Classroom age composition and academic achievement in college

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 108-116

  Darkenwald, Gordon G ^a   Novak, Richard J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009905909     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074171369704700204     Document Type: Article

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