The following relevant scholarly journal articles were accessed to support student retention and attrition in higher education settings: Rethinking Student Retention in Community Colleges; Serious Thoughts About Dropping Out in First Year: Trends, Patterns and Implications for Higher Education; Retention and Attrition of Students in Higher Education: Challenges in Modern Times to What Works; Technology, Learning, and Individual Differences; A Success Model for Low-Income Students; and, Experiences that Enable One to Become an Expert Strategic Thinker. Wild & Ebbers (2012) discussed the importance of student retention in their article Rethinking Student Retention in Community Colleges. They outlined retention issues and general steps for action
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Bear (2012) noted these learning concepts described in the article (a) andragogy, (b) self-directed learning, (c) learning-how-to-learn, (d) real-life learning, and (e) learning strategies. The adult learner participates in learning when help is provided for them to learn, known as andragogy. The concept of self- directed learning takes places when the adult learner takes control or self-initiated learning. Adult learners initiate the learning-how-to-learn concept through possessing or acquiring the skills needed to learn in their present environment. This type of learning takes place in their everyday lives. The concept of real-life learning is relevant to every adult learner, because it is acquired through everyday situations, opportunities, dilemmas and experiences encountered by them. The individual differences of adult learners in relation to how they conduct learning activities are based upon learning …show more content…
Mellon & Kroth (2013) stated strategic thinking is not merely another name for everything under the strategic management umbrella, but it is a particular way of thinking with specific and clearly discernible characteristics. In strategic thinking, the individual visible see ahead, behind, above, below, beside and beyond making them a visionary. Adult learners that can envision their success will succeed in the higher education environment; since, they are able to experience the what, when, how and why learning process. Mellon & Kroth (2013) stated Kolb’s (1994) experiential learning theory is a four-step cycle of concrete experience, observation of and reflection on that experience, formation of abstract concepts based upon the reflection, and testing the new concepts. Adult learners can be successful when these for concepts are present in the learning
Bear (2012) noted these learning concepts described in the article (a) andragogy, (b) self-directed learning, (c) learning-how-to-learn, (d) real-life learning, and (e) learning strategies. The adult learner participates in learning when help is provided for them to learn, known as andragogy. The concept of self- directed learning takes places when the adult learner takes control or self-initiated learning. Adult learners initiate the learning-how-to-learn concept through possessing or acquiring the skills needed to learn in their present environment. This type of learning takes place in their everyday lives. The concept of real-life learning is relevant to every adult learner, because it is acquired through everyday situations, opportunities, dilemmas and experiences encountered by them. The individual differences of adult learners in relation to how they conduct learning activities are based upon learning …show more content…
Mellon & Kroth (2013) stated strategic thinking is not merely another name for everything under the strategic management umbrella, but it is a particular way of thinking with specific and clearly discernible characteristics. In strategic thinking, the individual visible see ahead, behind, above, below, beside and beyond making them a visionary. Adult learners that can envision their success will succeed in the higher education environment; since, they are able to experience the what, when, how and why learning process. Mellon & Kroth (2013) stated Kolb’s (1994) experiential learning theory is a four-step cycle of concrete experience, observation of and reflection on that experience, formation of abstract concepts based upon the reflection, and testing the new concepts. Adult learners can be successful when these for concepts are present in the learning