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Changes in personal orientation and critical thinking among adults returning to school through weekend college: An alternative evaluation

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Seventy-two returning adult students participating in a weekend social science option showed statistically significant increases on 11Personal Orientation Inventory subscales and theWatson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. The program involved an interdisciplinary and experiential learning approach. Utilizing t-tests, no significant differences between males and females on the pretest nor on pre-post change were found. This evaluation supports successful experiential learning as effective in continuation and reinforcement of the process of self-actualizing.

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The author expresses his thanks to Mary Van De Warker for codesigning and coinstructing the Weekend Social Science option with him and to Kathleen Crittenden for her helpful criticism of an earlier draft of this article.

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Klassen, P.T. Changes in personal orientation and critical thinking among adults returning to school through weekend college: An alternative evaluation. Innov High Educ 8, 55–67 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00889560

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