Characteristics of Adult Learners

_______________ is the art and science of teaching adults?

• andragogy

• pedagogy

• adultology

• heutagogy

Assumption #1 says as a person matures, her ________ moves from that of a dependent personality toward one of a self-directing human being.

• experience

• self-concept

• memory

• resistance

The need to know is characteristic of what principle of adult learning?

• Self-concet

• Engagement

• Readiness to Learn

• Fear of Missing out

Adults are mostly driven by _____________________

• External motivation

• Internal Motivation

• Chauffeurs

• Lectures

Which of these statements about adults experiences are true?

• ​Adults are a resource for one another​

• Rejecting or ignoring experience is threatening to an adult’s self-concept, which inhibits new learning

• Different experiences assure diversity in groups of adults

• All of the above

Adults will be more ready to learn something that they will have to use in daily life, versus something that they’re not likely able to use

• True

• False

If teachers are allowed to exercise self-direction in their professional development, it is much more likely that it will be successful.

• True

• False

Which theorist is associated with the development of andragogy?

• Malcom Knowles
• Maslow
• Bloom
• Pavlov