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Download full textSewall, Timothy J. – 1986
This paper addresses the issue of whether four of the learning styles instruments currently available are of sufficient psychometric quality to warrant their continued use either for research or educational purposes. Four instruments, which purport to measure learning styles, were selected for review. Criteria for selection were based in part on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Personality Measures
Macduff, Nancy – 1989
Some factors that should be considered when administering tests to adults include the following: (1) adults have a difficult time adapting to new things; (2) everyone resists change to some degree; (3) change requires new learning; (4) various things influence a person's ability to learn new things and make changes; (5) childhood events can…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
