The following PDF files have been loaded onto conti-creations.com to facilitate researchers and practitioners using the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS). You may download them and use them as you see fit.---Gary J. Conti
Adult_Literacy_Article_on_PALS_rotated.pdf--Article on the development of PALS with full information on its validity and reliability.
Answer_Sheet_for_PALS.pdf--Sample answer
sheet for use with PALS.
Articles_with_PALS_Abstract_only.pdf--Abstracts of some articles that reference
PALS.
Byrd_Dissertation.pdf--See pages 90-99
for summary that categorizes PALS research over the years.
Factor_Scores_Worksheet.pdf--Worksheet
with items for each factor of PALS.
Foster_Dissertation.pdf--Example of an
excellent dissertation using PALS with example of how to write PALS findings.
Author: Vickie Foster.
Foster_Example_of_Describing_Profile.pdf--Section of Vickie Foster's
dissertation providing example of how to write PALS findings.
Identify_Your_Teaching_Style_3rd_Edition.pdf--Book
chapter with permission to use PALS stated on page 91.
OK_to_Use.pdf--Page
91 of book chapter granting permission to use PALS.
PALS.pdf--Copy of Principles of Adult Learning Scale
(PALS)
PALS_Dissertations_abstracts.pdf--Abstracts
of several dissertations that used PALS.
PALS_Table_Format.htm--PALS formatted in
FrontPage for use on internet.
PALS_Trainees.pdf--PALS modified for training
setting by substituting "trainer" and "trainee" for "I" and "students". [Note:
If you use this version in research, be sure to run a Cronbach's Alpha on your
data so that you can report that the word modifications did not alter the
internal stability of PALS in your study.]
PALS-Articles_Packet.pdf--Large file with
many hard-to-obtain articles and papers related to PALS.
SPSS_Scoring_Program_for_PALS.pdf--SPSS
program for scoring and coding PALS and its factors.