Decision-making Styles, Ways of Knowing, and Learning Strategy Preferences of Clients at a One-stop Career Center

Abstract

Although One-Stop Career Centers such as Workforce Oklahoma are mandated to promote client-centered services, patrons are ordinarily funneled through a standard predetermined procedure. Adult education principles suggest that these centers should be learner-centered and address individual differences. Therefore, the purpose of the this study was to describe the cognitive styles of decision-making styles, ways of knowing approaches, and learning strategy preferences of customers of Workforce Oklahoma, a One-Stop Career Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. To do this, data were collected from 255 customers at the center using the General Decision-Making Survey (GDMS), the Attitude Toward Thinking and Learning Survey (ATTLS), and Assessing The Learning Strategies of AdultS (ATLAS). In addition, data were gathered on the following demographic variables: age, gender, education, veteran status, marital status, income, and ethnic background. This was a descriptive study. Various statistical procedures were used to describe an

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