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Predictors of Academic Performance in an Adult Education Degree at a Business School in South Africa
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Direct linkKotzé, Martina; Massyn, Liezel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2019
In South Africa under apartheid, higher education was unavailable to a large segment of the population. Many who enrol for an undergraduate degree today are thus mature students or 'adult learners' 25 years or older who are in full-time employment. Since these students learn differently from their younger peers, institutions need to know what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Adult Education
Download full textTwyman, Janet; Redding, Sam – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2015
This publication and its companion, "Personal Competencies/Personalized Learning: Lesson Plan Reflection Guide," were created in response to a request for further development of the practical application of personalized learning concepts by teachers. Personalized learning varies the time, place, and pace of learning for each student, and…
Descriptors: Reflection, Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs
Zeiser, Kristina L.; Taylor, James; Rickles, Jordan; Garet, Michael S.; Segeritz, Michael – American Institutes for Research, 2014
The "Study of Deeper Learning: Opportunities and Outcomes"--funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation--aimed to determine whether students attending high schools with a mature and at least moderately well implemented approach to promoting deeper learning actually experienced greater deeper learning opportunities and outcomes…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Transformative Learning, Critical Thinking, High School Students
Willans, Julie; Seary, Karen – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
The mature-age learner's re-engagement with a formal learning environment may be somewhat akin to the novice Paintball player who, unless well positioned and attuned to the rules of the combative game, is bombarded and worn down by constant "hits". For the mature-age learner, such "hits" may come in the form of tensions…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Maturity (Individuals), Transformative Learning, Adult Students
