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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Descriptor
Adults1
Educational Strategies1
Independent Study1
Lifelong Learning1
Models1
Path Analysis1
Persistence1
Personal Autonomy1
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Adult Education Quarterly: A…1
Author
Carr, Paul B.1
Derrick, M. Gail1
Ponton, Michael K1
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Journal Articles1
Reports - Research1
Education Level
Adult Education1
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Teachers1
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The Relationship between Resourcefulness and Persistence in Adult Autonomous Learning
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Ponton, Michael K; Derrick, M. Gail; Carr, Paul B. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate the tenability of a proposed path-analytic model relating resourcefulness and persistence in the context of adult autonomous learning. Data collected from a nonprobability sample of 492 American adults using valid and reliable measures for resourcefulness and persistence were analyzed. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Persistence, Lifelong Learning, Independent Study, Personal Autonomy