• View
• Edit
• History
• Print

Bibliography

Returning Adult Students and Writing

Aldrich, Pearl G. “Adult Writers: Some Factors That Interfere with Effective Writing.” Technical Writing Teacher 9.3 (1982): 128–32.

Bask, Lee, Kristin Lighty, and Deborah Tebrock. “Utilizing a ‘Transformation Course’ To Assist Returning Adult Learners.” Connections: Adult Learners and the Evolving University: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Alliance/ACE conference AHEA Oct 21–23, 1999 Saratoga Springs, NY. (1999): 1–6. ERIC. ED 442 323. 10 December 2006 Link.

Bay, Libby. “Twists, Turns, and Returns: Returning Adult Students.” Teaching English in the Two Year College 26 (1999): 305–312.

Belanger, Kelly and Linda Strom. Second Shift: Teaching Writing to Working Adults. Portsmouth: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1999.

Berninger, Virginia W., Frances Fuller, and Dianne Whitaker. “A Process Model of Writing Development Across the Life Span.” Educational Psychology Review 8 (1996): 193–218.

Bernstein, Susan Naomi. Teaching Developmental Writing: Background Readings. Boston: Beford/St. Martin’s, 2006.

Carroll, Michael. “Journal Writing as a Learning and Research Tool in the Adult Classroom.” TESOL Journal 4.1 (1994): 19–22.

Cassity, Kathleen. Bringing Lived Cultures and Experience to the WAC Classroom: A Qualitative Study of Selected Nontraditional Community College Students Writing Across the Curriculum. Diss. U of Hawai’i, UMI, 2005. 3171037. ProQuest. DePaul U Lib., Chicago, IL. 9 Dec. 2006. http://proquest.com.

Conners, Patricia. “Some Attitudes of Returning or Older Students of Composition.” College Composition and Communication 33 (1982): 263–266.

Elkins, Hope, Tom Buckingham, and Lynn Cochran. “In Their Own Words: Assessment to Understand the Dynamics of College Retention.” Mid-Western Educational Research Association. (2003): 1–19. ERIC. ED 482 142. 10 December 2006 Link.

Ferretti, E. “Between Dirty Dishes and Polished Discourse: How Working Class Moms Construct Student Identities.” Teaching Working Class. Ed. Sherry Lee Linton. Amherst MA: University of Massachusetts, 1999. 69–83.

Fredericksen, Elaine. “Silence and the Nontraditional Writer.” Teaching English in the Two Year College 25 (1998): 115–122. ProQuest. DePaul U Lib., Chicago, IL. 4 Dec. 2006. http://proquest.com.

Gillam, Alice M. “Returning Students’ Ways of Writing: Implications for First-Year College Composition.” Journal of Teaching Writing 10.1 (1991): 1–20.

Gillespie, Marilyn. “Research in Writing: Implications for Adult Literacy Education.” The Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy 2.3 (2001). National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. 25 Sept. 2005 http://www.ncsall.net/?id=771&pid=561.

Gleason, Barbara. “Connected Literacies of Adult Writers: Workplace Ethnographies in College Composition.” In Multiple Literacies for the 21st Century. Charles Bazerman, Brian Huot, Beth Stroble, Editors. Hampton Press, 2004. Greenwood, C.M. “’It’s Scary at First’: Reentry Women in College Composition Classes.” Teaching English in the Two Year College 17 (1990): 133–142.

Gleason, Barbara. “Returning Adults to the Mainstream: Toward a Curriculum for Diverse Student Writers.” Mainstreaming Basic Writers: Politics and Pedagogies of Access, Geraldine McNenny and Sallyanne Fitzgerald, Editors; Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001. Reprinted in Teaching Developmental Writing: Background Readings, 2nd edition/2004 and 3rd edition/2007 by Susan Naomi Bernstein. Bedford St. Martin’s Press.

Gleason, Barbara. “Urban Literacies and The Ethnographic Process: Composing Community at the Center for Worker Education.” In CityComp: Identities, Spaces,Practices, Cynthia Ryan and Bruce McComiskey, Editors, SUNY Press, 2003.

Gleason, Barbara. “Something of Great Constancy: Storytelling, Story Writing, and Academic Literacy,” Attending to the Margins: Writing, Researching, and Teaching on The Front Lines, Valerie Balester and Michelle Hall Kells, editors, Heinemann, 1999.

Hall Kells, Michelle and Valerie Balster, Eds. Attending to the Margins, Researching and Teaching on the Front Lines. Portsmouth: Boynton/Cook, 1999.

