CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULTS AS LEARNERS AS COMPARED WITH YOUTH

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CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULTS AS LEARNERS AS COMPARED
WITH YOUTH

• Developed by Gary Moore at NCSU and Adapted for
  use at ASU by David Agnew

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1. Adults are older.

• They have lived longer and have a different
  perspective on life.
• They no longer see lifethrough rose-colored
  glasses, but as a set of realities.

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2. Adults have had more experience.

• They have insights and seerelationship not
  discerned by children.
• They have a sense of what is likely to work and
  what is not - sort of accumulated wisdom.

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3. Adults have needs which are more concrete and
immediate than those of children.

• They are impatient with long discourses on
  theory and liketo see theory applied to
  practical problems.

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4. Adults are used to being treated as mature
persons and resent having teachers talk down to
them.
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5. A corollary of four is that adults enjoy
having their talents and information made use of
in a teaching situation.
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6. Adult groups are likely to be more
heterogeneous than youth groups.

• Differences increase with age and mobility.
• Adults come from a wider variety of backgrounds
  and intelligence levels than youth.

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7. Adults can learn as well as youth although
they may not perform some tasks as rapidly as
youth.
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Adults learn as well as young people.

• People over the age of 40 have an advantage, when
  it comes to learning material which calls for
  good judgement or related to experience.
• Adults can do fast memorizing more efficiently
  than young children however, youngsters retain
  the fact longer.
• The reasons adults may appear to learn not as
  well is based on reaction time, not intelligence.
  If time is not a factor, there is no difference
  in ability to learn.

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Does aging have an effect on adult learning?
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IQ in Adults
A. Decreases about 1 a year after the age of 30.
B. Increases about 1 ayear until the age of 65.
C. Doesnt materially change during adulthood
D. Starts dropping off significantly after the
age of 65.
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The Correct Answer is C. Contrary to popular
opinion, IQ doesnt decline remarkably with age.

• A group of 50 year olds were given IQ tests that
  had taken 31 years earlier. They made higher
  scores on every part except math reasoning.
• Wechsler found test scores increased until 35
  then declined very slowly after that.

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Physical Strength in Adults
A. Peaks around the age of 20.
B. Peaks around the age of 30.
C. Peaks around the age of 40.
D. Peaks around the age of 50
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The Correct Answer is B.Physical strength
reaches a peak around the age of 30.

• In England, Galton set up a booth at a National
  Fair and tested over 7,000 people for physical
  strength, his research and later research reveals
  30 is the peak.
• However, physical strength declines slowly.
  Research at Harvard found physical strength
  dropped dramatically between 70 and 75.

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There is a relationship between intelligence
and speed of learning
A. In youth.
B. In adults.
C. In both youth and adults.
D. In neither youth or adults
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The correct answer is A.In youth there is a
correlation between intelligence and speed in
learning. In adulthood, this is not true.
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The ability to hear peaks before
A. Age 15
B. Age 30
C. Age 45
D. Age 60
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The Correct Answer is APeak Performance in
Hearing Occurs Before Age 15

• Gradual decline until 65, then more rapid.
• Older people
• Hear less and
• Hear slower

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Hearing

• As people age
• Men lose ability to hear high sounds.
• Women lose ability to hear low sounds.
• This is one of the reasons why women talk more
  with women and men talk more with men in the
  older years

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COMMON SENSE PRACTICE FOR MINIMIZING HEARING LOSS

• Sit people where they can see everyones face.
• Use small groups.
• Teacher should stand still.
• Teacher should speak, clearly,distinctly, and
  loudly.

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COMMON SENSE PRACTICE FOR MINIMIZING HEARING LOSS

• Use more than one sense while teaching.
• Observe faces of students.
• Eliminate outside noises.
• Ask people to speak out if they cant hear.
• Repeat questions and answers.

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The most acute decline in vision occurs
A. Between 13 and 18
B. Between 18 and 40
C. Between 40 and 55
D. After 55
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The Correct answer is C.

• Vision
• 13-18 Continuous gain
• 18-40 Gradual decline
• 40-55 Sharp decline
• 55 On Gradual decline

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Vision

• Older Eyes Suffer
• Vision loss in dim light
• Narrowing field of vision
• Slow adaptation to dark
• Cataracts
• Defective color vision
• SO..

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Common Sense Practices For Minimizing Losses
Associated With Age - Vision

• Illumination
• More Direct Light
• Dont Face Direct Light
• Eliminate glare
• White or Chalk Boards
• Keep Clean
• Use Large Writing

• Media
• Use Sharp Color Contrast
• Enlarged Type or Print
• Avoid Abbreviations
• Seating
• Seat People Close to Board

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8. Adults attend classes often with a mixed set
of motives - educational, social, recreational -
and sometimes out of an overdeveloped puritanical
sense of duty.
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9. Adults are sometimes fatigued when they attend
classes.

• They, therefore, appreciate any teaching devices
  which add interest and a sense of liveliness
• variety of methods, audio-visual aids,change of
  pace, and sense ofhumor, etc.