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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%T Motivation to learn by age, education, and literacy skills among working-age adults in the United States
%A Yamashita, Takashi
%A Smith, Thomas J.
%A Sahoo, Shalini
%A Cummins, Phyllis A.
%J Large-scale Assessments in Education
%P 1-20
%V 10
%D 2022
%K alignment optimization; PIAAC
%@ 2196-0739
%~ FDB
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-92944-0
%X 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.
%C DEU
%G en
%9 Zeitschriftenartikel
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info