 anos. Observa-se na literatura que os estudantes adultos possuem características que influenciam como eles aprendem e como vivenciam a graduação, incluindo as interações que estabelecem com os pares. Diante do número cada vez maior de estudantes adultos na graduação e pelo entendimento de que as interações com os pares destacam-se na literatura como uma variável associada à integração acadêmica, ao envolvimento do estudante, ao sucesso acadêmico, bem como à permanência deste nas instituições de ensino superior, objetivou-se nesse estudo descrever e analisar em estudantes adultos ingressantes na graduação, a frequência e o conteúdo das interações com os pares nos campos acadêmico e social e sua relação com as variáveis pessoais dos participantes: sexo, idade, turno do curso, exercício de atividade remunerada, e semestre do curso. Participaram do estudo 84 universitários de diferentes cursos, com idade variando entre 25 a 69 anos, matriculados em um dos campi de uma universidade confessional localizada na região sudeste do Brasil. Os principais resultados deste trabalho, cujos dados tiveram origem nas respostas de estudantes adultos a uma Escala de Interação com os Pares, indicaram que estes interagem de maneira geral com baixa frequência com os pares. Em relação às diferenças das médias obtidas pelos quatro domínios da escala, observou-se a existência de diferença estatisticamente significante entre as interações características de convívio social e de lazer que se mostraram como a de menor frequência. Ao comparar a natureza de interações com pares que se associam às variáveis dos participantes, observou-se que as interações do campo social estão mais fortemente associadas quando comparadas às interações de natureza acadêmica e que, do conjunto de variáveis dos participantes, sexo, idade, turno do curso e exercício de atividade remunerada mostraram-se associadas significantemente a diferentes domínios de interação com os pares. Os resultados do presente estudo auxiliam na compreensão do comportamento dos estudantes adultos do ensino superior em relação às interações com os pares, possibilitam ampliação do conhecimento sobre esse aluno e contribuem com políticas e ações de intervenção.
Abstract: It is observed in Brazil in the last decades, a significantly increase in the students number enrolled in college. It is resulted of the young adult population's rise, of the job market requirement to respond the social and economical country development, the governmenta openness and access policies to a better heterogeneity from this educational level, that has as consequence a larger presence of adult students in this educational level. It's also observed that to identify the adult students in college, as well the attributes that define them vary substantially in the studies area, however the most used attribute has been the college enrolled on the age of 25 or above. It is perceived in previous studies that adult students have characteristics that influence how they learn and how they experience the college, including the interaction that they establish with the common peers. Before the increase number of adult students in college and understanding that the common peer interactions is highlighted in previous studies as a variable associated to the academic integration, to the student's involvement, to the academic success, as well the permanence of them at the college institutions allowed in this search describe and analyze in adult students enrolled in college institutions, the frequency and the content of the common peer interactions in the academic and social field and its relation with the personal variables of the participants: gender, age, course shift, occupation and course semester. Participated of this search 84 college students from different courses, ages from 25 to 69, enrolled in a college's campus situated in the southeast region of Brazil. The main results of this search, which datas were collected from the adult students answers to a common peers interaction scale, revealed that they normally interacted with the common peer in a low frequency. According to average's differences got by the four scale dominion, it's observed the existence of a significant statistically difference between the interaction deriving of social aspects and leisure, being the last one observed with the lowest frequency. Comparing the way of interactions with common peers are associated to the participants variations, it's observed that the social interaction are substantially associated when compared to the academic interactions and, from the personal participants variation, gender, age, course shift and occupation was significantly associated to different dominions of common peers interaction. The results of this search support the behavior understanding of adult students attending college courses according to the common peer relation interactions, it enables a knowledge enlargement about this student and also contributes to policies and intervention actions.
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Valtersson, Lisa. "How adult migrant students learn maths. : Adult students understanding and engaging with maths." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-123476.
