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ERIC Number: EJ194430
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978-Nov
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The Psychology of the Adult Learner.
Connelly, H. Walton
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, v42 n4 p392-94 Nov 1978
Characteristics of the adult learner that differ from those of the child include the adult's greater responsibilities, larger stores of information, more fixed responses, and tendency to learn best what he can use immediately. Other concerns are included. (JMD)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Educational Needs, Educational Psychology, Higher Education, Learning, Pharmaceutical Education, Professional Continuing Education, Student Characteristics
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Language: English
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