Theme of Issue: Learning Strategies in Adult Learning

SKILLS has been used in approximately 20 studies, and ATLAS has been used in over 50 studies. Because it is based on the SKILLS research and because it was designed as a user-friendly replacement for SKILLS, most of the recent research in adult learning strategies has used ATLAS. In a study to explo...

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Published in:Journal of adult education 2012-07, Vol.41 (2), p.I
Main Authors: Conti, Gary J, McNeil, Rita C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adult Basic Education
Adult Learning
Adult Students
AIDS
Andragogy
Cognitive style
College students
Learning Processes
Learning Strategies
Lifelong Learning
Memory
Metacognition
Preferences
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
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Summary:SKILLS has been used in approximately 20 studies, and ATLAS has been used in over 50 studies. Because it is based on the SKILLS research and because it was designed as a user-friendly replacement for SKILLS, most of the recent research in adult learning strategies has used ATLAS. In a study to explore the relationship of learning strategies to two other cognitive style dimensions, Perry R. Sanders and Gary J. Conti used ATLAS to identify learning strategy preferences. [...]learning strategies are used differently in each of these studies.
ISSN:0090-4244