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The aim of this study is to explore the adult immigrant students’ experience of maths in Sweden. I will present an understanding rather than an explanation on how second language adult students learn maths. It can be argued that people who study maths as adults in a new homeland and in a foreign language face particular challenges. At the same time research reports that people sometimes approach the subject in a more fruitful way as adults compared to their childhood experiences. I want to contribute to the general knowledge of the subject and furthermore provide improved understanding of how mathematics teachers can guide their students towards their goals.I have performed semi-structured qualitative research interviews. My informants are my own maths students on the basic level with incomplete grades in maths from secondary school, or they have failed in their maths studies in upper secondary school due to a low level of know-ledge. They are over 20 years of age and they are all immigrants and have arrived in Sweden as adults. I have used my students statements, written as narratives as the material which is to be interpreted and understood. Because of my use of my own students in the interview, I will not take into account their statements about the teacher’s role in my conclusion.I find that:1. The difficult experience of being forced to leave the home country, together with a wish to take revenge on the failures from their youth, can lead to a kind of struggle for decom-pensation that can be reflected in the participants' positive evaluation of their maths studies.2. Having a family is a great motivational help for studying regardless of the time it takes to take care of the same.3. The memories of previous failures with the incomprehensible, abstract mathematics characterise the students’ inception of the subject.4. It seems possible that adult students can understand themselves in a new way and redefine their relationship with maths and their own ability to study the subject.
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Tillery, Amy Dutton. "The Moderating Role of Adult Connections in High School Students' Sense of School Belonging." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cps_diss/44.
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Researchers have demonstrated that students who had a strong sense of school belonging exhibited greater academic motivation and performance (E. Anderman, 2002; Faircloth & Hamm, 2005), had fewer emotional and behavioral difficulties (Furrer & Skinner, 2003; McMahon, Singh, Garner, & Benhorin; 2004), and were less likely to dropout of school (Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris, 2004; Knesting, 2008). Limited attention has been given to the potential factors that promote school belonging, especially in high school students. The purpose of this research was to examine the unique influence of adult connections on high school students’ sense of school belonging utilizing the framework of self-determination theory. The role of adult connections was examined as a moderator of the relations between five student risk factors (behavior problems, peer problems, minority ethnicity, male gender, and poverty) and school belonging. This cross-sectional study analyzed data from a survey completed by 368 ninth grade students. The survey consisted of items from existing instruments, including the Psychological Sense of School Membership (Goodenow, 1993a), the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (Goodman, Meltzer, & Bailey, 2003), and the Basic Need Satisfaction in Relationships Scale (La Guardia, Ryan, Couchman, & Deci, 2000). Hierarchical regression analyses confirmed study hypotheses by indicating that adult connections was a significant predictor of the students’ sense of school belonging and significantly moderated the relationship between school belonging and behavior problems (p < .05). Additional analyses indicated that adult connections accounted for more of the variance in school belonging for males than for females. These findings supported the importance of adult connections in high school students’ sense of school belonging. Future research should address the relationship between adult connections and school belonging as it evolves over students’ high school careers.
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Kemeny, Karin. "A comparison of student and adult perceptions of the needs of junior high school students." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24672.pdf.
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Haggan, Paul S. (Paul Stephen). "Adult Discouragement: Traditonal College Students." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279255/.
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This study resulted in the development of the Discouragement Scale for Adults (DSA), an assessment instrument for the Adlerian construct of discouragement in adults more than 18 years of age. The DSA is a 60-item instrument that contains five sub-scales corresponding to five life tasks identified in Adlerian literature as work, love, society, self, and spirituality. Age, gender, and ethnicity norms were established for the DSA using a diverse sample (N=586). Additional normative data was developed with a presumed discouraged sample (N=47), and a special sample of traditional college students aged 18-27 years (N=531). Findings on the norm sample indicated that females are less discouraged than males on the Total DSA and on society and spirituality sub-scales. The 18-34 year old group was more discouraged than other age groups on the Total DSA and on work, society, and spirituality sub-scales. Presumed discouraged sample findings indicated that females were less discouraged than males on the society sub-scale. College student findings indicated that females were less discouraged than males on the Total DSA and sub-scales of love, society, spirituality, and work. A significant difference was found among ethnic groups in self sub-scales. Students with no absences per week were less discouraged than students with two absences per week. Students with lower grade point averages (GPA) were more discouraged on the Total DSA and work sub-scales. DSA internal consistency coefficients were .9392, .9496, and .9327 for norm, presumed discouraged, and college student samples respectively. Correlations between DSA and two social interest surveys reflect an inverse relationship between discouragement and social interest. Results indicate that the DSA is a useful assessment instrument for research and counseling purposes with college students. Further research should include greater geographical and ethnic diversity as well as validation among diverse college samples and non-traditional students. Additionally, a standard range of scores should be established to indicate varying levels of discouragement.
