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ERIC Number: EJ247346
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Motivation and the Nontraditional Adult Student.
West, Russell; Glass, J. Conrad, Jr.
Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, v5 n3 p155-68 Spr 1981
Three basic types of motivational theories present in the literature are reviewed and combined to form a conceptual scheme useful to the adult educator. This consolidated theory allows learning experiences to be based on a more consistent set of assumptions about the nature of nontraditional adult students. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Behavior Theories, Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes, Nontraditional Students, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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