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Billington, Dorothy D. – Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, 1990
Sixty doctoral students aged 37-48 completed the Sentence Completion Test and a personal orientation inventory. Results indicated that they experienced significant personal growth and greater intrinsic locus of control at schools with nonauthoritarian environments emphasizing support, trust, respect, and self-directed learning. Exposure to a level…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Developmental Stages, Difficulty Level
