Daryl F. Mellard|Thomas S. Krieshok|Emily C. Fall|Kari L. Woods
Dispositional factors affecting motivation during learning in adult basic and secondary education programs
University of Kansas|University of Kansas|University of Kansas|University of Kansas
research indicates quarter adult students separate formal adult basic secondary education abease programs completing one educational level retrospective study explores individual dispositional factors affect motivation learning particularly students goals goaldirected thinking action based hope theory attendance behaviors selfperceptions competency based affective domain attributions external internal obstacles learning employment demographic factors among 274 abease students learners made education gain 1 year significantly differed dispositional demographic variables educational level significantly differed wide variety dispositional demographic variables findings suggest researchable questions programmatic considerations may lead future innovations improve learner persistence