Effects of Age, Education and Attitudes on Learning by Older Adults from a Documentary Programme.

Owens, R. David

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Publication Date: 1987

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Effects of Age, Education and Attitudes on Learning by Older Adults from a Documentary Programme.

Owens, R. David

Journal of Educational Television, v13 n2 p95-111 1987

Investigated the extent to which three personological variables (age, level of education, and attitude towards television) affect the amount learned from a documentary by adults over 50 years of age. The results indicated that education was the most reliable and important predictor of retention: as education increased, so did retention. (Author/RP)

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Content Analysis, Documentaries, Educational Attainment, Measurement Techniques, Middle Aged Adults, Older Adults, Predictor Variables, Research Design, Retention (Psychology), Television Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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