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ERIC Number: EJ488242
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1962
Adult Learning Characteristics and Effective Software Instruction.
Ference, Pamela R.; Vockell, Edward L.
Educational Technology, v34 n6 p25-31 Jul-Aug 1994
Discusses adult learner characteristics, explains events of instruction, and describes how the characteristics of adult learners can be merged with these events of instruction to help facilitate instruction in software use. Highlights include gaining attention; motivation; stimulating recall of prerequisite material; feedback; performance assessment; and retention and transfer. (Contains 10 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Computer Software, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Instructional Design, Learning Processes, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), Student Characteristics, Student Motivation, Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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