What is Adult Learner

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A learner typically characterized by being over the age of 25 and possessing characteristics that separate them from the traditional learner population. Learn more in: Postsecondary Program Design for Adult Learners

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An adult, considered mature in status and experience, that is in a formal or informal learning process. Learn more in: Key Aspects of Teaching and Learning in the Online Environment

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A student who is age 24 years or older when he/she enrolling in an institute of higher education as an undergraduate student. Learn more in: Virtually Onboarding and Supporting Adult Students in College Using Web 2.0 Technologies

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A person who is 25 years and above, who is involved in forms of learning. Many of the adult learners go back to school to finish a diploma or a degree or earn a new one. Learn more in: Adult Learner Characteristics Important for Successful Learning in Cross-Cultural Web-Based Learning Environments in Higher Education

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An individual socially accepted as an adult who is in a learning process interested in lifelong learning including personal, social and skill development. Learn more in: Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) between Businesses and Adult Education Providers

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The term given to those students over the age of 25 who are studying toward a college-offered degree or other credential. Learn more in: Improving U.S. College Graduation Rates with Quality Online and Blended Degree Completion Programs: Lessons Learned

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Learners who are age 25 or older and are characteristically distinct from primary and secondary school learners, as well as traditional undergraduate learners in college. Learn more in: Unconventional Delivery: Developing and Implementing Service-Learning in an Online Course

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The definition revolves around the learner, not the level of mathematics being studied. Knowles (1990) AU145: The in-text citation "Knowles (1990)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. argued that there four definitions of the term adult: biological, legal, social, and psychological. The last occurs at a point where self-direction comes into function and is the most central from the point of learning. In this study, adults are individuals of 18 years or older and continue their education intentionally. For some of them, it is a continuation of their school experience; for others there may be a break of a few years or more since their last formal mathematics course. Learn more in: Investigating the Adult Learners' Experience when Solving Mathematical Word Problems

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Typically defined as learners over the age of 25, and are often referred to as nontraditional students. Learn more in: High Tech, High Touch, High Context: Social Dimensions of Learning in Online, Hybrid, and Learning Pod Environments

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Nontraditional students (ages 25 or older) in postsecondary education. In this study, adult learners have attended some college but have not completed a bachelor’s degree. Adult learner will be used interchangeable with “adult students.” Learn more in: Asynchronicity, Access, and Attainment: Best Practices of an Adult Degree Completion Program

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Those that have taken on adult roles, such as a parent or spouse, and are responsible for their own lives. Learn more in: Massive Open Online Courses and Completion Rates: Are Self-Directed Adult Learners the Most Successful at MOOCs?

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An adult learner is an individual who participates in the learning process and has distinctive characteristics described by Knowles (1980) . These characteristics are known as principles of andragogy. The andragogy assumptions include a self-directive concept of learning, the role of learners’ experience, readiness to learn, and orientation toward practical knowledge ( Knowles, 1980 ). Adult learners may participate in college and university programs, community programs, or job training programs. In the context of this research, an adult learner is a student enrolled in an online undergraduate program in a post-secondary institution. Learn more in: Collaborative Learning in the Online Environment: Cultivating Students' Interpersonal Relationships

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An adult learner is defined “by using chronological age and additional factors such as delayed postsecondary enrollment, part-time attendance, full-time work while enrolled, financial independence, single parenthood, military service, and lack of a standard high school diploma” (Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, 2007 AU55: The in-text citation "Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, 2007" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. , p. 1). Learn more in: Online Strategic Discussion Forum: Models, Strategies, and Applications

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An adult, considered mature in status and experience, in a formal or informal learning process. Learn more in: Engaging the Adult Learner Through Graduate Learning Communities

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a person, 25 years and older, who uses personal experiences and their need to know to guide learning. Learn more in: Afrocentric Thought in Adult Education

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Adult learners are individuals who perform roles associated by society with adults (worker, spouse, parent, responsible citizen), perceiving themselves to be responsible for his/her own life (Knowles, 1990). Learn more in: A Case Study Exploring Quality Standards for Quality E-Learning

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A student typically 25 years of age or older who is self-directed, motivated, and an active participant in his or her learning process Learn more in: Facilitation of Web-Based Courses Designed for Adult Learners