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 Here Today - Gone Tomorrow:
Strategies for Motivating and
Retaining Adult
Learners:
Listed below are the agenda, powerpoint, and
training materials from the student retention workshop
conducted at the 2005 Basic Skills Conference by Kathi Polis
of Strategic Training and
Resources, Inc.
Agenda
Powerpoint
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Research
and Resource Packet
Strategies
for Managing Positive and Negative Forces
Strategies
for Building Self Efficacy
Strategies
for Setting Clear Goals
Strategies
for Showing Progress
Student
Persistence Research and Articles
Adult Learner Retention
Revisited (Kerka, S. 1995)
http://www.cete.org/acve/docgen.asp?tbl=archive&ID=A002
Build Motivation by Building Learner
Participation (Garner, B. 1998)
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=419
Getting into Groups
(Pritza, M. 1998)
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=415
Getting to Class and Completing a Semester is
Tough,
pg. 12
(Sticht, T. et al. 1998)
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/lp_c.pdf
Improving Retention in Adult Basic Education
and Recommended Strategies
for Effective Instructional and Counseling
Interventions (Quigley, B. 1997)
http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/0600-3.htm
NCSALL’s Adult Persistence Study
·
Persistence among Adult Basic Education
Students in Pre-GED Classes
(Comings,
J. Parrella, A, & Soricone, L. 1999) http://www.ncsall.net/?id=663
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Helping Adults Persist: Four Supports,
pg. 6 (Comings, J. Parrella, A, & Soricone, L. 2000)
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/lp_d.pdf
·
Sponsors and Sponsorship,
pg 13 (Comings, J. & Cuban, S. 2002)
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/lp_d.pdf
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The K-12 School Experiences of High School
Dropouts,
pg. 4 (Reder, S. & Strawn, C. 2001)
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/lp_c.pdf
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Stopping Out, Not Dropping Out,
pg. 7 (Belzer, A. 1998)
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/lp_c.pdf
Research to Practice: Increasing Retention
Through Student Success
(Malitz,
. & Nixon-Ponder, S. 2003)
http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/0200-11.htm
Staying in a Literacy Program
(Willard, A.
1998)
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=418
Self Efficacy (Bandura,
A. 1994)
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/BanEncy.html
The First Three Weeks: A Critical Time for
Motivation (Quigley, B. 1998)
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=420
Tips for Motivating Your Students
http://opd.iupui.edu/ctl/idd/docs/tipsheets/motivation.pdf
Where Attendance is Not a Problem
(Lucey, M. 1998)
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=416
Strategies, Tips, and
More
Adult Students: Recruitment and Retention
M. Wonacott, Practice Application Brief No. 18, ERIC
Clearinghouse of Adult, Career, and Vocational Education,
2001
Reviews research on adult learner persistence and provides
guidelines for recruiting and retaining adult learners.
http://www.cete.org/acve/docgen.asp?tbl=pab&ID=108
California Adult Learner Persistence Project
Use the California Adult Learner Persistence
Project Website to examine practices at your local agency.
The Website will guide you through evaluating your own local
agency, and will provide links to other resources – such as
research publications and professional development
opportunities – that will enrich your learning process.
http://www.adultlearnerpersistence.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Home
Considerations for Setting Realistic NRS
Goals
Provides
considerations and examples for setting realistic NRS goals
related to employment, postsecondary education, and GED.
http://naepdc.org/Word%20Documents/setting_realistic_nrs_goalscon.htm
Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn: A
Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults
R.J. Wlodkowski, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998
Revised edition offers culturally responsive practical
advice and strategies to enhance adults’ motivation to
learn. Looks at theory and research on how motivation
affects instruction and highlights the integration of
motivational strategies into lesson plans.
Available for purchase from
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787903604.html
Florida Adult Education Online Learning
Center –
Improving Student Retention in Adult Education Programs
A free, open-entry online
professional development course on student retention
developed by the Florida Adult Education Online Learning
Center.
http://adulted.successfast.net/courses/introduction.cfm?classif=137
Group Goal Setting Activities: An Approach
from Youth Service Corps
Provides
various options for helping students set realistic goals.
http://www.sabes.org/resources/adventures/vol4/4pece.htm
Goal Setting
Provides
three goal setting models including time required, size of
group, materials, procedures and rules, and discussion
questions
http://www.kappakappagamma.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=
1472&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm
National Adult Education Honor Society
Includes
information on the history, student eligibility, inducting
students, getting started, benefits, and nomination process.
http://www.naehs.org/Default.htm
NCSALL Study Circle Guide:
Learner Persistence in Adult Basic Education
The study circle is designed
for adult education practitioners who desire to explore
specific topics, brainstorm ideas, and develop strategies in
a small group setting. This guide includes everything
needed to initiate a study circle on learner persistence
including handouts, readings, discussion questions, etc.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ncsall/teach/lp.pdf
NCSALL
Seminar Guide: Helping
Adults Persist.
This 3 ˝-hour seminar introduces adult education
practitioners to the research on adult student persistence,
focusing on the positive and negative forces that help and
hinder persistence.
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/persistence_role.pdf
NCSALL
Seminar Guide: Supports
and Barriers to Persistence.
In this 4-hour seminar, participants explore reasons why
students leave programs and ways to support students,
including sponsorship.
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/supports_role.pdf
NCSALL
Seminar Guide:
Self-efficacy in Persistence.
This 3 ˝-hour seminar introduces adult education
practitioners to the four supports to adult student
persistence identified in the research study.
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/self-efficacy_role.pdf
Ordering Information for the
Group Embedded Figures Test
Ordering
information for the GEFT that assesses cognitive style and
analytical ability.
http://www.mindgarden.com/products/gefts.htm
Recruitment and Retention in Adult Education
Programs
The Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center (CIAESC)
This manual addresses possible reasons for the drop in the
retention rate for adult learners and for their academic
failure and offers procedures for identifying those most at
risk of dropping out. The 200 strategies in this manual are
designed to empower learners, establish group cohesion,
facilitate the identification of goals, and encourage
participation. Strategies are categorized as follows:
User-Friendly Strategies, Responsive Strategies, Empowering
Strategies, Personal and Relevant Strategies, and
Interactive Strategies.
http://www.cait.org/ciaesc/prof_dev/publications.jsp#rec
Recruitment Issues and Strategies for Adults Who Are Not
Currently Participating in Literacy and Adult Basic
Education (ABE) Programs
A. Kohring, C. White, and M. Ziegler, 1999
Discusses some techniques, tools, and strategies for
recruiting adult learners using various marketing and public
relations methods. Also reviews other issues related to
recruitment and lists suggestions for strategies to test in
ABE or literacy programs.
http://cls.coe.utk.edu/lpm/manage_ins/1999mi/aaronk.html
Student/Teacher Evaluation and Planning Session (STEPS)
Provides a
detailed process for setting up and implementing regularly
scheduled planning sessions between adult students and
teachers.
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