Adult learners: are they really different?
Some knowledge of adult learning is essential in establishing a meaningful learning/teaching experience that will meet the needs of our students, employees, and patients. Specific learning characteristics that pertain directly to the adult, such as fluid and crystallized intelligence, problem-solving ability, the role of experience, and physiologic changes, strongly indicate a uniqueness in the way adults learn.
D000328:Adult / Q000523:psychology*; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007360:Intelligence; D007858:Learning; D010551:Personality; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012922:Social Change; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors