Young vs. Adult students

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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