This collection of four papers (each with a response) given at a 1987 symposium focuses on a renewed consideration of literacy in America and its implications for national, state, and local policy. The papers include "Definitions of Literacy" (Richard L. Venezky); "Literacy for What Purpose?" (Larry Mikulecky); "Measuring…

Fairleigh Dickinson University developed a University Core Curriculum which it initiated in the 1987-1988 academic year (the pilot program was operational in the fall 1986 semester). The University Core is composed of four 3-credit liberal education courses: "Perspectives on the Individual," which deals with works ranging from Plato's "Crito" to…

This document contains an analysis which identifies the transfer of the Shared Process Evaluation System (SHAPES) to the Significant Learning Event Analysis (S(L)EA), a self-evaluation instrument which offers a systematic flexible approach to access learning, and which is intended to be useful to adult education researchers in examining adult…

The AFOSR research plan calls for fundamental studies in human learning and performance that would provide the foundations for general laws of learning applicable to Air Force problems. The report describes gaps in research that should be eliminated by investigations in specific fields. Studies of individual and group differences in aptitude and…

This booklet presents guidelines regarding the selection, training, qualifications, and tasks of industrial instructors. The appendix briefly deals with learning processes including the sensory bases of learning, learning theory, instructional methods, stages of training, and instruction principles. (DM)

This report is concerned with the place of "nontraditional" students within higher education and the enhanced role of "further education." The Commission favors opening up more options for students outside colleges and universities, more opportunities for returnees to higher education and for all adults who wish to participate…

This is the fifth in a series of updatings of this bibliography. Nearly three fourths of the titles have appeared since the original list was prepared seven years ago. The bibliography is organized in 12 sections. Eight of the sections consist principally of books, each of which relates to a course, seminar, or institute of the program of Graduate…

The present study examined the effects of varying meaningfulness of response terms (low, medium, and high) in paired-associate learning of five-or seven-item lists over five trials with both experimenter-paced and self-paced conditions. The subjects were two groups of elderly adults, 61-75 and 76-92. (Author)

Assesses the state of the art of theory building efforts in adult learning. Theories are divided into three categories: (1) those based on adult learner characteristics, (2) those emphasizing the adult's life situation, and (3) those focusing upon consciousness changes. Common components are identified. (Author/CH)

Reviews research on effects of interventions aimed at maintaining or improving memory function among older adults including slowing pace of learning, organizing learning materials, training in use of imagery, mnemonics, and supportive environments. Explicates the ways in which findings of laboratory research can be incorporated into educational…

The author discusses the use of adult education precepts in professional realms outside its mainstream, specifically patient education. He cites the effect of role playing on cardiac rehabilitation education. (JOW)

Asserts that older adults can profit from teaching techniques that address their unique abilities and needs, and that the learning performance of older adults can be improved by helping them to organize better the material to be learned. Presents practical suggestions on how advance organizers can be used to facilitate learning among older adults.…

As important as teaching processes are in adult learning, it may be even more important to help adults find connections between discipline content and the issues they experience personally as they move through the life cycle. (Author/MSE)