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Gordon, Seth E. "Attitudes and Perceptions of Independent Undergraduate Students Towards Student Debt." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1373885046.
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McIsaac, Susan Mary. "Discerning adult students' developmental distinctions." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ58577.pdf.
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Shetty, Sandeep. "Economic Essays on Adult Students." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/294042.
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Adult students are an important component of the current U.S education landscape. They account for over 40% of the degree-seeking fresh enrollees in the U.S. colleges and according to the U.S. Department of Education, their growth will soon outpace that of traditional students. Adult students have also received considerable attention in higher education policy circles as an important resource to meet the future skills demand in U.S. industries. The focus on adult students is integral to sustaining the health of the U.S economy. Chapters in this dissertation aim to understand and quantify issues surrounding adult students. Chapter 1 of this dissertation analyzes the characteristics and factors that help or inhibit the decisions to return to school of adult students. Using an endogenous switching model and data from the Survey of Income Program and Participation (SIPP) 2008, I examine the determinants of the return decision. The results show positive selection bias from observed earnings of those who return, and the probability of returning to school hinges significantly on family size, family income, and the presence of children under 18. Chapter 2 analyzes the pecuniary returns to returning adults using the National Longitudinal Youth Survey of 1979 (NLSY79). I find 10-20% returns to returning adults across different education degrees. I also find that the post-return experience premium is higher for returners relative to non-returners. Chapter 3 analyzes the degree of persistence or state dependence in enrollment behavior of adult students using NLSY data from 1989-1994 and dynamic panel estimation methods. The results suggest that state dependence effects exist with respect to the previous enrollment incidence for men and women. For men I find that about 20% of the observed persistence in the enrollment probability is accounted for by state-dependence, as compared with roughly 36% for women.
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Channing, Jill. "Increase Access for Adult Students." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4879.
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Are you seeing a decline in your population of adult students? Are you wondering how to reach, enroll, engage, and retain these students? This interactive session will present a framework for recruiting adult students and will give participants an opportunity to develop their own adult student recruitment and retention plans.
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Countryman, Kemba Chambers Witte Maria Margarita. "A comparison of adult learners' academic, social, and environmental needs as perceived by adult learners and faculty." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Spring/doctoral/COUNTRYMAN_KEMBA_41.pdf.
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Miller, Ernestine V. "Perceived relation of adult community college students between quality of effort and outcome gains adult students at one community college /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5522.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on July 27, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.
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Jinkens, Robert Carl. "Faculty and student perspectives on the teaching of nontraditional accounting students." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9023.
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The study explores two research questions: Q1, What teaching methods do four-year accounting faculty use with nontraditional accounting students; and Q2, how effective do accounting faculty and students perceive those methods to be with nontraditional accounting students? Nontraditional students are defmed to be students 25 years of age or older. After interviewing 30 faculty members and surveying 53 students, a variety of different teaching methods were identified. Although, faculty indicated an inclination for lecture, they preferred group work, but did not use it because of time limitations and large class sizes. Further, the younger/traditional students preferred a variety of different teaching methods, while the older/nontraditional students preferred homework. Of particular importance was the finding according to faculty, that the wants and needs of the accounting profession did not correspond with the reasons why students major in accounting. The accounting profession wants and needs people with problem solving skills, an ability to cope with ambiguity, general business knowledge, and interpersonal skills. However, students are majoring in accounting because they want financial security, believe accounting is mathematics, like accounting's procedural nature, and believe accounting is unambiguous. Therefore, to graduate accounting students with wants and needs congruent with those of the accounting profession, accounting schools must either redirect accounting student majors or attract different students to accounting. Also of particular importance, were the differences of opinion by faculty of whether there should be an additional 30 hour educational requirement to become a CPA. While most faculty agreed that the additional education improved professional quality, and some even wanted the requirements made more stringent, perhaps similar to those to become an attorney, a significant and vocal minority of the faculty stated that they were opposed to the additional educational requirement because it would prevent poorer students from majoring in accounting because of the additional cost of the additional education. Finally, there is the issue of competition in the classroom. Most faculty indicated that competition was a fact of life in accounting, that competition needed to be used in the classroom, and that students needed to learn how to cope with it.
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McGinty, Thomas J. "Reintegrating Students with Emotional Disturbance from Therapeutic Educational Placements to High Schools: Student and Adult Perceptions." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/McGintyTJ2007.pdf.
