This study is about the training of workers whose age was 25 and 49 years. It focused more especially on: learning anxiety, behavioral strategies and learning performance. It resulted that older trainees succeeded as well as their younger counterparts, but showed higher learning anxiety. Their learning behavior also differed in several ways. Such differences must be taken into account in designing training courses.
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