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Marcus, Edward E. – 1976
The instrumental and expressive utilities of participating in education differ among participants. To ascertain how age affects their perception of these forms of utility, questionnaires were executed by 400 middle class participants ages 18-84 in 45 classes for adults in the Chicago area. Independent variables influencing perception of utility…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Age Differences, Educational Gerontology