Student Principles of Adult Learning Scale: Student Preferences

STUDENT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING SCALE

Student Principles of Adult Learning Scale: Student Preferences

Directions: The following survey contains several things that a your teachers might do in a classroom. You may personally find some of them desirable and find others undesirable. For each item please respond to the way you prefer your teacher to act. If the item does not apply to you, circle number 5 for never.

Always Almost Often Seldom Almost Never

Always Never

0 1 2 3 4 5

1. I prefer teachers who allow me to participate in developing the criteria for evaluating

my performance in class.

2. I prefer teachers who use disciplinary action when it is needed.

3. I prefer teachers who allow older students more time to complete assignments when

they need it.

4. I prefer teachers who encourage me to adopt middle-class values.

5. I prefer teachers who help me diagnose the gaps between my goals and my present

level of performance.

6. I prefer teachers who provide knowledge rather than serve as a resource person.

7. I prefer teachers who stick to the instructional objectives that they write at the

beginning of a program.

8. I prefer teachers who participate in the informal counseling of me.

9. I prefer teachers who use lecturing as the best method for presenting subject material to

me.

10. I prefer teachers who arrange the classroom so that it is easy for me to interact with

others.

11. I prefer teachers who determine the educational objectives for me.

12. I prefer teachers who plan units which differ as widely as possible from my socio-

economic backgrounds.

13. I prefer teachers who get me to motivate myself by confronting me in the presence of

classmates during group discussions.

14. I prefer teachers who plan learning episodes to take into account my prior

experiences.

15. I prefer teachers who allow me to participate in making decisions about the topics that

will be covered in class.

16. I prefer teachers who use one basic teaching method because I have a set style of

learning.

17. I prefer teachers who use different techniques depending on what is being taught.

18. I prefer teachers who encourage dialogue among my and other students.

19. I prefer teachers who use written tests to assess my degree of academic growth in

learning rather than using the tests to indicate new directions for my learning.

20. I prefer teachers who utilize the many competencies that I already possess to achieve

educational objectives.

21. I prefer teachers who use what history has proven that students like me need to learn

as their chief criteria for planning learning episodes.

22. I prefer teachers who accept errors as a natural part of the learning process.

23. I prefer teachers who have individual conferences with me to help me identify my

educational needs.

24. I prefer teachers who let me work at my own rate regardless of the amount of time it

takes me to learn a new concept.

25. I prefer teachers who help me develop short-range as well as long-range objectives.

26. I prefer teachers who maintain a well-disciplined classroom to reduce interferences to

learning.

27. I prefer teachers who avoid discussion of controversial subjects that involve value

judgments.

28. I prefer teachers who allow me to take periodic breaks during class.

29. I prefer teachers who use methods that foster quiet, productive, deskwork.

30. I prefer teachers who use tests as the chief method of evaluating me.

31. I prefer teachers who plan activities that will encourage my growth from dependence

on others to greater independence.

32. I prefer teachers who gear their instructional objectives to match my individual

abilities and needs.

33. I prefer teachers who avoid issues that relate to my self-concept.

34. I prefer teachers who encourage me to ask questions about the nature of my society.

35. I prefer teachers who allow my motives for learning to be a major determinant in the

planning of learning objectives.

36. I prefer teachers who have me identify my own problems that need to be solved.

37. I prefer teachers who give all students in my class the same assignment on a given

topic.

38. I prefer teachers who use materials that were originally designed for use in

elementary and secondary schools.

39. I prefer teachers who organize learning episodes according to the problems that I

encounter in everyday life.

40. I prefer teachers who measure my long-term educational growth by comparing my

total achievement in class to my expected performance as measured by national

norms from standardized tests.

41. I prefer teachers who encourage competition among me and other students.

42. I prefer teachers who use different materials with different students.

43. I prefer teachers who help me relate new learning to my prior experiences.

44. I prefer teachers who teach units about problems of everyday living.