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Parent-Nichols, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In-service trainings for teachers provide information to influence teacher practice within the complex, dynamic environment of the classroom. Transfer of learning, the ability to use previously learned information in a novel setting or time, is necessary for generalization to actual practice (Sork and Caffarella, 1998). Teachers report that…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Transfer of Training, Generalization
Diehl, Tara E. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This action research study explored a constructivist, flipped classroom approach to teaching developmental mathematics. This study was developed in response to a concern regarding a lack of success in developmental mathematics. Throughout the study, adult developmental learners were required to watch video lectures prior to attending class. Class…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Blended Learning, Constructivism (Learning)
Olson, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Recertification of certified registered nurse anesthetists has become a concern of both the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) and its membership. Even with the concern, little research has been done on attitudes of the membership and how they perceive the recertification process as it relates to adult learning theories. The purpose…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Nurses, Anesthesiology, Professional Associations
Croasmun, James T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The adult student undergraduate population is growing at the fastest rate on campuses in the United States and many undergraduates are still developing adult learning characteristics. Historically, college courses are generally not designed to meet the needs of adult learner or foster adult learning characteristics in developing adult learners. Is…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Control Groups, Self Efficacy, Adult Learning