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ERIC Number: EJ631982
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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Motivation and the Adult New Reader: Student Profiles in a Deweyan Vein.
Demetrion, George
Adult Basic Education, v11 n2 p80-108 Sum 2001
Uses Dewey's concept of growth as "the ability to learn from experience" to discuss the learning histories of three male literacy learners. From this perspective, their progress toward goals, rather than achievement, is the primary focus. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Beginning Reading, Experiential Learning, Individual Development, Learning Motivation, Males
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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