Teaching Adult Learners Basic Computer Skills: A New Look at Age, Sex, and Motivational Factors.

Mruk, Christopher J.

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ERIC Number: EJ357041

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Publication Date: 1987

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Teaching Adult Learners Basic Computer Skills: A New Look at Age, Sex, and Motivational Factors.

Mruk, Christopher J.

Collegiate Microcomputer, v5 n3 p294-300 Aug 1987

Discusses research on understanding the learning process involved in acquiring basic computer skills for nontraditional adult students. A survey is described that compares learning patterns of part-time adult students with traditional college students in introductory computer courses, and teaching recommendations for nontraditional learners are given. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Equal Education, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Nontraditional Students, Part Time Students, Surveys, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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