Instructor Age and the Older Learner

Rindskopf, Kathryn Dohrmann; Charles, Don C.

doi:10.1093/geront/14.6.479

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“…Another study (Rindskopf & Charles, 1974) failed to find like-age facilitation of learning or that older students exhibited preference for younger or older instructors.…”

Section: Faculty Agementioning

confidence: 97%

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The Effect of Senior Auditors on College Classes: An Assessment by Faculty Members

Hays

1996

Educational Gerontology

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“…Another study (Rindskopf & Charles, 1974) failed to find like-age facilitation of learning or that older students exhibited preference for younger or older instructors.…”

Section: Faculty Agementioning

confidence: 97%

“…Rindskopf and Charles (1974) found older learners to be "happy with all instructors regardless of age" and to "use a much smaller portion of the evaluation scale ... frequently giving all 100s to instructors" (p. 282).…”

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The Effect of Senior Auditors on College Classes: An Assessment by Faculty Members

Hays

1996

Educational Gerontology

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“…Farris (1953) noted that the better work turned out by one group may have been influenced by the more supportive interest in the students by the teacher. Although it would seem that older instructors would be more welcomed by the elderly as less threatening, there is little evidence to date that this is the case (Rindskopf & Charles, 1974).…”

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On Teaching Art to the Elderly: Research and Practice

Jones¹

1980

Educational Gerontology

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There is a growing need for information on teaching art to the elderly and only a few studies that deal specifically with the topic. This paper discusses findings from studies in the psychology of aging and relates them to similar findings reported in the literature of adult education and art education to generate guidelines for the teaching of art. Suggestions are made for approaching the elderly student as a single type and for accommodating for the wide differences within the group.

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“…Following Rindskopf and Charles, (1974) a variation of a numbered rating scale was used to assess level of confidence for each question.…”

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“…In the Rindskopf and Charles (1974) study it was observed that many older adults had difficulty using numbered rating scales. In a later…”

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Cautiousness as a factor in the test taking skills of adult students

Engel¹

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Group by Order by Answer by Instruction Split-plot Analysis of Variance Measures of cautiousness Proportion of omitted responses on vocabulary task 43 Total proportion omitted on prose learning task Rated confidence level for all attempted questions 47 Group by Sex by Answer by Instruction Split-plot Analysis of Variance Measures of cautiousness Total proportion omitted on prose learning task 55 Rated confidence level for all attempted questions 55

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Instructor Age and the Older Learner

Cited by 11 publications

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The Effect of Senior Auditors on College Classes: An Assessment by Faculty Members

The Effect of Senior Auditors on College Classes: An Assessment by Faculty Members

On Teaching Art to the Elderly: Research and Practice

Cautiousness as a factor in the test taking skills of adult students

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