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Young vs. Adult students

The distinctions between young and adult students span several dimensions, including discipline, cognitive and physical development, experience, motivation, anxiety, and social development.

Young vs. Adult students

Young vs. Adult students

Anxiety

Young learners seem to be fearless
Receptive to funny activities
Adults are more nervous
Age of a typical learner

Discipline

Adults
They don't cause a lot of troubles
Young learners
Be able to deal with discipline

Patient

Calm

Physical development

Working by themselves and Working with company
Young Learners aren’t independent
Monitoring every time
Adult learners are very independent
Monitoring when necessary

Motivation

Young learners don't have other choice
Less intereted in class

Activities related to important topics

Lesson plan

Adults tend to be more motivated
It was their election to study for different reasons.

Cognitive development

Adult might have similar mental abilities
We expect them to do the task
Children are still developing
They posses different cognitive abilities

Experience

Adults have had a lifetime to gather experiences on all kind of occasions and in all kind of situations
We have high expectations in every topic
Kids are likely to have little or no foreknowledge
We need to teach them new information

Learning

Adults need time for activities
Engage them with learning material
Children need a lot of activities
Related to the senses

Social development

Kids are in the process of learning
Very self-centered
Adults know rules
Social rules and values
They are empathic