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For most of its history, American education has focused on the instruction of children and adolescents. In spite of this, historically, there was some education directed toward adult populations (Charles, 1976, 1980). Instruction in English for immigrants, agricultural classes for rural people, and night schools in business, all existed at the turn of the century, but were small and local enterprises. Educational psychologists, however, concentrating on the problems of public schools, paid little attention to these efforts. Thorndike (1928), for example, in his review of the existing literature cited fewer than 30 studies on learning during adulthood and old age.
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Thompson, D.N. (1992). Applications of Psychological Research for the Instruction of Elderly Adults. In: West, R.L., Sinnott, J.D. (eds) Everyday Memory and Aging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9151-7_11
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