Factors impacting adult learner achievement in a technology certificate program on computer networks

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-107

  Delialioglu, Omer ^a   Cakir, Hasan ^b   Bichelmeyer, Barbara A ^b   Dennis, Alan R ^c   Duffy, Thomas M ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952075589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13036521     Source Type: Journal    
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