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Williams, Katherine Arlene Knapp. "The college adjustment process of fifteen conditionally admitted adult students at Indiana University East." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/774745.
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During the Fall 1990 semester, a longitudinal qualitative study of fifteen first-semester conditionally admitted adult students was undertaken at Indiana University East (IU East) to gain insights into the college adjustment process of those students. Through a series of four interviews, the researcher studied factors affecting the college adjustment process of the participants in the study.Participants reported being motivated to enter college as a result of undergoing one or more life transitions. Each participant was attending college for vocational reasons, most seeking occupationally specific degrees. However, almost all reported anticipating personal growth through learning as providing the greatest satisfaction from the college experience.Participants reported having anxiety regarding academic ability to succeed in college. Yet, challenges reported by the participants were generally situational, reflecting financial concerns, unexpected health problems, and family concerns. Effective time management was essential in adjusting to college. Almost all cut back on involvement in community and social activities. At times, family members had difficulty understanding the personal transformation experienced by the participants.Fourteen of the fifteen participants successfully completed the Fall 1990 semester, each with a 2.0 or higher grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). All fourteen enrolled in classes spring semester. When asked to indicate ways in which IU East had assisted them with college adjustment, participants indicated a supportive, caring faculty was of key importance during their first semester. Those who were a part of a federally funded support services program (67% of the participants) frequently mentioned that having a support system upon which to rely made a positive difference.The primary factors found to affect the college adjustment process were determination to succeed and willingness to undergo personal changes in the learning process. Other positive factors included degree of faculty support, presence of institutional support for new students, and perceived caring attitude among faculty. Factors which aggravated the adjustment process included conflicts involving family, employment, finances and health. Although degree of academic preparedness could be assumed to affect the college adjustment process, no relationship was found between high-school graduation rank and first-semester grade point average or fall-to-spring retentionDepartment of Educational Leadership
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Smith, Christopher. "An analysis of structural changes in the provision of continuing education services indications of a shift in higher education access /." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008smithc.pdf.
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Li, Miao. "THE ROLE OF ADULT ATTACHMENT IN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ ACCULTURATION PROCESS." UKnowledge, 2016. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_etds/42.
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International students face a variety of challenges in their acculturation process. The acculturation process is a highly variable process that is influenced by the mediating and moderating effects of individual factors that exist prior to, or arise during, acculturation (Berry, 1997). Among the moderating personal factors existing prior to acculturation, adult attachment has received heightened attention as an important variable impacting the acculturation process and adaptation outcomes. Wang and Mallinckrodt (2006a) suggested that successful adaptation involves exploration of unfamiliar social situations that resemble the infants’ exploration of their physical surroundings. The acculturation process can be challenging and stressful because individuals going through this process often encounter disparities in various situations. Similar to infants, whose attachment system tends to be activated particularly in a distressing situation, threatening events or situations in one’s adult life also activate the attachment behavioral system of seeking proximity to attachment figures for security and support. Limited research has investigated the relationship between adult attachment and the acculturation processes (e.g., Brisset, Safdar, Lewis, & Sabatier, 2010; Sochos & Diniz, 2011). Previous research has highlighted a link between adult attachment (e.g., attachment styles and attachment security) and psychological adaptation. However, the relationship between adult attachment and international students’ other acculturation outcomes (e.g., sociocultural adaptation) remains unclear in the existing literature due to inconsistent previous findings. The current study addressed the gaps in the literature by focusing on international students’ acculturation processes and examined how adult attachment contributes to, or influences, their adaptation. Data was collected from 228 international students that are enrolled in higher education institutions in different geographic locations in the United States. Hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted for data analysis. The results suggest that attachment anxiety was a significant predictor of international students’ psychological adaptation. Attachment avoidance significantly moderated the effect of acculturation to the U.S. culture on international students’ psychological distress, while attachment anxiety was a marginally significant moderator for the effect of acculturation to the U.S. culture on sociocultural adaptation. Attachment avoidance also moderated the effects of physical assault and behavioral discrimination on international students’ self-esteem. Study limitations and future directions are discussed.
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Graham, Patricia Kelly. "From an adult viewpoint : the transition from non-student to student status /." Diss., This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-171721/.
