Saint
Nick--sall
This is What
They Said
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Final
Jeopardy
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C1 $100
The name of the organization that
conducted the Adult Learner
Persistence Study
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What is the
National Center for the
Study of Adult Learning
and Literacy (NCSALL)?
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The group of states in
which the study was
conducted
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What are the New
England states?
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Two of the four supports
that the study identified
as having an impact on
learner persistence
C1 $300
(Name two) What are:
• Managing positive and negative
forces
• Building self efficacy
• Setting clear goals
• Seeing progress?
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Name of the largest type
of adult learners identified
in the study
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What are:
Intermittent
Learners?
C1 final
The final Jeopardy answer is:
NCSALL’s proposed
definition of learner
persistence that
recognizes and
accommodates the
“stop out” phenomenon
Timer
C1 final
What is:
Adults staying in programs for as
long as they can,
engaging in supported self study or
distance education when they
must stop attending program
services, and
returning to program services as
soon as the demands of their lives
allow?
C2 $100
The main question that
Belzer wanted to answer
in her study
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What is “how do adult
learners feel about
leaving our programs?”
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Name given to the cycle
of enrolling, leaving, and
re-entering adult
education programs
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What is “stopping out?”
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Beder stated that these
two issues were the most
understated problems in
adult education
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What are continuous
enrollment and mixed skill
level classes?
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Tom Sticht says
persistence increases in
these types of classes
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What are classes where
the focus of students and
classrooms are more
closely aligned?
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Intermittent learners
describe this as the
reason for their early
departures
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What are “factors beyond
their control?”
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