Adult Meaning Making in the Undergraduate Classroom [electronic resource] / Carol E. Kasworm.

This study examined the influence of past life experiences and current life biography on the learning of adult students in the undergraduate classroom. A total of 90 undergraduates at least 30 years old who had completed at least 15 hours of academic course work at community colleges, liberal arts c...

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Main Author: Kasworm, Carol E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997.
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