Donaldson, J. F.,& Graham, S. (1999). A model of college outcomes for adults. Adult Education Quarterly, 50(1), 24-40.

Abstract

This article presents a model of college outcomes for adult undergraduate students to address the key elements that affect their learning and to stimulate research and theory building about adults’ experience in college. It provides a review of the literature and a comprehensive model that considers the relationships between six major elements related to adults’ undergraduate collegiate experiences: (a) prior experiences; (b) orienting frameworks such as motivation, self-confidence, and value system; (c) adult’s cognition or the declarative, procedural, and self-regulating knowledge structures and processes; (d) the “connecting classroom” as the central avenue for social engagement and for negotiating meaning for learning; (e) the life-world environment and the concurrent work, family, and community settings; and (f) the different types and levels of learning outcomes experienced by adults.

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Recent Articles about College Outcome Model

(Tested the model)

Gartenlaub, M. N. (2003). Adult urban community college success: Identifying the factors that predict course completion and goal attainment for students aged 25 years and older. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California.

Kent, S. E., & Gimmestad, M. J. (2004). Adult undergraduate student persistence and their perceptions of how they matter to the institution. Retrieved September 20, 2005, from Web site: http://www.ashe.ws/paperdepot/2004%20a03%20kent%20gimmestad%20adult%20undergraduate%20students%20persistence.pdf

Samuels, W. (2005). The persistence of adult undergraduates on a traditionally oriented university campus. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Western Michigan University.

Webb, M. D. (2004).Path analysis of factors affecting student outcomes and continued participation after completing ALNU 1100 Basics of Patient Care at East Tennessee State University. (Doctoral dissertation, East Tennessee State University, 2004). Dissertation Abstracts International, 65(1), 44.

 

 (Used for Literature Review)

Carney-Crompton, S., & Tan, J (2002). Support systems, psychological functioning, and academic performance of nontraditional female students. Adult Education Quarterly, 52(2), 140-154.

Imel, S. (2001). Adult learners in postsecondary education. Retrieved September 22, 2005, from Web site: http://www.cete.org/acve/docgen.asp?tbl=pab&ID=107

Justice, E. M., & Dornan, T. M. (2001). Metacognitive differences between traditional-age and nontraditional-age college students. Adult Education Quarterly, 51(3), 236-249.

Kasworm, C. (2003). Adult meaning making in the undergraduate classroom. Adult Education Quarterly, 53(2), 81-98.

McRay, J. (2005). Assessing quality in Midwest adult degree completion programs: An exploratory study. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Kansas State University.

Palazesi, L. M. (2004).How baby boomers value their learning experiences as consumers of a Florida community college’s educational services. Research paper prepared for the annual meeting of the association for the study of higher education (ASHE), November 3-6, 2004, Kansas City, Missouri.

Perkins, M. R. (n.d.). Stranger in a strange land? Retrieved September 20, 2005, from Web site: http://www.coe.uga.edu/hsp/monographs4/rossiter.pdf.

Perry, Y.T.D. (2003). Assistors to continuous enrollment for women in Texas even start family literacy programs. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University.

Rollins, J. E. (2002). An investigation of the connections between adult student success, satisfaction, and learning preferences and usable interface design of web-based educational resources. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Drexel University.

Rossiter, M. (n.d.). Educational relationships and possible selves in the adult undergraduate experience. Retrieved September 20, 2005, from University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Web site: http://www.coe.uga.edu/hsp/monographs4/rossiter.pdf.