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Peer reviewedRichardson, John T. E. – Studies in Higher Education, 1995
Comparison of the study skills of 38 adult and 60 traditional-age college students in the same course found that older students had significantly higher scores on meaning orientation and lower scores on reproducing orientation and had persistence and educational attainment at least as high as that of traditional-age students. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedRichardson, John T. E. – Studies in Higher Education, 1994
Research suggests mature college students use more desirable approaches to academic learning, adopting a deep approach (meaning orientation) more often and a surface approach less often than younger students. Explanations include motivation by intrinsic goals; acquisition of a surface approach by younger students in secondary education; and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students, Goal Orientation
