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ERIC Number: EJ563158
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-3997
Nontraditional Students in Higher Education: Meeting Their Needs As Learners.
Bendixen-Noe, Mary K.; Giebelhaus, Carmen
Mid-Western Educational Researcher, v11 n2 p27-31 Spr 1998
Reviews the research on nontraditional (adult) college students. Discusses the recent growth of this student population, adult student characteristics and life situations, learning motivation and achievement of adult students, adult students' preferences in the classroom, and principles of andragogy. Contains 61 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Nontraditional Students, Student Characteristics, Student Needs
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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