Motivation to learn by age, education, and literacy skills among working-age adults in the United States

Yamashita, Takashi; Smith, Thomas J.; Sahoo, Shalini; Cummins, Phyllis A.

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@article{ Yamashita2022,
 title = {Motivation to learn by age, education, and literacy skills among working-age adults in the United States},
 author = {Yamashita, Takashi and Smith, Thomas J. and Sahoo, Shalini and Cummins, Phyllis A.},
 journal = {Large-scale Assessments in Education},
 pages = {1-20},
 volume = {10},
 year = {2022},
 issn = {2196-0739},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-022-00119-7},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-92944-0},
 abstract = {This study highlighted how particular intersections of personal characteristics were related to Motivation to Learn (MtL) among adults. MtL is a prerequisite for adult education and training participation. However, little is known about MtL across subpopulations due to several methodological limitations. This study developed a national profile of MtL by key subpopulations that are defined by combinations of age, gender, education level, and literacy proficiency in the United States. Data were obtained from 2012/2014/2017 Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) restricted use file (N = 8400). The alignment optimization (AO) method was employed to estimate subpopulation means of a PIAAC-based latent MtL construct. Subpopulations with younger age, greater educational attainment, and higher literacy proficiency showed significantly greater MtL.},
 keywords = {lebenslanges Lernen; lifelong learning; Erwachsenenbildung; adult education; USA; United States of America; Lernen; learning; Bildungsmotivation; educational motivation; Alter; old age; Geschlecht; gender; Bildungsniveau; level of education; Lesen; reading; Schreiben; writing}}