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Direct linkShalini Sahoo; Roberto J. Millar; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – Adult Learning, 2023
Research on factors associated with motivation to learn (MtL) is limited, particularly among middle-aged adults and immigrants. This study examines educational attainment, literacy skills, and nativity (foreign-born vs. native-born) as predictors of MtL in middle-aged adults living in the United States. Nationally representative data of…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Motivation, Immigrants, Educational Attainment
Margaret Becker Patterson; Usha G. Paulson – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2015
In October 2013, early findings from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) showed that skill levels of U.S. adults are well below the international average and vary substantially according to education background, and that half of U.S. adults do not complete a postsecondary degree. A question remains: do adults…
Descriptors: Adults, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning, Learning Strategies