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Cofield, Charlene Sutton. "Factors Contributing to Military-Veteran Student Success." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6544.
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The enrollment of military/veteran students at U.S. colleges and universities is growing steadily; however, factors affecting their academic success need further investigation. Guided by Tinto's student integration model and Bean and Metzner's model of nontraditional student attrition, the relationships between student characteristics and academic success for military/veteran, and civilian students were investigated. For this nonexperimental study, preentry characteristics (military/civilian status, race/ethnicity, age, gender, transfer credits) as well as 1st-year academic performance (total terms attended and grade point average [GPA]) archived in 393 students' records were examined to determine whether these variables predicted 4 student success measures: retention after 1 year, associate degree (AA) within 4 years, bachelor's degree (BA) within 8 years, and final GPA. Binary logistic regression and ordinary least squares multiple regression were conducted for the 3 retention/graduation measures and GPA, respectively. Significant findings indicated that Black students were more likely than White students to complete both AA and BA degrees and military, but not veterans, were more likely than civilians to earn AA degrees. Age was a positive predictor for earning a BA degree and a higher final GPA; transfer credits and total terms attended predicted student retention and AA degree completion; first-year GPA only predicted final GPA. Based on outcomes from this military-focused college, which showed the academic potential of two student groups often deemed less academically successful (military and Black students), colleges that focus on military students' success can better prepare these students for degree completion.
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Stringer, Kate Joanna Kerpelman Jennifer. "Career decision-making implications for emerging adults' career identity development /." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SPRING/Human_Development_and_Family_Studies/Thesis/Stringer_Kate_49.pdf.
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Schuetz, Pamela Gail. "Influences of campus environment on adult community college student engagement." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1432770591&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Coffman, Karie A. "Persistence Redefined: Why Men Stay." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1483984786449362.
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Kelly, Kathleen F. Franklin David L. "Forecasting adult participation in higher education." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1985. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p8514775.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1985.Title from title page screen, viewed June 8, 2005. Dissertation Committee: David Franklin (chair), John L. Brickell, Edward R. Hines, William E. Piland, Robert A. Wallhaus. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-170) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Smith, Michelina Antolino. "Commonalities and differences in the definition of student as perceived by traditional and non-traditional adult students /." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487683401444116.
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Liu, Tingting. "MATTERING PERCEPTIONS AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION." OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1882.
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Mattering involves feeling as though oneself belongs in a community and tends to influence one’s college experience. The issue of mattering has been explored in social psychology and education literature. Such research has sought to understand the transitions and necessary role changes of college students. Unfortunately, there has been a lack of studies on perceived mattering within one specific college student population—student veterans and active service members (SV/ASM). Higher learning institutions have expressed concerns about the academic progress of the SV/ASM population upon transitioning into college. However, no previous studies have examined the relationship between SV/ASM’s sense of mattering and their academic success. As such, the purpose of this study was twofold. First, it attempted to develop a mattering scale in order to examine SV/ASM mattering. Second, it explored the predictive ability of perceived mattering variables to SV/ASM’s academic success, as measured by their cumulative grade point average (GPA). The Mattering Scales for Adult Students in Higher Education (MHE) was used in this quantitative study with demographic questions. A sample of 129 SV/ASM enrolled at a research-based university in the midwestern region of the United States was used in this survey. An exploratory factor analysis was applied to operationalize the construct of mattering from MHE in order to investigate the SV/ASM’s feelings of mattering regarding the higher education environment. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were utilized to examine the effects of the mattering variables from MHE on the SV/ASM’s GPA. This study found that four mattering dimensions in the higher education environment could be employed to measure SV/ASM’s sense of mattering: peers, faculty, advising, and administration. The findings revealed that the SV/ASM generally have a neutral sense of mattering to their non-military peers and the university’s administration, while expressing a positive sense of mattering to their faculty members and advisors. The findings also indicated that peers and administration may impact SV/ASM’s academic success. Therefore, higher learning institutions should strive to provide tailored administration and positive peer interactions for SV/ASM in order to promote their overall academic success in higher education.
