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Final Report of the Development of an International Adult Learning Module (OECD AL Module): Recommendations on Methods, Concepts and Questions in International Adult Learning Surveys. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 21
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Kuwan, Helmut; Larsson, Ann-Charlotte – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2008
Policy interest in international surveys on Adult Learning (AL) has increased strongly. AL survey data are used as benchmarks for a country's educational system. However, results of key indicators like participation in learning activities often vary remarkably between different data sources. Stating that these differences are due to varying…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Learning Activities, Adult Learning, Learning Modules
Fighting Shyness with Shyness: An Exercise in Survey Methodology and Self-Awareness.
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Carducci, Bernardo J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes an in-class exercise designed to teach basic principles of survey methodology and to educate students about the pervasiveness and problems associated with shyness in college students. Students complete a brief survey on shyness and the instructor summarizes the results for the class as part of a lecture on survey methodology. (MJP)
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Communication
E-Learning and Virtual Science Centers
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Hin, Leo Tan Wee, Ed.; Subramaniam, R., Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2005
"E-Learning and Virtual Science Centers" addresses an aspect of Web-based education that has not attracted sufficient attention in the international research literature--that of virtual science centers, the cyberspace annex of traditional science centers. It is the first book to be published on the rapidly advancing field of science education.…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Museums, Information Dissemination, Science Education