PersistenceFAQ

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Frequently Asked Questions About Learner Persistence


1. What is Learner Persistence?

2. How does Learner Persistence differ from student retention?

3. What is Learner Goal Setting?

4. Why are the "first three weeks" critical?

  • Because it takes any of us time to change behaviors or habits, adult learners need the same amount of time to begin to become students again.
  • It takes you that long to know your student.
  • CONTRARY OPINION: It....

5. What are some of the supports and barriers to persistence?

6. How does "stopping out" differ from "dropping out"?

7. What are programmatic and instructional ways of supporting learner persistence?


IN ADDITION:

Specific Practitioner questions on retention asked during the Meeting of the Minds Research to Practice Conference in 2004 can be found at http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Retention_%2816%29

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