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50 Years of ERIC
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The Distance Learning Partnership in Gerontology: The Georgia Model for Gerontology Higher Education.
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Malone, D. Michael; Poon, Leonard W.; Schmidt, Mark S. – Educational Gerontology, 1998
The Distance Learning Partnership in Gerontology involves eight Georgia state universities in a videoconferencing network for gerontology education. Design features include multilevel administration and a multimethod, multimeasure evaluation plan. Challenges include the diversity of faculty and students and enabling faculty autonomy within a…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Cooperation, Educational Gerontology
Interests and Strategies of Young and Old Readers Differentially Interact with Characteristics of Texts.
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Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Talbot, Andrew; Stubblefield, R. Allen; Poon, Leonard W. – Educational Gerontology, 1998
Studies of the gain from reading-strategy instructions by young (n=41) and old (n=46) adults determined that older adults were more dependent on signals in text. A strictly cognitive approach to text learning is not sufficient for older adults. (JOW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cues, Older Adults, Reading Comprehension
Assessing Training Needs of Geriatric Service Providers: Telephone Survey Outcomes.
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Malone, D. Michael; Poon, Leonard W.; Shetterley, Karen – Educational Gerontology, 1998
Outcomes of focus groups and telephone interviews of 403 gerontology providers identified training needs, logistics of delivery, and preferred delivery methods. Results were used to develop a framework for a multilevel curriculum to address the needs of three levels of trainees. (SK)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Delivery Systems, Focus Groups, Geriatrics
Assessing Training Needs of Geriatric Service Providers: Program Rationale and Focus Group Outcomes.
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Shetterley, Karen; Malone, D. Michael; Poon, Leonard W. – Educational Gerontology, 1998
Three focus groups of service agency representatives, state administrators, and rural service providers in Georgia identified their needs for geriatrics training, and barriers to accessing training. Results underscored the need for coordinated continuing-education planning. (SK)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Focus Groups
Linking Needs Assessment to Gerontological Outreach Training Program Development.
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Shetterley, Karen; Malone, D. Michael; Poon, Leonard W. – Educational Gerontology, 1998
Focus group and survey results were used to create a continuing education outreach program in gerontology. The model includes aging knowledge and interpersonal and organizational skills. Core areas included the structure, contexts, theories, and concepts of aging; stability and change; ethics; scholarship; and practice. (SK)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Focus Groups, Gerontology, Higher Education
Age Differences in Efficiency of Reading Comprehension from Printed versus Computer-Displayed Text.
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Poon, Leonard W.; Meyer, Bonnie J. F. – Educational Gerontology, 1997
Older (n=57) and younger (n=63) adults read passages in one of three conditions: on printed pages, on a self-paced computer screen, or on computer screens paced by machine. Older adults' comprehension was most efficient with print, younger subjects' with computers. When asked if they liked reading computer screens, 67% of younger and 46% of older…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computers, Efficiency, Older Adults
Individual Variability in Memory Training with the Elderly.
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Schaffer, Gesine; Poon, Leonard W. – Educational Gerontology, 1982
Examined and measured effects of individual differences among the elderly in a cognitive training program emphasizing general learning skills. Memory improvement was greater for learning skill training and social support compared with a waiting list group. Individual variability obscured statistical differences in treatment effect. Examined…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences, Learning Processes