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Wild, Kelley. "Nontraditional centers: promoting nontraditional student success in higher education." Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17330.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs
Christy Craft
Nontraditional students are a growing and changing population of students that encompass a wide variety of demographics and have many external factors that contribute to their academic and social success. Institutions are meant to be a tool for social transformation, and as more nontraditional students move towards higher education, they are proving that lifelong learning is an essential aspect of human development not only for personal goals, but also for social, cultural, and economic purposes (Baptista, 2013). Institutions need to promote success for all students by continuously adjusting themselves to an always emergent and ever changing reality. Colleges will need to find and use best practices to guide nontraditional students in their academic and social success. Although their needs, motivations, and level of engagement may vary from traditional students, the overall mission of an institution is to create successful, well rounded, holistically developed citizens. Institutions would greatly benefit from creating a space that helps develop these students through the use of a center. A nontraditional center would allow practitioners to combine many of the best practices that can aid students in their college experience. Nontraditional student enrollment trends are unlikely to change in the future and investing in a space that addresses the factors and barriers that can inhibit degree attainment will be necessary for success. This master’s report will include the current enrollment trends of higher education, the differing characteristics of nontraditional and traditional students, history of nontraditional student enrollment, barriers and challenges to success, motivations to attend higher education, theoretical frameworks outlining success of nontraditional students and their adult identity development, how to promote nontraditional student success, and best practices that outline the characteristics of an ideal center.
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Wärme, Jesper. "Vuxen anknytning som prediktion av copingstrategier : En enkätstudie om vuxen anknytning och copingstrategier." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-47921.
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En kvantitativ enkätstudie har genomförts med syfte att undersöka korrelationer och prediktioner mellan vuxen anknytning och copingstrategier. Urvalet till studien är 133 studenter från olika universitet och högskolor i Sverige som besvarade en enkät. För att mäta vuxen anknytning användes Experience in close relationship (ECR-R) och för att mäta copingstrategier användes Brief COPE. Insamlad data analyserades i SPSS med Pearsons korrelationskoefficient test och multipel regressionsanalys. Resultatet från föreliggande studie visade på ett negativt signifikant samband mellan ångestladdad anknytning och problemfokuserad coping. Resultatet visade även på ett negativt signifikant samband mellan undvikande anknytning och problemfokuserad coping. Resultatet visade på ett signifikant samband mellan ångestladdad anknytning och dysfunktionell coping. Resultatet visade även på ett signifikant samband mellan undvikande anknytning och dysfunktionell coping. Föreliggande studies resultat visade att det inte fanns något samband mellan ångestladdad anknytning och emotionsfokuserad coping. Resultatet från föreliggande studie visade även att det inte fanns något samband mellan undvikande anknytning och emotionsfokuserad coping. Resultatet visade på att ångestladdad anknytning var en signifikant prediktor av problemfokuserad coping där 15 % av variansen för problemfokuserad förklarades. Ångestladdad anknytning var en signifikant prediktor för dysfunktionell coping där 22 % av variansen förklarades. Slutsatserna är att studenter med ångestladdad och undvikande anknytning använder i lägre grad problemfokuserad coping. Studenter med ångestladdad och undvikande anknytning använder i högre grad dysfunktionella copingstrategier. Slutsatsen är även att andra variabler än vuxen anknytning påverkar användande av olika copingstrategier.A quantitative survey study has been carried out to investigate possible correlations and predictions between adult attachment and coping strategies. The sample for the study was 133 students from various Universities and colleges in Sweden who answered a questionnaire. . To measure adult attachment this study used Experience in close relationship (ECR-R), and copingstrategies was measured by Brief COPE. Data collected were analyzed in SPSS using the Pearson correlationcoefficient test and multiple regression analysis. The results from the present study showed significant negative correlation between anxiety loaded attachment and problem focused coping. The results also showed a significant negative correlation between avoidance attachment and problem focused coping. The results from the present study showed a significant correlation between anxiety loaded attachment and dysfunctional coping. The results also showed a significant correlation between avoidance attachment and dysfunctional coping. The study results showed that there was no correlation between anxiety loaded attachment and emotion focused coping. The results also showed that there was no correlation between avoidance attachment and emotion focused coping. The result from the present study showed that anxiety loaded extension was a significant predictor of problem-focused coping where 15% of the variance of problem-focused was explained. Anxiety loaded attachment was a significant predictor of dysfunctional coping where 22% of the variance was explained. The conclusions are that students with anxiety loaded and avoidance attachment use lower grade of problem-focused coping. Students with anxiety and avoidance attachment uses increasingly dysfunctional coping strategies. It is concluded that variables other than adult attachment affects using various coping strategies.