A Consideration of Cognitive Factors in the Learning and Education of Older Adults.

Fry, Prem S.

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ERIC Number: EJ458072

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Publication Date: 1992

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A Consideration of Cognitive Factors in the Learning and Education of Older Adults.

Fry, Prem S.

International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, v38 n4 p303-25 Jul 1992

Considers the unique cognitive and intellectual factors that influence the learning and education of older adults. Reviews research on patterns of intellectual and cognitive aging and the implications of patterns in attention, memory, information retrieval, and tolerance for interference in the development of cognitive training programs for older adults. (DMM)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Gerontology, Intelligence, Learning Processes, Literature Reviews, Memory, Older Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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