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adult learners. This article is interesting to consider because it diametrically opposes the

existing and widely accepted views on the subject.

Donaldson, J. F., Graham, S. W., Martindill, W., & Bradley, S. (2000). Adult undergraduate

students: How do they define their experiences and their success? Journal of Continuing

Higher Education, 48(2), 2–11. Retrieved from the ERIC database.

A small study confirming current thinking that adults return to school for primarily

external reasons, e.g., a major life event or career advancement. The research further

illustrates that actual success in learning comes from an internal locus of control that

includes life experience, maturity, motivation, and self-monitoring.

Marienau, C. (1999). Self-assessment at work: Outcome of adult learners’ reflections on practice.

Adult Education Quarterly, 49(3), 135. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.

A qualitative study of adults in graduate programs and their use of self-assessment and

experiential learning from the perspectives of performance at work and personal

development. This article is enlightening, for it explores the benefits to the adult learner

of self-assessment and introspection. The concept of purposefulness and the need for the

adult learner to connect learning with concrete experience are discussed.

Merriam, S. B., & Caffarella, R. S. (2001). Adult learning theories, principles and applications.

San Francisco, CA: Wiley.

This is a textbook used for the training of instructors of adult students. The text contains

several excellent and pertinent chapters devoted to the self-determination of the adult

student and the need for programs to be designed that allow adults to use their problem-

solving skills.

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