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Download full textMcIntosh, Naomi E.; Woodley, Alan – 1980
The progress of students under 21 years old at the United Kingdom's Open University (OU) was compared with a sample of mature students, using sociological and psychometric research methods. The research goal was to consider whether the OU's teaching system originally designed for adults is suited to the needs and circumstances of students in the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, Chronological Age, College Students