Hansman, Catherine A. and Arthur L. Wilson. “Teaching Writing in Community Colleges: A Situated View of How Adults Learn to Write in Computer-Based Writing Classrooms.” Community College Review 26.1 (1998): 21–42. WilsonWeb. 17 March 2006.

Hout, Brian, Beth Stroble, and Charles Bazerman, eds. Multiple Literacies for the 21st Century. Cresskill: Hampton Press, Inc.: 2004.

Jackman, Mary Kay. “When the Personal Becomes Professional: Stories from Reentry Adult Women Learners about Family, Work, and School.” Composition Studies. 27.2 (1999): 53–67.

Karpiak, Irene. “Writing Our Life: Adult Learning and Teaching through Autobiography.” Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education 26.1 (2000): 31–50.

Kerka, Sandra. “Journal Writing and Adult Learning.” ERIC Digest No. 174 (1996): 1–7. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational Education Columbus OH. ED399413. 17 Mar. 2007 Link.

Kerka, Sandra. “Journal Writing as an Adult Learning Tool.” Practice Application Brief No. 22 (2002) ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational Education Columbus OH. ED470782. 17 Mar. 2007 Link.

Lillis, Theresa M. Student Writing: Access, Regulation, Desire. London: Routledge, 2001.

Mahala, Daniel, and Jody Swilky. “Telling Stories, Speaking Personally: Reconsidering the Place of Lived Experience in Composition.” JAC 16.3 (1996): 363–388.

Marino, Carrie A. “The Student Returns: Challenges of the Returning Student.” Conf. on Coll. Composition and Communication. Phoenix, Az. March 12–15, 1997. ERIC Full Text ED4096567. 17 Mar. 2007 Link.

Meyers, Miriam. “Characteristics of Adult Students’ Writing.” Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English. Minneapolis, MN, May 6–7, 1983. ERIC Abstract ED233392. 17 Mar. 2007 Link.

Miritello, Mary. “Teaching Writing to Adults: Examining Assumptions and Revising Expectations for Adult Learners in the Writing Class.” Composition Chronicle: Newsletter for Writing Teachers 9.2 (1996) 6–9.

Oaks, Susan. “Talking to One’s Self: Reproducing Collaborative Writing Strategies in a Composition Course for Adult, Independent, Distance Learners.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Washington, DC, March 23–25, 1995. ERIC Full Text ED385850. 17 Mar. 2006 Link.

Padak, Nancy and Gary Padak. “Writing Instruction for Adults: Present Practices and Future Directions.” Lifelong Learning: An Omnibus of Practice and Research 12.3 (1988): 4–7.

Perl, Sondra. “Teaching and Practice.” Harvard Educational Review 64.4 (1994): 427–460.

Pies, Timothy. “Reducing Anxiety in the Adult Writer.” Adult Learning 5.3 (1994): 14–16.

Popken, Randall. “A Study of the Genre Repertoires of Adult Writers.” Writing Instructor 15 (1996): 85–93. WilsonWeb. 17 March 2006.

Shankar, Archana Daya. “Interpreting the Narratives of Non-traditional Students: An Exploratory Study.” Speech Communication Convention. New Orleans, LA, Nov. 1994. ERIC Full Text ED380827. 17 Mar. 2006 Link.

Sietz, David. Who Can Afford Critical Consciousness? Practicing a Pedagogy of Humility. Cresskill, New Jersey: Hampton Press, 2004.

Silver, Marilyn B. “Teaching Writing to Adult Learners: Using Job-Related Materials.” Improving College and University Teaching 30.1 (1982): 33–37.

Smith, Beatrice Quarshie. “Genre, Medium and Learning to Write: Negotiating Identities, Enacting School-Based Literacies in Adulthood.” Journal of College Reading and Learning 34.7 (2004): 75–96. WilsonWeb. 17 March 2006.

Sommer, Robert. Teaching Writing to Adult Students. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989.

Starks, Donna and Marilyn Lewis. “Academic Writing Concerns: Staff and Adult Learner Perspectives.” New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning 29.1 (2001) 63–71.

Starks, Gretchen. “Perceptions of Writing by Exceptional Cases of Adult Returning Women in a Rural Community College: Differences between Persisters and Leavers.” Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA, March 27–31, 1989. ERIC Abstract ED306989. 17 Mar. 2007 Link.

Thelin, William. “Understanding the Problems in Critical Classrooms.” CCC 57.1 (2005): 114–141.

Thompson, Diane P. “Introducing Adult Students to Writing about Literature.” TETYC 16.1 (1989): 37–39.

Thompson, Merle O’Rourke. “The Returning Student: Writing Anxiety and General Anxiety.” TETYC 10.1 (1983): 35–39.

Uehling, Karen. “Older and Younger Adults Writing Together: A Rich Learning Community.” The Writing Instructor 15.2 (1996): 61–69.

Selected Bibliography on Returning Adults

Beder, H.W., and G.G. Darkenwald. “Differences Between Teaching Adults and Pre-Adults: Some Propositions and Findings.” Adult Education 33 (1982): 142–155.

Belzer, Alisa. “It’s Not Like Normal School’: The Role of Prior Learning Contexts in Adult Learning.’” Adult Education Quarterly 55 (2004): 41–59.

Brookfield, S. D. Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning: A Comprehensive Analysis of Principles and Effective Practices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1986.

Brumagim, Alan L. “Using the Experiences of Nontraditional Students in the Classroom.” Journal of Management Education 23 (1999): 444–452.

Castaldi, Theresa M. “Adult Learning: Transferring Skills from the Workplace to the Classroom.” Lifelong Learning: An Omnibus of Practice and Research 12.6 (1989): 17–19.

Castles, Jane. “Persistence and the Adult Learner: Factors Affecting Persistence in Open University Students.” Active Learning in Higher Education July 2004, 5.2, 166–179.

Chao, Ruth and Glenn E. Good. “Nontraditional Students’ Perspectives on College Education: A Qualitative Study.” Journal of College Counseling 7.1 (2004): 5–12.

Chartrand, Judy M. “A Causal Analysis to Predict the Personal and Academic Adjustment of Nontraditional Students.” Journal of Counseling Psychology. Jan. 1990: 65–73.

Dill, Patricia and Tracy B. Henley. “Stressors of College: A Comparison of Traditional and Nontraditional Students.” The Journal of Psychology 132.1 (1998): 25–32.

Dzindolet, Mary T. and Lawrence Weinstein. “Attitudes of Traditional and Nontraditional Students Toward Their Classmates of Various Ages.” Psychological Reports. Dec. 1994: 1587–1592.

Edwards, Richard, Ann Hansom, and Peter Raggatt. Eds. Boundaries of Adult Learning: Theory and Practical Strategies. Philadelphia: Research for Better Schools, 1991.

Giczkowski, William. “General Education Applications for Adult Learners: Making Sense of Experience.” Adult Learning. Summer 1998: 30–32.

Jacobs, Jerry A. and Scott Stoner-Eby. “Adults Enrollment and Educational Attainment.” Annals of the American Academic of Political and Social Science. Sept. 1998: 91–108.

Knowles, Malcolm. The Adult Learner: The definitive classic in adult education and human resource development. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005.

Kolb, David A. Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall PTR, 1984.

Lawler, Patricia. The Keys to Adult Learning: Theory and Practical Strategies. Philadelphia: Research for Better Schools, 1991.

Melichar, Barbara. “Instructors’ Attitudes Toward Nontraditional Students Positive, Study Shows.” Adult Learning Sept/Oct 1994: 27–28.

Merriam, Sharan B. and Rosemary S. Caffarella. Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide. Second Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Richardson, John T.E. and Estelle King. “Adult Students in Higher Education: Burden or Boon?” Journal of Higher Education Jan-Feb 1998:65--.

Rose, Amy. “Moving into the Mainstream: Is There Such a Thing as a Nontraditional Student Anymore?” Adult Learning Sept/Oct 1994: 6, 29.

Shields, Nancy. “The Link Between Student Identity, Attributions, and Self-Esteem Among Adult, Returning Students.” Sociological Perspectives Summer 1995: 261--.

Shmaefsky, Brian R. “Adult Students – 12 Contrasts You Should Consider.” Teaching for Success April 2002: 4.

Smith, Dorace F. A Study of Characteristics that Contribute to Persistence of Adult Commuter Students Who Earn 60 or More Hours of College Credit. Diss. Ball State U, 1999. Ann Arbor, UMI, 1999. 9924372. ProQuest. DePaul U Lib., Chicago, IL. 9 Dec. 2006. http://proquest.com.

Spitzer, Tam A. “Predictors of College Success: A Comparison of Traditional and Nontraditional Age Students.” NASPA Journal 38:1 (2000) 82–98.